Ranking three of the most pressure-filled coaching jobs in the NBA heading into the 2021-22 season.
Being a coach in the NBA is an honor, a great opportunity, and a job that is very hard to pass up. With that, comes sleepless nights, constant scrutiny, criticism, and thankless effort. You can say there’s a part of that to coaching at any level, but in the NBA, the player’s league, being an NBA head coach is a tough job.
As a coach you have a shelf life, most of them understand that getting fire is part of the job. I find it honorable that these guys are able to handle such scrutiny, and something so difficult, and the ones that last a long time, my hat is off to you.
In this piece we’re going to go through three tough coaching jobs in the NBA, that is the least desirable (or under the most pressure) in order from least to greatest, between the Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets, and Los Angeles Lakers – the three teams that will have the biggest expectations (or under the most scrutiny) heading into this season.