nba coaching madness?!?!?
bthav
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anybody following this?the old:phil to the lakersthe unfortunate:pound for pound is booted outta detroitthe crazy:pat rilley from the top office to miami's court?discuss
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year of the darko
i completely agree. and think that riley has done a great front office job. i think real folks know this and still would be pissed. i think it is straight bitch move.
only time will tell with this, but giving up Caron Butler was a BAD MOVE.
larry brown in new york? i don't know. i'm not a huge fan. i feel like he gets too much credit when things go right and doesn't shoulder enough of the blame when things go wrong (read: olympics). what he put the pistons through this year was straight up unprofessional and unethical and i thought he did joe dumars and the pistons fans wrong. i guess i'll take him though, just for the defensive schemes.
they fire terry and we get bogut as a #1 pick?
Phil Jackson is the most over-rated coach in NBA history. I mean he's been given teams with Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Kobe Bryant, Karl Malone, and of course Shaq. I mean if you don't win some championships with teams made up of some of the greatest athletes the play the game then your just plain wack. Phil has never had to coach a lackluster team and next year is gonna be his first crack at it. I hope Phil falls flat on his face and gets called out finally for being nothng more than a mediocre coach.
Larry Brown however took a semi-good pistons team and turned them around, and I'll never forget that accomplished the greatest feat in NBA history, taking the clippers to the playoffs. Larry can safely retire now if he wanted to and be remembered as a great for serving a lifetime as a basketball coach and being successful time and time again. If he goes to the Knicks though I know they'll have a much better season then they did Herb (Williams).
Pat Riley was my God in the 80's and when he went to NY I instantly became a Knicks fan, when he pulled up stakes again my love went with him to Florida. I wanna see dude coach again and give Shaq what most likely will be his last chance to win another championship.
brown has a long history of making mediocre teams good/better, but the pistons were already very, very good when he came along, and it's no secret that it was the rasheed trade that made them finals material. they didn't even really turn it on that season until the team had some time to come together with 'sheed. my main concern if brown comes to NY, though, is how much PT he'll give the young guys
That's madness!
It is a VERY good gig for Phil though.
If he can take next year's team to the 2nd round of the playoffs, he will be the greatest coach in nba history.