Rick Carlisle has had a weird run since guiding the Dallas Mavericks to the championship in 2011 over the Miami Heat. The Mavs proceeded to undergo a frustrating, up-and-down season in 2012 that ended in a four-game sweep at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Mavs missed the playoffs the following season, and then returned in 2014 and dropped a seven-game thriller to the Spurs. Another first round exit against the Thunder came in 2015, followed by a 2016 season that saw the Mavs miss both the playoffs and the draft lottery. 2017 then gave us DSJ.