I don't plan on watching much today but I thought I'd get the party started. Here are the LC NBA playoff coach rankings to get us in the mood.
1. Tyronn Lue - Never lost a playoff series so can't argue with that. Handpicked by the King himself.
2. Gregg Popovich - Everyone knows his deal.
3. Scott Brooks - One of the game's most underrated
4. Brad Stevens - A rising star in the profession.
5. Mike D'Antoni - Revolutionized the Rockets
6. Steve Kerr - He's good but anyone could coach an All-Star team.
7. Terry Stotts - Another top strategist who learned at the feet of George Karl.
8. Doc Rivers - He has won a title.
9. Quin Snyder - Worked wonders in Utah this season.
10. Dwyane Casey - Thoroughly average.
11. Jason Kidd - He's coached a team past Toronto once. Will he do it again?
12. Nate McMillan - Pretty much a retread.
13. Mike Budenholzer - A Popovich acolyte known for big regular seasons and playoff failure.
14. David Fizdale - Unproven. Also I am not sure he actually exists.
15. Billy Donovan - Roll the balls out.
16. Fred Hoiberg - Should be fired.
I wouldn't just toss that aside.
I wouldn't just toss that aside.
Bullshit. Players need to be motivated but that's usually on them anyway. There's no coaching in the NBA.
The Greek Freak is going to go down as one of the top 15 players ever. Mark my words. I've watched a ton of their games this year and he's legitimate scary.
raptors are a flawed team..they will win regular season games but never win anything more..
they have to gdt really licky in the lottery to take mext step
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Isn't really affecting the outcome. Bucks look great. I'm going to say Bucks in 6.
raptors are a flawed team..they will win regular season games but never win anything more..
they have to gdt really licky in the lottery to take mext step
Posted this on the Knicks thread, but Melo and KOQ for Carroll, JV and Joseph? JV will have trade value, can have him and Willy fight it out and get your pickings of the two. Caroll is on a bad deal but only 2 more years. You at least get a defensive minded wing player. Joseph gives you a solid PG option without having to splurge on one in FA.
Toronto cuts about $8M and gets better players to compete now.
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In comment 13429851 giantsfan44ab said:
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Isn't really affecting the outcome. Bucks look great. I'm going to say Bucks in 6.
raptors are a flawed team..they will win regular season games but never win anything more..
they have to gdt really licky in the lottery to take mext step
Posted this on the Knicks thread, but Melo and KOQ for Carroll, JV and Joseph? JV will have trade value, can have him and Willy fight it out and get your pickings of the two. Caroll is on a bad deal but only 2 more years. You at least get a defensive minded wing player. Joseph gives you a solid PG option without having to splurge on one in FA.
Toronto cuts about $8M and gets better players to compete now.
id rather younger players or draft picks..
i know next year doesnt matter but you also have a 72 million dollar noah, i like jv but he just doesnt fit and i dunno how easily you flip him..
i like joseph wouldnt mind him..
i knw i am being picky but i just dpnt know of that is the right deal
Well when you consider Vince carter, Seldon, Harrison, Daniels and ennis are playing 40% of the Grizzlies total minutes I feel like this wasn't that surprising.
i am being to greedy :)
Such a typical loss last night by them.
Yes, one of the candidates for COY this year.
As good as regular season Draymond Green is, he's become the type of guy who takes it up a notch come playoff time. His stat line from this game is crazy, and yet deson't even do his impact justice.
Harden played a hell of a game. Clearly "won" the battle of MVPs in Game 1. He played pretty damn good defense too, helping clog the lane and deflecting a ton of passes. Westbrook had 9 TOVs and Harden was probably the primary reason for 4 of them. He really wants it this year.
Very impressive win. Gotta take care of Game 2.
What Blatt did with a depleted Cavs team in the finals two years ago was more impressive than anything Lue has done so far.
Also excellent strategy to get the ball out of Paul George's hands at the end of Game 1 so great coaching by him. Don't forget Pop let the Heat pop 3s down by 3 in contrast.
All this doesn't mean shit anyway, you should know since it's all about the 'ship.
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Take that for data!
We don't have to make a ranking. You started a thread specifically to rank the coaches in the playoffs and you did so with the Skip Bayless approach of saying something stupid just to rile people up.
Congrats, it worked. The downside for you, though, is that now no one respects your opinion on here.
Durant being a 7ft Mr. Fantastic looking freakshow makes it tough to go against him as the #2 player in the game, but I actually prefer Kawhi's game.
The counter-argument is Paul George and Jimmy Butler. If you switched either of those 2 with Kawhi, how much would the Spurs decline? If they were groomed under Pop and Duncan, would they be as good as/better than Kawhi is right now?
I was thinking MoM-dupe
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be a troll. Right?
I was thinking MoM-dupe
I don't think you know who MoM is.