NBA Power Rankings: Clippers are too good to ignore

142. Things aren’t off to such a great start in Scott Brooks’ second stint of being a head coach. After four seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder and nine games with the Washington Wizards I can confidently say the following: Scott Brooks isn’t that great of a basketball coach. This isn’t a new sentiment, it was a prevalent thought even when Brooks was leading the Thunder to the NBA Finals and the Western Conference Finals year after year. Now, I’m not saying Brooks is bad or that he needs to be fired immediately, however, it seems clear to me now that the Thunder’s success under Brooks had more to do with the talent of Kevin Durant, James Harden, Serge Ibaka, and Russell Westbrook than the coaching acumen of Brooks. John Wall and Bradley Beal aren’t on that same level (well not Durant, Harden, Westbrook level for sure) and the results in Washington DC have not been pretty to start the year. Washington isn’t necessarily lacking or wanting for talent, but they have yet to be able to put it all together on the floor. Wall is the team’s best shot at having a superstar level talent, but after jumping off to a quick start in his NBA career it seems like Wall might have already reached his ceiling. With Beal it’s just great to not have to worry about him suffering any type of injury with the season just getting underway. The remaining Wizards have been all over the place this year. It needs to be said that even at their lowest, the Randy Wittman Wiz teams didn’t have this much lack of faith clouding over them.. (2-7). Previous: . Washington Wizards. 29. team