According to Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=mc-
spears_warriors_owner_interview_coach_finalists_051511), the Golden State Warriors have narrowed down their coaching choices to "Former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown and Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Dwane Casey... Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw, Boston Celtics assistant coach Lawrence Frank and Lakers assistant coach Chuck Person have also received permission from their teams to have preliminary interviews with the Warriors soon."
Almost all of these candidates have previous experience and all are defensive minded coaches. These candidates are telling of what teams need to win championships: defense. If a team isn't good defensively, most of the time they are not going to win a championship. Although a team can win championships without great defense, they have to have two great players and still play average defense. The warriors do not even have one great player and cannot even play average defense. So, this is a step in the right direction.
The best man for the job is Lawrence Frank. Mike Brown is a great defensive mind, but is too limited offensively. I don't believe the Warriors get Brian Shaw or Chuck Person; Shaw might get the Lakers job and if he doesn't, he has no coaching experience anyway. The Warriors should pursue a guy who has prior coaching experience. It is not worth the risk of hiring a coach who has no coaching experience. The only exception to this would be hiring a really great defensive mind like Thibodeau. Dwane Casey would be a good hire as well, but has interest from multiple teams. Although he would be a good coach, Frank is the man for the job. He worked the Celtics defense this year and prior to the one of the most moronic trades ever, the Celtics looked like an incredible team that no one could stop. They were 40-14 heading into Oracle Arena after the All-Star break and beat the Warriors in every aspect of the game looking like a championship caliber team. He coached the Nets earlier in the decade and had some playoff seasons with them, proving he can win. Also, he worked under Byron Scott, a great coach, when the Nets went to the NBA Finals multiple years. Now he works under Doc Rivers, another great coach, and successfully ran the Celtics' defense. Furthermore, Frank is a proven winner in the NBA, has worked under successful coaches and knows how to run a great defense in the NBA, making him the best candidate for the Warriors.
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