Split T wrote:Very possible. Those choices were more what should happen rather than what will happen. Coach of the year is such a weird award that is almost impossible to properly judge. It's more just an award thanks we give to the team who most exceeded expectations. Pop has been so good as a coach for 20 years that we automatically have higher expectations for SA than we probably should based just on their roster.
Spoelstra obviously did something right to get Miami back on track, but they should have been better than they were during the first half. They were awful and spoelstra has to answer for that too.
D'Antoni is basically doing the same thing he always does, it seems like he is more dependent on the right players than other coaches.
Side note, I wonder if Gentry has some similar issues. He remade himself as a D'Antoni like coach and had a lot of success with Nash. New Orleans PG situation hasn't been very steady with jrue having injuries and being just an ok play maker. Hope he does well this year with the AD/Cousins duo. They really need Jrue to re-sign.
Will you guys ever quit.
You and virtually everyone continually take shots at D'Antoni. He changed the entire mood in Houston this year and they became relevant again. Whether of not he is coach of the year, means nothing. He did a very good job and if I were a Houston fan I would be very happy to have him as my coach.
I'll take the same shot at Popovich. He could not win a game in the playoffs after Leonard went down. Why could he not win with the rest of the players on that roster? Why was he so dependent upon one freaking player? Why does LMA not want to play there? Why was LMA so useless against the Warriors? Why don't you blame Popovich for those problems?
No coach, including Phil Jackson can win or ever has won in this league without very good players that are healthy.
I expect you think Phil Jackson would have won with Steve Nash. I doubt it. I expect he would have tried to trade him and I also expect that is the reason he was not hired by Jerry Buss when Mike was hired by the Lakers. All coaches need the right players and players that fit with the other players on the roster. It has been that way forever. That Laker team was full of egos that no one could have had success with, including the great Phil Jackson. I so wish they would have chosen him rather than Mike.
Of Course Phil Jackson was never ever dependent on Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant or Shaq. Steve Kerr really did not need Durant, Green, Curry or Thompson. The great Greg Popovich certainly did not Duncan. He certainly would have won multiple championships with Pat Burke as his center of choice no problem.
I could really care less about MDA I just hope Watson is able to get the group we have to play as a team on both ends of the court, win of lose.
Virtually all coaches get far too much credit when they win and far too much criticism for losses. Except for Jackson and Popovich, who seem to never get criticized for losses.
What was the reason to get rid of Monty again? Oh yeah, that guy we drafted rather than Doncic.
