What current players would make great NBA coaches?

Bullets Forever found this 5/20/2008 on sports.yahoo.com [flag]

Interesting observation from Michael Grange at From Deep : "Should Derek Fisher just retire now and become the next great NBA coach? Smart and articulate with tons of championship experience and an almost infallible record of clutch play as well as experience playing for Jackson and Sloan — the pedigrees don't get any better." Coach Fish is an excellent call, but it got me ... [link]

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Published 5/20/2008 by JakeTheSnake at Bullets Forever
... This week, the question to ponder is "Which current Wizard would make for the best head coach?" I got the idea from a post from Brian Scalabrine J.E. Skeets on Ball Don't Lie, who bounced some ideas for some players from around the NBA who would make for good NBA coaches, including Derek Fisher, Sam Cassell, Darrell Armstrong, and Antawn Jamison. ...

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