The players in the NBA are constantly on the move. Although it wasn’t always the case, players in the NBA today are more powerful than ever and can switch teams at any time. Head coaches, on the other hand, are significantly less likely to act similarly or possess the same authority.

Most commonly, when a coach quits a team, it’s because they were fired. Not everyone can be Steve Kerr or Gregg Popovich, after all. These coaches were dismissed because they most definitely weren’t them. The causes may be anything from subpar play to rivalry with elite players on the floor.

Together with the big three—Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving, and LeBron James—he guided the team to a thrilling championship comeback triumph over the Golden State Warriors.

But after just three years and two more trips to the NBA Finals, Lue was let go by the team. Even though the club was losing 0-6 when James and Irving were cut in 2018, it was evident that the team intended to move on to tanking. It was simple to fire Lue after keeping that in mind.

Brown guided the group to five consecutive postseason trips and a trip to the NBA Finals. Nevertheless, following a semifinal defeat in 2010, he was let go. Owner Dan Gilbert had the misguided idea that he might get James to rejoin the team by sacking Brown and holding him accountable for the Cavaliers’ losses.

From 2011 until 2018, Dwane Casey was an excellent coach for the Toronto Raptors. Despite having All-Star players in Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, he was unable to overcome the hump and win a championship.

With the Raptors as the top seed and Casey taking home Coach of the Year, it appeared as though the team had finally turned the corner in the 2017–18 campaign. But after being