Is playing experience now necessary to become an NBA head coach?

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4.2 • 987 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Seven of the eight coaching vacancies went to former NBA players this summer. The NBA's Final Four featured three former players as head coaches. Everywhere you look, former players are filling the coaching ranks. John Karalis and Jake Madison look at the trend, why it's becoming so popular, whether it will continue, and what the ripple effect might be. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! SweatBlock Get it today for 20% off at SweatBlock.com with promo code LockedOn, or at Amazon and CVS. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline AG There is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Why have so many of the new coaching jobs gone to former players?
0:06.0	We're going to look at this trend right now on the Wednesday locked on NBA
0:10.0	podcast.
0:11.0	You are locked on NBA, your daily NBA podcast,
0:16.0	part of the locked on podcast network,
0:19.0	your team every day.
0:21.0	Hey there, Wednesday on the locked on podcast network that means it's me John
0:27.0	Corralis along with Jake Madison who is the host of the locked on pelicans
0:31.5	podcast at Nola Jake on Twitter I'm
0:33.7	I'm red's army underscore John on Twitter host of a locked on Celtics
0:38.4	podcast so Jake had a great idea we going to have a big discussion here on the... If you're watching on
0:48.4	YouTube, which we are now free on all platforms and on YouTube, you can see Jake Madison Jake Madison doing a little fist pump for this idea.
0:57.0	So, so Jared Dudley is looking to become an assistant coach.
1:00.8	He's going to go to the Dallas Mavericks it appears.
1:04.0	So Jake, this is your idea.
1:07.8	Why don't you explain it?
1:09.8	Yeah, this was something I've seen now having covered two coaching searches in subsequent
1:14.7	seasons with the New Orleans pelicans, but a trend you kind of see around the league.
1:19.1	You're seeing a lot of these head coaching jobs and assistant coaching jobs go to former players kind of a little bit
1:26.4	different than what we've seen before they're not kind of career basketball guys making the
1:31.6	jump to a head coach after putting in the time grinding
1:34.8	out in multiple cities you're seeing these guys go from player to coach to head coach
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