2020-2021 AROUND the NBA: Archived

[Mavs2021]

Two thoughts:

1) Is it possible Cuban has not released RC from his contract?

2) Is it possible that in this day and age where player friendly coaches are almost essential that coaches like RC are going to become extinct?

2) Generally certainly a possibility, but since the Pacers specifically interview Steve Clifford, that can´t be the reason.

There is also

Option 3) Carlisle is too expensive, which leads back to did Carlisle really just walk away from ~$15M?

Option 4) He wants to retire/take a break/waits for a specific job aka you better win the NBA title, bud(dy).

Option 5) Not only players have no interest dealing with the strong personality of Carlisle, but neither do (more inexperienced) GMs.