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So we've not had an off season like this in a long time where there are like a

bigillion good coaches will

like pretty good coaches on the market who have been fired and are also like just on the

market for their teams at the same time like you've got Milwaukee Toronto Phoenix teams that

have either been to the finals or won a championship in the last four years,

all on the market at the same time.

All have openings.

Let's take a quick look right now at the open spots and talk a little bit about who's being tabbed to fill those spots.

Let's start with Detroit.

Detroit Pistons.

So Troy Weaver right now has done an exhaustive search involving interviews with 10 candidates. Right now it is narrowed to three guys.

Charles Lee, the Bucks assistant, who is a bell of the ball. Former Yukon coach Kevin Alley,

and both of whom are being interviewed a second time, and then Heath's assistant Chris Quinn, who will be interviewed after the finals are over.

Of the three, the fan base might not have a clear favorite, but they are very clear about who they do not want.

Kevin Alley.

That's right.

The former Yukon coach who has not coached in five years, whose name

hasn't been connected to one coaching opening in the NBA since 2015, who is not interviewed by

any other team, and is very close with Troy Weaver. That is who the fans do not want.

The smarter decision probably is Charles Lee. He's been ready to

take over a team for years now. He was Boonehouser's lead assistant since the Atlanta days.

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