David Fizdale does not think LeBron James will be a future coach. The first-year Memphis Grizzlies coach, who was a former assistant under Erik Spoelstra with the Miami Heat for the past eight years, said that James has a brilliant basketball mind but would get fed up with his players failing to do things perfectly.
When asked about a potential future in coaching for James, CBS Sports quoted Fizdale saying: "No. He would kill somebody. Perfection is like [his standard]. He wants perfection. I could see him actually owning his own team and doing something like that, but I think [as a coach], he would end up killing a player at some point because they wouldn't live up to the expectations that he would set forth."
In addition, James did not disagree with what Fizdale said. The Cleveland Cavaliers star shared that Fizdale is "a little right." He further reveals that he doesn't think he has enough patience to be a coach.
Although Fizdale made such comments, the Memphis Grizzlies coach believes that "as a mentor or a guy that is just going to groom players, I don't know if you'll ever find anyone better than [James] and [Dwyane Wade] and Chris Bosh and those guys I was with down there [in Miami]. They were incredible leaders and basketball geniuses, so I was very lucky to be a part of that."
ESPN adds that James has expressed his desire in owning an NBA team, not coaching one, calling it a "dream" of his this summer. Furthermore, Forbes estimated James' net worth to be around $275 million, which will only grow with his lifetime Nike deal and current $100 million contract with the Cavaliers, and named him the 39th richest entrepreneur under 40 years old. Given these, grinding through an 82-game schedule as a coach is probably out of the question for James, regardless of his demeanor.
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