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Jamal Collier: Young was a lead assistant with the Phoenix Suns from 2020-24 before getting hired at BYU. Other candidates for the Bulls coaching vacancy include Tiago Splitter, Micah Nori, Johnnie Bryant, Jerry Stackhouse and Lamar Skeeter
Jerry Stackhouse: A lot of people make make a lot about our last interaction in Washington when I felt that I was kind of in the prime and he was at at the end of his career, but it's Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan no matter who he's on the floor with probably right now feels that he's the best player and the best option. So, I mean, I take no offense to that, but it was just didn't work out in his final year. He brought me there the year before, they had Rip Hamilton and he felt like I was further along in my development and he wanted to win. He wanted to win. That just shows his competitiveness. That's obviously for me being in Detroit, we just got to the second round, I'm feeling like the next level for us is getting to a conference finals and all of a sudden I'm in Washington. So, it was a little awkward there, but at the same time, we made the best of it. We had great moments. I'm telling you, no matter what transpired on the basketball court, we had a good time off the basketball court. You go with Michael Jordan, between playing a little poker and drinking some of the best wine the world has ever made. We had some great moments. So, I never want to try to think that anything there deflects my reverence for Michael Jordan. To me, he's the GOAT. He's the best basketball player to ever wear a pair of shoes, he's an icon in the University of North Carolina.
Jake Fischer: In addition to his interest from Chicago, I’m told Jerry Stackhouse will also be interviewing for Portland’s next head coaching position this weekend.
Marc Stein: Another name for the Bulls' coaching search: Jerry Stackhouse, fresh off a stint as a Warriors assistant, has emerged as a candidate in Chicago, sources tell @JakeLFischer and me.
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Despite the return of longtime head coach Steve Kerr, the Golden State Warriors have changes coming to their coaching staff. The top two assistants, Terry Stotts and Jerry Stackhouse, are departing the franchise, league sources told ESPN on Thursday. Their contracts expired after this past season.
Stotts just finished his second year as Kerr's lead assistant and offensive coordinator. His nearly three-decade coaching career includes a nine-season run as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers. Stotts informed Kerr late in the regular season that he didn't intend to return and told ESPN he is leaving the Warriors on good terms and remains open to NBA head coaching opportunities. "I enjoyed my time with Steve, the staff and players," Stotts said. "My two years there were fulfilling. Nothing but well-wishes."
The Warriors are in the early stages of searching for replacements for Stotts and Stackhouse. Former New Orleans Pelicans head coach Willie Green is among the candidates, league sources said. Green started his NBA coaching career with the Warriors in 2016 and spent three seasons as an assistant on Kerr's staff. The two remain close.
Jerry Stackhouse: If Steph’s the engine, then Draymond’s the transmission. You’re not going anywhere without him. He’s so good. You can see why, obviously, they broke it up a little bit — Klay left — but Dre and Steph are still there. He covers for him so well, man. That is his guy. It’s like a built-in antenna. If Steph’s in trouble defensively, here comes Draymond to the rescue. Everybody else better figure out how to cover up behind him, because he’s going to help his partner. And offensively, they just have a feel. It’s not about any play. They’ve done it so long. They kind of know when Steph turns his head and he’s about to come off the screen. Nobody delivers that ball to him the way Draymond can coming off those screens.
Jerry Stackhouse: “They’ve gone together like hand and glove. Like I said, it’s not a dynasty. It’s not four championships, I don’t believe. Maybe they win a championship. Steph Curry has a gravity to win a championship or two; I give him that greatness. But they don’t win four without Draymond Green. That’s because of what he brings on the defensive end. I think Steve said it, and I almost have to echo it, man. For a six-seven, six-eight guy to be able to defend all positions — he can switch onto a point guard and move his feet for a possession or two, or he can get down there and keep Jokic from getting to the middle of the paint.
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Stack, going back to Dre for a minute, your respect for him is obvious. He really respects you. In fact, he was on his podcast pushing hard for you to get the North Carolina job, which ultimately went to Michael Malone. Were you surprised that they went outside the family? Because they’ve never gone outside the family.” Jerry Stackhouse: “Yeah, I mean, I was and I wasn’t. With what was going on there with Hubert (Davis), I think nobody really liked how that went down for him. Being part of the family, and then to not have an opportunity to talk about it, I think that was the most disappointing thing for me. They were like, ‘We’re not going to interview.’ I felt like I had a resume that could stand up to anybody. I won Coach of the Year in the SEC. I had a team that finished fourth in the SEC when we weren’t even participating in NIL.
Where do you come out on that subject? LeBron or Mike?” Jerry Stackhouse: “I mean, from some skill standpoints, he’s probably better. He’s a better ball handler than Michael Jordan was. I think he’s a better facilitator than Michael Jordan was. Was he a better scorer than Michael Jordan? No. Was he a better clutch performer? No. Michael Jordan went to the Finals six times, won six championships, six Finals MVPs. So, to me, he’s always going to be the GOAT in my book. No matter what people might think, what might have happened in Washington, or where we didn’t see eye to eye, Michael Jordan is still the greatest player to ever put on a pair of basketball shoes in my mind. And I’m probably going to put Kareem after that.”
Jim Rome: “I’m not going to argue with that point. I’m an MJ guy. So where do you put Bron? If Kareem’s number two, where’s Bron go?” Jerry Stackhouse: “Yeah, he’s probably right behind there. People are probably going to have Kobe in there, too. Like, where’s Shaq? There are a whole lot of different ways you could go there. But I don’t think you can put LeBron lower than three, just with the longevity, the body of work, and to have this sustainable greatness for so long.
Jerry Stackhouse on relationship with Michael Jordan: “We weren’t sitting there every day butting heads. No, we were having a good time. I was going out there drinking some of those five-, six-thousand-dollar bottles of wine he was drinking every night. Playing cards on the plane and all that. So we did a lot of things together off the court as well.”