We have odds on who the next Toronto Raptors coach will be

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The Toronto Raptors are looking for a new coach, and Reddit NBA has come out with some interesting odds.

After another abbreviated playoff run, and despite being a finalist for Coach of the Year, Dwane Casey was fired as Toronto Raptors head coach. A perceived top candidate is now unavailable, as Mike Budenholzer has taken the job with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Before the report Buldenhozer took the Bucks’ job later in the day, he would have been the odds-on favorite to be the next Raptors’ coach. So right on cue on Wednesday morning, Reddit’s NBA channel posted some odds on who will replace Casey. Some are serious candidates, and others are just interesting or off-the-wall.

There are some legitimate coaching candidates on the list, including former Casey assistants Nick Nurse and Rex Kalamian. Toronto’s G-League coach, former NBA player Jerry Stackhouse, would also be a serious candidate. Stan Van Gundy, Jason Kidd, Frank Vogel, Monty Williams, David Blatt, Becky Hammon, Ettore Messina, Jay Larranaga, Jarron Collins and Jay Wright could also be legitimate candidates to varying degrees.

Two former Raptors players, Tracy McGrady and Vince Carter, are big long-shots that can’t be totally dismissed. TNT analyst Kenny Smith suggested he’ll be an NBA head coach within five years, and rapper Master P thinks he’s the man to coach the Raptors since he coached DeMar DeRozan when he was a kid.

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Drake and LeBron James match Master P as the longest shots on the list. James is already accused of coaching and being the de facto general manager for the Cavaliers, so he has some assumed experience beyond just being a player. But it terms of the Raptors, based on the last three postseason dismissals he authored, James is more like an owner. And Drake is too much of a fanboy to be a successful coach.

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