Coach of the Year (update)

As I wrote just yesterday: either Brooks is blamed for everything and run out of town or the GM values stability and doubles down on the coach that KD and Westbrook have tolerated for the last few years.  If OKC thinks they can get a coach that Westbrook and KD will like better, I reckon Brooks is out; if they think another coach would just muck up the chemistry, then I reckon Brooks gets an extension. 

And we have our answer: Brooks is out in OKC.  Durant and Westbrook are certainly going to tantazlize any number of out of work coaches--even some of the ones with a job already.  But....the rest of the roster is so-so, seemingly inflexible, the West is brutal and it is very possible both of those guys are gone in two years.  Does John Calipari want this job?  (Sorry Cal is my default for all coaching maneuvers)  No.  Kentucky is better, more controllable, more predictable, greater potential for success (which in the long run means more money).  So who coaches the Thunder next year?

Kevin Ollie has already been whispered about.  Billy Donovan seems ready for a change of scenery, not sure he's a natural born NBA coach (uptight, self-absorbed screamer type).  Coach Thibs seems to have worn out his welcome in Chicago (though we'll see if a great playoff run gets him an extension). Dwayne Casey might be looking for a job if the Raptors get rolled by the Wiz.  Does Mark Jackson wanna come back and coach Durant and Westbrook?  Fred Hoiberg is the (theoretical) replacement for Thibs in Chicago but what if Thibs keeps his job?  Would Hoiberg wanna coach OKC?  Brian Shaw is out there, wasn't that long ago he was considered a golden child.  Larry Brown?  (I'm guessing all those guys would love this job and another half dozen others I haven't even thought of yet)

Where does Scott Brooks go?  I don't see him as a college guy, so let's look only to the league.  I think it takes him a while to get another head coaching gig but he's ideal for a bench coaching gig.   How about on Jason Kidd's bench in Milwaukee?  A squad loaded with up-and-comers, he could work those players, get the Kidd imprimatur (without being a threat to take Kidd's gig) for a coupla years then put his resume to work.  I think the Bucks will rise nicely in the East for the next 2-3 years, not a bad place to work.  Or perhaps a coupla years basking in the Flip-KG atmosphere in Minnesota.