Reggie Miller's available
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link
So is hand down man down. Please let them both get hired this offseason.
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Thursday, 30 April 2015 02:20 (nine years ago) link
stein says billy d to OKC is done
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 30 April 2015 02:23 (nine years ago) link
such a weird choice imo
― Clay, Thursday, 30 April 2015 02:29 (nine years ago) link
you've got one season to keep a generational talent, let's bank on a new coach who will need that year to figure out how to work in the nba
― Clay, Thursday, 30 April 2015 02:30 (nine years ago) link
we assuming durant is coming back healthy?
― brosario nawson (m bison), Thursday, 30 April 2015 02:33 (nine years ago) link
hoping certainly
― Clay, Thursday, 30 April 2015 02:34 (nine years ago) link
losing durant to chronic injury would be an unthinkable bummer
feel like the fact that hes so light improves his chances of this not being chronic, really its like one injury that he got the less effective surgery on then came back too soon and reinjured, ie theres no pattern yet
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 02:59 (nine years ago) link
i'm mostly just scared that okc's doctors who keep botching surgeries didn't fuck his foot up
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 30 April 2015 04:01 (nine years ago) link
i can sorta understand it from okc's standpoint in that if you're a franchise w/ little imagination then 'big name college coach' is an obv direction to go though 'we need to take that last step to a championship, who can get us there? i know, some dude who's never coached in the nba' is weird; brad stevens has done well but it's early yet and he is very much an anomaly, the only other case i can think of a coach making the college to nba jump from the past thirty or so years you can make a case for as a success is pitino's stint w/ the knicks. i get why donovan went there, other prominent college coaches who failed in the pros (calipari, pitino w/ the celts) went to situations w/ pretty dire talent so i can see thinking that's why they failed but it's such an immediate high pressure situation, not only w/ 'championship or bust' but also w/ 'keep yr stars happy' that it seems like a setup for failure in a different way. part of me also wonders in some way if this isn't on some level okc preparing for possibly having to rebuild in a couple of years time. let's say durant does walk, doesn't that increase their incentive to trade westbrook if only cuz losing both those guys and getting nothing in return is the kind of thing that when that franchise does recover odds are sam presti works someplace else.
― balls, Thursday, 30 April 2015 04:24 (nine years ago) link
donovan is an upgrade on brooks at least.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 30 April 2015 04:58 (nine years ago) link
maybe!
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 04:58 (nine years ago) link
the college game is generally very very badly coached
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 04:59 (nine years ago) link
hiring college coaches is almost always a terrible idea imo brad was an exception he took no name teams to the champ game two years in a row just on being well coached, the last college coach to succeed in the pros was... no one
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:02 (nine years ago) link
i mean larry brown did it but he coached in the aba before that, anyway all that was a long time ago
the mike montgomery warriors were so sad
― polyphonic, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:05 (nine years ago) link
college is such a different and worse game and culture and then you have this aspect where a ton of the success is based on recruiting so its hard to judge whos a good coach even at the college level much less who will be good in the pros where the game is so much more sophisticated and youre dealing w adult millionaires not naive kids who you can just yell at and manipulate emtionally
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:05 (nine years ago) link
youd see a lot more college coaches in the pros cause teams are dumb and seduced by big names but most of the most successful ones understand not to mess with a good thing
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:07 (nine years ago) link
imagine coach k landing in ucla after three seasons and one playoff appearance with the rockets
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:11 (nine years ago) link
Conley could still play in the series. Swelling will be down within a few days. Mask him up and he'll be good. Bet he misses one game, two max.
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:16 (nine years ago) link
he broke his face in three places and had two plates put in there im not medical doctor but it seemed like a pretty bad injury
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:18 (nine years ago) link
i mean russ had a dent but iirc only one fracture
were in the wrong thread btw
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:19 (nine years ago) link
donovan is a little different than a random college guy because of his team usa experience. not saying that matters but the familiarity with top guys and international ball should help.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:20 (nine years ago) link
yeah idk im not saying its nothing but thats m/l an exhibition
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:21 (nine years ago) link
Lol posted that in two wrong threads.
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:28 (nine years ago) link
ha
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:29 (nine years ago) link
there have been coaches who made the jump and won championships (fitch, daly, brown) but it wasn't w/ the first nba job. even w/ the guys who do well or ok there's some experience as a nba assistant coach. there's more of a precedent w/ this kind of move working w/ the nfl and even there you're more likely to end up a spurrier than a jimmy johnson.
― balls, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:29 (nine years ago) link
"the mike montgomery warriors were so sad"
Depressed just thinking about it
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:30 (nine years ago) link
yeah being an assistant first is obvs a totally different story and is the logical and sensible path which i assume no big name college coach wld degrade themselves with
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:31 (nine years ago) link
(fitch, daly, brown)
and even these guys were so long ago it really doesnt apply, brown coached pros before college also
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:33 (nine years ago) link
and hes coaching college again right now as a matter of fact
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:34 (nine years ago) link
someone should hire coach nick
― polyphonic, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:39 (nine years ago) link
o man i'd forgotten he coached all those years in the aba before the ucla stint
― balls, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:40 (nine years ago) link
i just looked at his wiki lol
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:48 (nine years ago) link
we shd steal all the money from the next ilx fundraiser and hire coach nick to post to ilh
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 05:53 (nine years ago) link
MJ broke his foot and the rest of his career went ok
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 30 April 2015 07:25 (nine years ago) link
i feel like donovan is bright enough to be able to put together a rotation and fix the defense, and that's all he can really do to give them a shot in the next year or two.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 30 April 2015 12:07 (nine years ago) link
Ben Golliver @BenGolliver 10h10 hours agoCavaliers announce that Kevin Love underwent surgery on his dislocated left shoulder. His expected recovery time: 4 to 6 months.
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 13:01 (nine years ago) link
My understanding via watching Lethal Weapon was that you just popped that shit back in, what gives
― 龜, Thursday, 30 April 2015 13:06 (nine years ago) link
tore his labrum
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 13:08 (nine years ago) link
Wow that sounds obscene. Mods
― 龜, Thursday, 30 April 2015 13:09 (nine years ago) link
i apologize for my scandalous actions and humbly submit to whatever punishment u deem appropriate while also begging for leniency
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 13:11 (nine years ago) link
Mods, tear his labrum
― 龜, Thursday, 30 April 2015 13:13 (nine years ago) link
/walks into conference room/
noooooo
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 13:14 (nine years ago) link
Brian Robb @CelticsHub 20s20 seconds agoDanny Ainge: "I think we need to have a busy summer. I think we will have a busy summer."
:)
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 14:07 (nine years ago) link
gary washburn @GwashburnGlobe · 15m 15 minutes ago"I think he's hurting the longevity of his career." Ainge on Jared Sullinger being in his current shape #celtics
: /
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 30 April 2015 14:45 (nine years ago) link
feel like i never heard any media mention sullys weight before ainge went public but now the taboo is broken
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 14:47 (nine years ago) link
p clearly a desperation move from ainge no, public shaming
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link