Oso planning to go pro
In my opinion definitely not the coolest buzzer beater ever, but definitely cool. I don’t think it stands up against a buzzer beater like NC State in a national championship or a number of others. But helps the Bucks!
I've never really understood all the love for Stevens. I don't think he's bad, but I don't think he's great either. I realize that he's missing his two superstar players, but out coaching Joe Prunty and Ty Lue isn't exactly noteworthy, and Philly threw away a couple of games, and couldn't close others which isn't at all surprising given their youth. If Bud can get the most out of Giannis, and Brett Brown continues to develop Simmons, Embiid, and/or Fultz, I'd be surprised if anyone other than Milwaukee or Philly comes out of the East for the next 2-3 years. Again, not saying that he's bad, but I would give just as much credit, if not more to Danny Ainge.
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
From the NBA '17 thread.I was pretty much the only one who thought this (which is fine, opinions are cool, hey?), and I still think that the majority of the credit that Boston has gotten should go to Danny Ainge. This was also pre-Kawhi trade so I'll give myself a pass on not being as high on Toronto as Milwaukee or Philly.
Many NBA folks contend that the hardest thing to do is get talented, egocentric guys to buy in and play championship-level team basketball. There actually are people who dismiss the accomplishments of Jackson and Auerbach because "they had so much talent to work with." That's stupid. It was their ability to get those talented players to work together -- to manage the egos and win titles -- that made them the two greatest basketball coaches ever, IMHO.Does Stevens have what it takes to do that? We'll see. Early signs are no, but he's still young, and Ainge seemingly has a lot of faith in him.
1000%Look at the last 11-12 NBA championship winning teams and their coaches. Kerr, Jackson, Spoelstra, Doc, Pop, Ty Lue, and Carlisle.Out of those coaches, you could probably argue only Pop and Carlisle are X&O guys. And Carlisle's championship was getting an undergunned Mavs team past a beast Lakers team and an even bigger Heat team. Its all about egos, and chemistry, and motivation. There is a reason college coaches rarely find success. Its a tough adjustment. I think Stevens likely splits mutually with the Cs and heads back to a blue blood college program in the next 2-3 years. And that doesn't make him a bad coach or a failure, its just not a good fit. He's performed a lot better than most college coaches who don't work out in the NBA.
I know some folks here hate Westbrook, and I know he has his flaws, and I know he'll probably never win a championship.But 20 pts, 20 rebs, 21 assists. That's crazy.
Best part was he knew exactly what his stats were when he grabbed board 20 to get to 20/20/20.
Magic Johnson goes on TV and announces he's quitting as Lakers president.https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/lakers/2019/04/09/magic-johnson-steps-down-lakers-president/3418649002/Didn't even tell Jeanie Buss first, telling reporters: “Somebody’s going to have to tell my boss because I knew I couldn’t be face-to-face and tell her."Wow.
Easy to figure out how Magic screwed up the Lakers.
Realized he was too successful, established, and rich to have the patients (or patient) running the asylum. I bet Magic and Rich Paul aren't the best of friends
He was successful running the Lakers?
so luke walton is fired on friday after going 98-148 with lakers and sacramento grabs him before what...? ucla signs him? sacramento is actually supposed to have a decent team next year. who annointed him as even being head coach material? magic?
He was the hottest assistant in the NBA given his work with the Warriors, especially when Kerr was out. The Lakers hiring him wasn't a flier. And much like David Blatt in Cleveland, he was brought in to mold and coach a young team, not be another in Lebron's game. So naturally he was the scapegoat when the Lakers weren't a wrecking ball after adding Lebron Also, the Kings are an absolute disaster management wise, so thats not entirely shocking they acted rashly
I'm not the greatest coach in the world, but I woulda liked my chances coaching the Warriors the half-season that Luke did.That being said, he might be a very good coach (or might not be), and he'll get a chance to prove it now.
I'm not the greatest coach in the world, but I woulda liked my chances coaching the Warriors the half-season that Luke did.
3 years ago, the warriors coulda coached themselves. agree he was the scapegoat though. i think the hollywood lakers spell it T-I-E-M LeBron Blames
Sure, but he took a team coming off a title, who were clearly the best team in the league, who lost their coach unexpectedly for an extended period of time who has shown himself to be a master of personality/ego coaching. Walton got them locked in and focused and off to a record start. He showed himself capable in that regard. They could have easily coasted. His hiring with the Lakers made sense and I actually think he did good work with a lot of those young guys.
Yep. His first situation was set up so he couldn't fail. His 2nd situation was set so he couldn't succeed. We'll finally learn more next year.