By David
Kaye
With one month remaining in the season, there are at least half a dozen vacancies in the coaching ranks.
Sacramento, Indiana and Seattle fired their head coaches at season's end and Charlotte, Memphis, Toronto and most likely Houston will be left without coaches by the end of the playoffs.
Management with the Bobcats stated during the regular season that Bernie Bickerstaff would not be running the sidelines next season, Memphis ended their relationship with interim coach Tony Barone Sr., Toronto is likely to low ball coach of the year Sam Mitchell with a new contract offer, forcing him to look elsewhere, and there is a genuine consciences around Houston that Jeff Van Gundy will retire.
This leaves seven coaching positions to be filled and most general managers would like that position filled sooner rather than later because the draft is only six weeks away. A lot will be determined May 22nd when the lottery is announced and teams know what selection they will have for June 28th's draft.
If the Grizzlies are able to secure the first or second pick and land either Greg Oden or Kevin Durant, coaching legend Larry Brown would be very intrigued by the Memphis job and most likely gain control of yet another franchise.
Two Western Conference teams, the Kings and Sonics, have conducted countless interviews so far in their search for a new head coach, but it appears that both clubs will continue to wait until they find their right man. The latest report out of the Chicago Tribune has the Sonics very interested in Lakers' assistant Jim Cleamons to succeed the fired Bob Hill.
With the retirement of Jeff Van Gundy all but certain, it appears that former Kings head coach Rick Adelman would be next in line for the job. While Adelman would fit in very nicely with the veteran Rockets, there have also been rumblings that ex-Hornets coach Paul Silas is in the running for the job.
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