Random W mention of the day...

My outside-the-box pick is Michael Cooper.

The former member of the Los Angeles Lakers' "Showtime" era won five championships as a player and was a five-time All-NBA first-team defense selection. He knows something about how to play at the end of the floor where the Mavericks are most challenged.

He has been a successful coach in the WNBA with the Los Angeles Sparks, which means he knows something about ... well, layup drills and set shots, I guess, but it also means he knows how to coach
fundamentals.

(Readers can feel free to insert a remark here about how coaching in the WNBA is a perfect training ground for coaching the Mavericks. I
won't stoop that low.)

Hey, but I'll insert this: Yeah, I know, 'cause dunks are so hard to coach...