atlantabison
PhD Student
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Loc: Atlanta, GA
Reg: 01-25-06
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02-23-23 03:01 PM - Post#352374
CBS Sports lists their top 5 candidates to coach the Hawks:
5. Charles Lee
Lee is another Budenholzer disciple, and he's still working with his mentor in Milwaukee. Unlike our first four candidates, he has no head-coaching record to fall back on. That won't be the case for long. Lee has been among the most highly regarded assistants in basketball for several years now, and whether it's Atlanta or somebody else, he is going to get a head-coaching job soon.
A first-time head coach can be both a blessing and a curse. Udoka's season in Boston is a perfect example of that. He needed a few months to adjust to the top job, but once he did, he had no bad habits or old biases to fall back on. Does Atlanta want to wait for a first-timer to figure it out? The Hawks might not have time for that. Dejounte Murray is a free agent in 2024, and because of the current CBA, he is virtually unextendable. If the Hawks don't figure things out quickly, they might lose him for nothing next summer. That's going to make this job even more difficult for whoever lands it. That coach won't just have to appease Young, but Murray as well.
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