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At the beginning of the weekend, PJ Carlesimo was fired from the OKC Thunder after their horrible start to the year. This morning, Eddie Jordan was fired by the Washington Wizards. Let’s take a look at these 2 firings and see who is next.

First, PJ has never been a great coach. Then, he was given a crappy, underachieving team in turmoil. Seattle/OKC had issues all summer long with the whole transition in moving from Seattle to OKC. Then you have guys like Durant, Green, and Westbrook that will be you FUTURE stars. They’re nowhere near that right now. This is a young team with no true identity, and they’re still growing. They’ve shown no signs of even being a decent team, let alone a .500 team. A lot of times, a bad record does truely point back to bad coaching. In this case, it wasn’t just the coaching. You can’t blame your coach when you haven’t given him anything to work with. Toss Phil Jackson or Gregg Popovich in there and you’ll end up with the same freakin results.

Second, Eddie Jordan. Alright this one you can blame on the coach. You’ve got a team with Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison, who played extremely well last year, and now you’re one of the worst teams in the league? Something isn’t right here. This is a team with a solid core of players, and several young players on the rise. A coaching change was necessary here.

Hmmm, who is gonna get fired next? I’m callin that Dunleavy is gonna get fired from the Clippers by the break, and the rest of the coaches should be safe. Dunleavy lost Brand, but he wasn’t around much last year anyways. This perennial celler-dweller picked up Camby and B Diddy while keeping the rest of their core players. But now they’ve traded away Mobley and Tim Thomas. Those were 2 of their more consistent players, especially with Mobley’s recent play. Tim Thomas is just one of those hard nosed guys that can help out most teams, without any glaring weaknesses. Zach Randolph’s locker room cancer isn’t gonna help anyone either. Good luck, Dunleavy.

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