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John Hollinger and Nate Duncan rank NBA coaches for the 2025-26 season, discussing both veteran and young coaches.

John Hollinger and Nate Duncan do their annual coach rankings based on all the criteria that go into making a great (or terrible) coach. It’s a clear group of four at the top for both of them, but then it gets murkier with a lot of solid veteran coaches. How do they rate vs impressive young coaches like Mitch Johnson, Jordan Ott, Charles Lee, Will Hardy, JJ Redick, and more?

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Hosts: John Hollinger, Nate Duncan

Topics covered

• coach rankings
• NBA coaches
• basketball analysis
• veteran coaches
• young coaches

Keywords

• NBA
• coaches
• rankings
• basketball
• veteran coaches
• young coaches
• Mitch Johnson
• Jordan Ott
• Charles Lee

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