— Jarron Collins’ relentless zeal to land a head coaching job rubbed some folks the wrong way with the Dubs, but he did good work with the Warriors, particularly on the defensive side. With his career progression stalled in New Orleans does he come back to the Bay?

— Frank Vogel won’t need to work for a long while yet, thanks to Phoenix still owing him nearly $25 million after firing him following one 49-win season. But if he does want a gig, he’d be the kind of defensive coordinator (with the bonafides on that side of the floor) the Dubs need.

And don’t exclude college basketball candidates, either. With the (above-board) pay-for-play nature of the collegiate game today, there are plenty of coaches looking to jump to the ranks of adult professionalism.

Adam Cohen, the former Stanford assistant now with Xavier, would be an exceptional poach, too.

Is that a plan?

The Warriors have a Friday deadline to waive, trade or retain Chris Paul, whose $30 million contract for next season is not guaranteed.

Given the team’s salary cap issues, the Dubs need to move off that money. This is the reason they traded for Paul in the first place (don’t let the “veteran leadership” line fool you.)

But Thompson moving to another team could bring about the same result. And the possibility remains that the Warriors could lose both Paul and Thompson without meaningful ways to replace them (that’s roughly $70 million off the books with only a mid-level exception to show for it.)

It’s somewhat of a mess — one that could be alleviated by the Warriors and Paul extending the deadline for another week or so, to see what Thompson does in free agency.

When asked specifically about that possibility on Monday, Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. said “I’m OK with the date. I guess we’ll see if that changes. But for now, I’m good with it. I understand the rules. We’ll abide by it.”

I wish I could say this indicates the Warriors feel great about Thompson re-signing, making waiving Paul an easy decision, but that seems bold.

And seeing as I have heard there is no trade traction for Paul as of this weekend, it seems to me as if the Warriors are going to waive him by the end of this week and hope it all works out.

It might. In fact, it probably will.

But that still doesn’t make it much of a plan.

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