Coach Rankings, Brad Stevens #11

[incoherent]

210 journalist that cover the NBA voted on every coach in the league and placed our rookie coach at #11

In particular, we asked the voters to rate each team's coach in terms of their performance in guiding the franchise to overall on-court success, both in the short and long term.

1 San Antonio Spurs
Gregg Popovich    9.70

2 Chicago Bulls
Tom Thibodeau    9.12

3 Los Angeles Clippers
Doc Rivers    8.56

4 Miami Heat
Erik Spoelstra    8.38

5 Indiana Pacers
Frank Vogel    8.18

6 Dallas Mavericks
Rick Carlisle    8.18

7 Phoenix Suns
Jeff Hornacek    7.50

8 Portland Trail Blazers
Terry Stotts    6.72

9 Charlotte Bobcats
Steve Clifford    6.66

10 Oklahoma City Thunder
Scott Brooks    6.52

11 Boston Celtics
Brad Stevens    6.40

12 Toronto Raptors
Dwane Casey    6.38

13 Houston Rockets
Kevin McHale    6.04

14 Atlanta Hawks
Mike Budenholzer    5.82

15 Memphis Grizzlies
David Joerger    5.66

16 Golden State Warriors
Mark Jackson    5.46

17 Minnesota Timberwolves
Rick Adelman    5.28

18 Brooklyn Nets
Jason Kidd   5.18

19 New Orleans Pelicans
Monty Williams   4.90

20 Los Angeles Lakers
Mike D'Antoni   4.82

21 Sacramento Kings
Mike Malone    4.60

22 Orlando Magic
Jacque Vaughn    4.56

23 Denver Nuggets
Brian Shaw    4.34

24 Washington Wizards
Randy Wittman    4.24

25 Philadelphia 76ers
Brett Brown    4.16

26 Cleveland Cavaliers
Mike Brown    3.58

27 Utah Jazz
Tyrone Corbin   3.56

28 New York Knicks
Mike Woodson    3.36

29 Milwaukee Bucks
Larry Drew    3.10

30 Detroit Pistons
John Loyer    3.08

Stevens is getting a ton of respect here, 7 coaches behind Stevens have their squads in the playoffs. The Celtics are 26th in the standings but the coach is #11, and he's a rookie coach... at face value this just seems strange to me, where Hornacek at #7 makes sense.

Is Brad's coaching at Butler still to fresh in people's mind to objectively vote on his NBA coaching ability, or does he actually deserve to be placed ahead of many other veteran NBA coaches and coaches who are in the playoffs? Did Brad coach up enough players this year to justify this?

Either way, it's great to see Danny's pick to replace the impossible to replace Doc, getting such praise by the NBA community. 

[celtic -_- pride]

any coach that made the playoffs should be ahead of stevens. woodson should be last

[KGs Knee]

any coach that made the playoffs should be ahead of stevens

I don't think this is an entirely accurate statement.

Making the playoffs is a result of many more factors than just the coach, mainly, the quality of the players on the roster.  Red himself couldn't have guided this team to the playoffs.  That doesn't mean every coach who did make the playoffs is a better coach, it just mean the roster didn't have enough talent.

As for Stevens' ranking on this list, I'd be interested to know what criteria was used to arrive at the results.  Not saying I disagree with where he was ranked, but I'd be interested to know why he was ranked where he was.  I don't really have any particularly strong feelings on his overall abilities as an NBA coach at this time.  Too early in the game, and he wasn't exactly given much to work with this season.

[Donoghus]

Not bad for a guy who very well could have the 4th worst team in the NBA when all is said & done. 

The offense has been extremely tough to watch this year.  I don't know how much of that is on Stevens or on the players (its a crap roster offensively, if you ask me).   I have been encouraged by the fact that this team, despite being pretty awful, has hung in most games and seems to play with effort night & night out.  I haven't really sensed them checked out. 

I'm really interested to see how Stevens does once he has a talented roster around him.  This roster is pretty atrocious.  Auerbach & Jackson wouldn't have done wonders with it, either.

[More Banners]

Seeing Thibs ahead of Doc validates what we've all known for some time.

[bobbyv]

Seeing Thibs ahead of Doc validates what we've all known for some time.

True, Thibs is probably a better coach at this point, but Doc is still doing a pretty good job in LA. Both Blake and DeAndre have shown a good amount of improvement this season compared to last.

