Re: Laimbeer to NBA?

>There is absolutely no problem going from the NBA to the wnba.   The problem
>has been going the other way - I get the impression that many consider a WNBA
>the kiss of death when it comes to getting back to the NBA. Ron Rothstein is
>the only person I can think of who did that.

Frank Layden is back in the NBA as a consultant for the Knicks (although I
don't know how much that counts, since his son is the GM there).  TR Dunn, as
bad as he was as coach of the Sting, is currently an assistant with the
Nuggets.  And Dee Brown went back to working in the Orlando Magic's front
office after the Miracle relocated to Connecticut, until he took the Silver
Stars' head coaching job two weeks ago.  To be honest, I don't see any
'blacklist' on ex-WNBA head coaches at all.

Went back to the NBA:
T.R. Dunn
Ron Rothstein
Frank Layden
Dee Brown (went back, then voluntarily left again)

Did not go back to the NBA:
Orlando Woolridge (hasn't been heard from since his marijuana arrest two years
ago)
Darrell Walker (most recently seen in September, using a pair of clubs to
attack a golfer who dared to ask to play through on him)
Sonny Allen (old geezer who only scouted in the NBA, never coached, and is
voluntarily retired now, but he's not NBA coaching material anyway--can you
picture A.I. doing 'the weave'?)

Were never in the NBA to begin with (have strictly been women's coaches):
Brian Agler
Fred Williams
Greg Williams
Tom Maher
every woman who has ever coached in the league

So really, that's only six former coaches who ever *were* part of the NBA and
were young enough to come back to it after their WNBA stint, and four of the
six actually *have* come back in some capacity.