If Udoka is suspended for the year, why would we not just have Brad be the interim coach/GM? He sells it to the players that Ime will be back, and we need to go out there and win a title. If players tune Brad out, he’s now got the trade button at his disposal, so I doubt that happens.
Winning a title as coach/GM is doable (see Pat Riley in 2006; Bill Belichick 2001-present). If anybody could do it, it’s Brad. There’s not enough time to find a real head coach and we have one of the best head coaches in the NBA on staff. If it becomes too much for Brad, he can make Zarren interim GM while he focuses on coaching. It also gives Brad a year to see if coach/GM is sustainable beyond this year. It just seems like a no-brainer, right? This could be a good thing (as awesome as last year was, perhaps with the buy-in Udoka got coupled with Stevens’ coaching brilliance, we could have finally beat Golden State?)
Other thoughts on an interim replacement for Udoka?