What do Julius Erving, Andrew Toney, Moses Malone, Mo Cheeks, and Bobby Jones all have in common? Not one of them is currently an NBA head coach.

At a certain point, as Mike Woodson once found out, coaches have a say in Josh Smith’s shot selection. Something had to give and Joe Dumars oversaw the 2004 Pistons championship so, until further notice, he has inexplicable job security.