Every time LeBron James finds himself sitting out or in a huddle, people joke about how he’s taking matters into his own hands and usurping the actual coach.
That doesn’t mean James wants to be a head coach More specifically, he thinks he wouldn’t be a good one.
“No. No, no. I don’t have the patience,” James said Sunday, via Chris Walder of theScore. “I can’t even coach my own son’s team, so I know I couldn’t coach some guys that I don’t know. Can’t do it.”
Those who have coached James feel similarly. Memphis Grizzlies coach David Fizdale, who was an assistant while James was with Miami, thinks James isn’t cut out to be a coach because he demands such perfection that nobody would be able to live up to his standards.
James has already said that his real post-playing ambitions lie higher than coaching. His self-assessment of his coaching skills is probably correct.
