NBA Odds – The Coaching Carousel Continues

The NBA Playoffs are in full swing, but that doesn’t mean the hot stove season hasn’t already begun. The Thunder plucked Billy Donovan from the University of Florida, and rumors are circulating about several other jobs that may open up.

Let’s take a look at what’s likely to transpire, coaching-wise, this NBA off-season, specifically, who’s likely to find themselves on the street, and who’s likely to swoop in and snag an open position.

2015-16 NBA Coaching Odds:

Odds the following teams change coaches prior to the 2015 NBA Draft:

• Denver (Melvin Hunt (interim)) – 2/5
• Orlando (James Borrego (interim)) – 2/5
• Chicago (Tom Thibodeau) – 4/5
• Toronto (Dwane Casey) – 8/5
• Los Angeles Lakers (Byron Scott) – 9/2

Odds the following teams change coaches prior to the start of the 2015-16 season: 

• Denver (Melvin Hunt (interim)) – 3/10
• Orlando (James Borrego (interim)) – 3/10
• Chicago (Tom Thibodeau) – 3/5
• Toronto (Dwane Casey) – 7/5
• Los Angeles Lakers (Byron Scott) – 4/1
• Philadelphia (Brent Brown) – 5/1
• Cleveland (David Blatt) – 6/1
• New Orleans (Monty Williams) – 6/1
• San Antonio (Gregg Popovich) – 8/1

Odds the following coaches will coach the following teams in 2015-16:

• Chicago
  • Fred Hoiberg – 7/5
  • Tom Thibodeau – 5/3
  • Ed Pinckney – 7/2
  • Adrian Griffin – 5/1
  • Brian Shaw – 8/1
• Cleveland
  • David Blatt – 1/6
  • Tyronne Lue – 15/2
  • David Fizdale – 10/1
  • Tom Thibodeau – 10/1
  • Tom Izzo – 20/1
• Toronto
  • Dwane Casey – 5/8
  • Tom Thibodeau – 8/1
  • Brian Shaw – 10/1
  • Melvin Hunt – 10/1
  • David Fizdale – 20/1
• Orlando
  • James Borrego – 10/3
  • Tom Thibodeau – 5/1
  • Scott Brooks – 10/1
  • Scott Skiles – 5/1
  • Nick Nurse – 10/1
  • Mark Jackson – 10/1
• Philadelphia
  • Brent Brown – 1/5
  • Jay Wright – 20/1
• Denver
  • Melvin Hunt – 10/3
  • Scott Brooks – 4/1
  • Mike D’Antoni – 10/1
  • Alvin Gentry – 15/1
  • John Calipari – 25/1
  • David Vanterpool – 25/1
• San Antonio
  • Gregg Popovich – 1/8
  • Becky Hammon – 20/1
  • Ettore Messina – 25/1
  • Jim Boylen – 25/1
  • Vinny Del Negro – 30/1
• New Orleans
  • Monty Williams – 1/6
  • Tom Thibodeau – 12/1
  • John Calipari – 12/1
  • Fred Hoiberg – 20/1
• Los Angeles Lakers
  • Byron Scott – 2/9
  • John Calipari – 10/1
  • Rick Carlisle – 20/1
  • Jeff Van Gundy – 25/1
  • Phil Jackson – 30/1

(Photo credit: Bryan Horowitz (Flickr: DSC04093) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.)