2026 NBA coaching carousel: Power ranking the job openings, from worst to best
With the Mavericks’ firing of Jason Kidd on Tuesday, it opened up a sixth head coaching job in the NBA this summer.
The Dallas Mavericks’ firing of head coach Jason Kidd on Tuesday, with a reported four years and $40 million remaining on his contract, came as somewhat of a shock. It opened up a sixth head coaching job in the NBA this summer — and an attractive one at that, considering Cooper Flagg carries the franchise on his broad shoulders. While the Milwaukee Bucks and New Orleans Pelicans have already hired Taylor Jenkins and Jamahl Mosley as their new head coaches, respectively, that doesn’t mean we can’t include those jobs — along with openings on the Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks, Orlando Magic and Portland Trail Blazers — in our power rankings of the NBA’s 2026 coaching carousel.
Which job is worst? And which one is best? Let us count them down.
6. Milwaukee Bucks 2025-26 record: 32-50, 11th in the East 2026 salary cap space ( projected ): $15. 1 million non-taxpayer MLE 2026-27 guaranteed contracts: Giannis Antetokounmpo ($58.
5M); Myles Turner ($26. 6M); Kyle Kuzma ($20. 5M); Bobby Portis ($14.
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