The NBA welcomes two new faces and two recycled ones to its coaching fraternity this season, and all four of them are sure to have headaches by Halloween.

Rick Carlisle, a head coach after years as an assistant, must convince Jerry Stackhouse to be a more complete player in Detroit.

John Lucas, who has coached Philadelphia and San Antonio, has a challenging rebuilding project in Cleveland.

Maurice Cheeks, the other newcomer, will have to instill his grace into the talented mess that resides in Portland.

Doug Collins, the fiery former coach of Chicago and Detroit, has the most intriguing and perhaps most challenging job of the four: trying to rebuild the Washington Wizards while battling the expectations that come with having the unretired Michael Jordan.