The Best Coaches in the NBA Right Now, Ranked.
When it comes down to being considered a great head coach, you are defined by winning and losing.
Some coaches are able to coach less talented teams to great success, consistently overachieving and maximizing the rosters at hand. Others are able to get star-studded teams to buy in and sacrifice for the greater good, leading to dynasties and prolonged winning. The truly special coaches are able to thrive in both of these environments, adapting to the roster and personnel at hand and still managing to put their teams in positions to succeed.
The NBA currently is filled with multiple great coaches, no matter how much their fanbases may complain about them and wish for them to be fired. Winning in the NBA is hard, winning at the highest level is even harder. And those that do are forever immortalized amongst the greatest ever.
There are only seven active head coaches who have won titles in the NBA, but they aren’t the only ones who get the job done yearly as far as producing a winning team.
Here is our list of the 10 best coaches currently in the NBA.
- The Los Angeles Lakers are not resting on their laurels and certainly not running it back next year. Darvin Ham is out as the head coach and some interesting names are floating around for the vacant position. At the same time, LeBron James has a $51,415,938 player option this summer but might reject it and sign a multi-year deal to remain with the Lakers into his 40s. Anthony Davis is still untouchable, and the organization is hell-bent on winning. Luckily for the Lakers, there are three major plans they can go after this offseason. By leveraging their assets such as Austin Reaves, D’Angelo Russell, and even their 2024 first-round pick, the Lakers can focus and decide to follow one of three plans.
