He should get it just for the simple fact that he convinced ownership/management to not bring back Harden.
It's early, but if Ime takes a team that finished worst the last 3 years and gets them in the playoffs, he'll definitely be in the conversation. Might have to make some noise once their to win it, but if he does... Nice that we're even having the discussion.
But they did trade away their 2nd best player and had some upheaval in the offseason. Nurse’s team also didn’t get to add $75m worth of free agents, either.