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Monday, September 23
Updated: September 24, 7:01 PM ET
 
Users vote Adelman as NBA's best coach

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Last week, ESPN.com's NBA experts ranked the NBA head coaches from best to worst. Since you got to see what they think, we wanted to know whether you agreed or disagreed.

Let's just say their No. 11 was your No. 1.

Below are the results of a poll in which ESPN.com users ranked the league's head coaches from one to 29. Each coach received 40 points for a first-place vote, 30 points for second place, etc.

ESPN.com Users Rank All 29 NBA Head Coaches
Coach Total Points First-Place Votes
1. Rick Adelman 490,410 4,100
2. Larry Brown 490,132 929
3. Phil Jackson 476,960 8,963
4. Rick Carlisle 437,695 565
5. Doug Collins 351,912 113
6. Maurice Cheeks 342,998 142
7. Pat Riley 341,610 662
8. Don Nelson 340,924 366
9. Alvin Gentry 313,864 57
10. Bill Cartwright 313,702 190
11. George Karl 308,648 89
12. Byron Scott 305,322 334
13. Gregg Popovich 294,826 201
14. Don Chaney 289,515 104
15. Jim O'Brien 286,513 406
16. Doc Rivers 271,108 207
17. Jeff Bzdelik 267,401 338
18. Nate McMillan 264,869 165
19. Frank Johnson 249,327 33
20. Jerry Sloan 245,897 431
21. Flip Saunders 221,808 138
22. Rudy Tomjanovich 220,350 384
23. Lon Kruger 220,224 25
24. John Lucas 218,470 52
25. Paul Silas 212,841 70
26. Sidney Lowe 204,635 25
27. Lenny Wilkens 193,143 222
28. Eric Musselman 166,307 100
29. Isiah Thomas 120,630 42





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