[celtic -_- pride]

how does casey in toronto get 12th behind stevens ? i think he's done a great job in toronto. obviously you need good players to win but you also need a good strong personality to keep the players focused and united. mchale should be ahead of him as well as wittman in washington. Brad really hasnt shown me anything that impressive this year. spoelstra is way too high as well but thats just my bias speaking

[perks-a-beast]

How Rick Carlisle doesn't crack the top 5 is beyond me. I'd put him at 2 behind Pop. Also, Doc is too high.

[LooseCannon]

any coach that made the playoffs should be ahead of stevens. woodson should be last

What if the Knicks (currently 9th in the East) sneak into the playoffs?

[Eja117]

Doc #3.  Kevin Mchale #13. Jason Kidd #18.....tells me what I need to know about this list.

[Clench123]

For the hand he's been dealt, he's done incredibly well.  Most of the games we lost, we were very competitive in and it's due to coaching

[MBunge]

Stevens has kept a badly constructed team playing, usually, with good effort through a season of loss after loss after loss.  On the other hand, this team had been in a bunch of games where they were competitive and then just imploded.  This team hasn't gotten blown out a lot but they've fumbled away chances to win too many times to not put some of it on the coach.

Mike

[mgent]

I think

1. Pops
2. Thibs
3. Doc
4. Vogel
5. Carlisle

is extremely accurate, though 2-5 could be argued any way..  Good thing this wasn't a fan vote or Spoelstra would have gone even higher.

Other than Monty Williams I don't see anyone that's really too low.  JKidd is obviously too high.

[D.o.s.]

The important thing to notice here is that this vote wasn't "best coach in a vacuum," it was 'coach that has done the best with what he's got'.

I think CBS is fairly placed.

[Smitty77]

210 journalist that cover the NBA voted on every coach in the league and placed our rookie coach at #11

In particular, we asked the voters to rate each team's coach in terms of their performance in guiding the franchise to overall on-court success, both in the short and long term.

1 San Antonio Spurs
Gregg Popovich    9.70

2 Chicago Bulls
Tom Thibodeau    9.12

3 Los Angeles Clippers
Doc Rivers    8.56

4 Miami Heat
Erik Spoelstra    8.38

5 Indiana Pacers
Frank Vogel    8.18

6 Dallas Mavericks
Rick Carlisle    8.18

7 Phoenix Suns
Jeff Hornacek    7.50

8 Portland Trail Blazers
Terry Stotts    6.72

9 Charlotte Bobcats
Steve Clifford    6.66

10 Oklahoma City Thunder
Scott Brooks    6.52

11 Boston Celtics
Brad Stevens    6.40

12 Toronto Raptors
Dwane Casey    6.38

13 Houston Rockets
Kevin McHale    6.04

14 Atlanta Hawks
Mike Budenholzer    5.82

15 Memphis Grizzlies
David Joerger    5.66

16 Golden State Warriors
Mark Jackson    5.46

17 Minnesota Timberwolves
Rick Adelman    5.28

18 Brooklyn Nets
Jason Kidd   5.18

19 New Orleans Pelicans
Monty Williams   4.90

20 Los Angeles Lakers
Mike D'Antoni   4.82

21 Sacramento Kings
Mike Malone    4.60

22 Orlando Magic
Jacque Vaughn    4.56

23 Denver Nuggets
Brian Shaw    4.34

24 Washington Wizards
Randy Wittman    4.24

25 Philadelphia 76ers
Brett Brown    4.16

26 Cleveland Cavaliers
Mike Brown    3.58

27 Utah Jazz
Tyrone Corbin   3.56

28 New York Knicks
Mike Woodson    3.36

29 Milwaukee Bucks
Larry Drew    3.10

30 Detroit Pistons
John Loyer    3.08

Stevens is getting a ton of respect here, 7 coaches behind Stevens have their squads in the playoffs. The Celtics are 26th in the standings but the coach is #11, and he's a rookie coach... at face value this just seems strange to me, where Hornacek at #7 makes sense.

Is Brad's coaching at Butler still to fresh in people's mind to objectively vote on his NBA coaching ability, or does he actually deserve to be placed ahead of many other veteran NBA coaches and coaches who are in the playoffs? Did Brad coach up enough players this year to justify this?

Either way, it's great to see Danny's pick to replace the impossible to replace Doc, getting such praise by the NBA community.

Thanks much.  That was it!!