In a 2019 interview with John Gonzalez , Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr bemoaned his job title. "From now on, I'd like to be known as a manager, if you guys don't mind," he said. "Everyone calls me a coach. I'm a manager." It's a sentiment plenty of NBA coaches share. At that level, with the best and most intelligent players in the world, the things we think of as "coaching" represent only a small part of the job. Much more of it than we realize boils down to managing personalities and relationships.

That makes the entire endeavor of ranking and evaluating coaches somewhat futile. A lot of the job is invisible. We occasionally get a glimpse into what happens behind those closed doors. A thoroughly reported feature here. A notable press conference quote there. But we're

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