sacraig
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He did a wonderful job against Loyola.Wasn't he the 'defensive coordinator' for game planning?
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So, where is the list of NBA assistants? If all that Gif energy had been properly placed in creating a list of active NBA assistants, we'd be far ahead in our speculative game.
See now, THAT is a good use of a GIF.
Wasn't he the 'defensive coordinator' for game planning?
Not sure if this is a joke or not, but his first 2 years at Illinois were some of the worst defensively. That all changed when Gentry came on board. Chin's primary responsibilty was pre game scouting. Like OP mentioned "he did a wonderful job" vs Loyola. Chin is and alway will be known as a bag man. Coaching not so much.
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
NBA Assistant Coaches | The Official Website of The NBA Coaches Association
List of all 30 NBA Team's Assistant Coaches.
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Since we know it's 100% an NBA coach, I'm thinking 99% chance it's gonna be Steve Nash, 1% Doc Rivers, 0% any one else 
Cal must be growing too old. Offering Chin and letting the Zags snare Gentry!! Amazing
So, now the good news Alexander > Gentry and Frazier > Chin
We have the easy part covered
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Us hiring an assistant from the NBA always made a heck of a lot more sense than us taking two months just to grab some random dude from Butler with an underwhelming recruiting history. RIP to that dude whose first and only post was stating our pick was Omar Lowry. We hardly knew you.
That dude probably was Omar Lowry.
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
For the googly challenged...48 potentially possibleNBA Assistant Coaches | The Official Website of The NBA Coaches Association
List of all 30 NBA Team's Assistant Coaches.
Nets
Mike D’Antoni
Ryan Forehan-Kelly
Adam Harrington
Royal Ivey
Jordan Ott
Tiago Splitter
Ime Udoka
Jacque Vaughn
Clippers
Kenny Atkinson
Chauncey Billups
Jeremy Castleberry
Dan Craig
Larry Drew
Natalie Nakase
Brendan O’Connor
Roy Rogers
Todd Wright
76ers
Brian Adams
Daniel Burke
Sam Cassell
Eric Hughes
Dave Joerger
Popeye Jones
Todor Pandov
Suns
Randy Ayers
Mark Bryant
Willie Green
Brian Randle
Kevin Young
Jazz
Bryan Bailey
Dell Demps
Keyon Dooling
Alex Jensen
Vince Legarza
Sergi Oliva
Lamar Skeeter
Jeff Watkinson
Mike Wells
Hawks
Marlon Garnett
Matt Hill
Melvin Hunt
Chris Jent
Bucks
Vin Baker
Chad Forcier
Darvin Ham
Charles Lee Jr.
Benjamin Sullivan
Patrick St. Andrews
Noblesville beat me to the punch.
Who said anything about Brian Randle? Did Juwan Howard?
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M tipping over
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Well I vote for Ham Slamwich, even if just to have a coach with a cool nickname. Not likely though as he probably has a solid NBA future even if Budenholzer gets canned.
Lane Kiffin left Alabama between the semifinals and the finals of the BCS Championship.
And for everyone freaking out, Jerrance left KU for Texas two weeks before OA and Chin left for Kentucky and his replacement still hasn't been named.
It seems a bit arrogant to think at this point we would be doing Brian Randle a favor by hiring him. His trajectory is climbing fast in NBA circles and at this rate he is going to have plenty of blue sky to sell if he even would consider coaching in college. And as far as recruiting is concerned he would have more of a presence and respectability then most AC's when talking to a recruit and his parents because of his athletic accomplishments, his NBA coaching accomplishments and the fact that he was an outstanding student while he was here! Also he will be inducted later this year into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame 2021 class.
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