NBA: Coaches Facing the Most Pressure in 2015-16

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Jul 21, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers at press conference at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /

If you follow basketball even remotely closely, you’ve likely heard about how the NBA is a business. Players have either left teams or have been forced out of town on more than one occasion.

Coaches are no different. In many ways, they’re under even more pressure than the players.

Players can’t hide their faces from the media or the general population, but coaches can’t seem to get any respect. If a team loses, it’s the coach who failed to motivate his players or prepare them for victory.

If a team wins, they do so because of players who don’t need a coach to motivate or prepare them for victory.

Entering 2015-16, professional coaches have not yet been able to shake that reality. Thus, a number of them will be facing incomparable pressure.

The question is, which coaches are facing the most?

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