2015 NBA OFFS(EASON)

what who said that

someone who finds excellence boring when it is predictably consistent?

I'm trying to find the exchange we had. basically started with someone confessing they respect durant and all but don't find him compelling to watch. there were a handful of OTMs iirc

monsterous each one

coulda sworn you started it haha

:|

waiting for the other shoelace to drop: 2013-2014 NBA regular season thread (part 2)

guess there wasn't that many otm's but still jordan otm

yeah... contested jumpers are the least fun thing to watch in basketball

i don't think it would be crazy for brooks to get a job like orlando and denver. the thunder maxed out with him but he might be able to help a real bad squad like that.

I just heard the news 🎉🎉🎉

feel like this offseason will bring many blessings

I'm trying to find the exchange we had. basically started with someone confessing they respect durant and all but don't find him compelling to watch. there were a handful of OTMs iirc

― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Wednesday, April 22, 2015 2:43 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

I've had this opinion about Lebron before but it was 1) during first cleveland stint and 2) before he became grotesquely juiced

http://i.imgur.com/Cesbd3G.jpg

ILH after hearing Scottie gone

I've had this opinion about Lebron before but it was 1) during first cleveland stint and 2) before he became grotesquely juiced

― 龜, Wednesday, April 22, 2015 5:54 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbf that stand around and watch bron cleve offense was p dire

😎
https://twitter.com/ethanjskolnick/status/591010170932744192

People are really taking this Brad Stevens = God thing too far.

not seriously enough tbh

tnt pregame every single guy felt the need to say that scotty got screwed over. i realize they're peers, potential coworkers, etc, but still funny to watch.

listened to pti out of habit today and Wilbon was irate that someone as fine and good as Brooks could be fired ever

do these ppl even watch basketball

how dare a team that got a once in a generation windfall of talent try a different coach before all those players get the hell out of dodge.

Otm

barkley was outraged also though we know the answer to 'do these ppl even watch basketball' there. i still kinda watch pti out of habit but kornheiser's general disinterest and wilbon's increasingly ott crankdom has made it not much better than around the horn for me now (presumably, i sure as fuck don't watch around the horn). speaking of horrible espn there's some ad w/ cowherd on the podcasts that starts w/ cowherd saying 'you guys know i don't wear underwear' and then i blocked out the rest so if you listen to any espn podcasts maybe just ffwd thru the first 30 seconds or so.

i was wondering if brooks to orlando rumors would heat up, i get the logic in a 'he developed okc, got them to the doorstep but couldn't get them all the way there' plus the 'he only lost his job cuz of bad luck' thing that some apparently believe. i'd been assuming that donovan was going to take that orlando job but maybe he burnt that bridge when he flaked out of that job a few years ago? anyhow for all the 'okc can't fire brooks cuz his stars love him' talk the reaction from the durant and westbrook camps today didn't suggest they were shocked or outraged.

http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2015-04-23/336cc860-e9e4-11e4-a900-555e662700c2_Oh-man-all-I-have-is-peace-Image-via-birdzilla-ro-on-Instagram-.jpg

birdman got some new tats

listened to pti out of habit today and Wilbon was irate that someone as fine and good as Brooks could be fired ever

do these ppl even watch basketball

Sportswriters' default narrative is that coaches don't deserve to be fired and it's the fault of those overpaid, spoiled athletes who just don't have the kind of can-do spirit of a Johnny Unitas or a Whitey Corngood.

yikes birdman war is bad actually

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/12753788/nba-oklahoma-city-fired-scott-brooks

does david thorpe work for the thunder? why is he using the first person here

In the latest installment of the NBA Front Office series, Tom Penn (playing the role of general manager), David Thorpe (senior consultant), Chad Ford (assistant GM), Amin Elhassan (scouting director) and Kevin Pelton (analytics director) discuss the state of the Oklahoma City Thunder following the firing of Scott Brooks. Was the move justified? Who's next for the Thunder?

lol weird

oh lol

i think he's the only one who took that literally tho haha

Kurt Helin ‏@basketballtalk 2m2 minutes ago
Report: Thunder considering Ettore Messina for coach http://dlvr.it/9XJ9pJ

spurs assistant, multiple euro championships as head coach

feel like alvin gentry shd be on their list, like they need someone to upgrade their offense he is a very good offensive coach, basically served that role this year in golden state

its a pretty similar situation to GS last year actually where a team that shd be great just needs a great offensive scheme

alvin gentry totally underrated

he got that last great run out of the amare-nash suns

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--thunder-preparing-offer--pushing-to-hire-florida-coach-billy-donovan-145628237.html

ffs thunder this is not the time to be fn around w a college coach

― lag∞n, Monday, April 20, 2015 3:42 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

aaaaand they're gonna do it anyway lol

i'm willing to have an open mind about this

i sort of wonder if it's a hedge against durant leaving

maybe the wiz will hire alvin gentry after they fire mark wittman next season in anticipation of durant's arrival

also hiring a college coach whos from a big school with good recruiting smh, i mean maybe hes a good coach i dont really follow college ball but hes prob just a good recruiter like pitino and calipari before him

either way u dont hire someone whos gonna have growing pains adjusting to the pro game when youre in danger of losing yr franchise player in one year!

like even brad stevens whos college success was clearly not predicated on recruiting and is clearly a good pro coach often looked lost in the pro game his first year

i mostly feel like the presence of the coach doesn't matter for free agency. if durant was like "i want to stay here but you have to fire billy donovan" they would do it in a heartbeat.

idk i feel like winning a ring wld go a long way toward convincing any player to stay and im not sure they got any closer to that with this hire, also just confirms that okc is a bush league org so why wld durant put his trust in them

i guess i sorta feel like if the thunder made the finals with scott brooks they could prob make it with no coach, and there's prob a decent chance that donovan understands, like, basic lineup things that brooks didn't. if he doesn't know how to run or call plays nothing will have changed and we already know that durant and westbrook freelancing is good enough to get you close to a title.

they should have hired that spanish bro from the spurs though

def

and yeah the thunder are talented to win it all on talent alone if they can ever stay healthy but it doesnt seem like the wisest approach

tho lol at the image of some spanish guy with one year in the usa trying to correct years of westbrooks hard earned bad habits

maybe they hired a college coach just to yell at westbrook

i bet that will go great

yes it seems good

gotta think this makes the decision to jet all that much easier for durant. this was okc's opportunity to find a kerr-esque (perhaps inexperienced with head coaching but who gets the league and can relate to the players and win their respect) dude to help fix their offense and keep momentum and instead they get somebody who is going to have to struggle just to adjust to the nba period.

lots of Flip memories today on KFAN

http://www.kfan.com/main.html

http://www.kfan.com/onair/dan-barreiro-11904/an-ode-to-the-funkadelic-14064944/

this isn't the best written thing but trust me this dude is a former daily columnist at the Star Tribune and now a daily sports talk host and he is the BIGGEST curmudgeon/cynical type talk host in town and he's not like this ever:

ust the other day, I was telling somebody a story about Flip Saunders. My sister, Babbi, has coached high school basketball in the Chicago suburbs for more than 30 years. A couple years ago, she was running through a tough stretch. I happened to mention it to Flip during one of our usual stream-of-consciousness phone calls.

.........

“What’s her phone number?” he asked.

“You want to call her?”

“Sure, let me talk to her.”

He called the next day. They had a nice conversation, which made her day. That was Flip, at least with me, the rarest of sports breeds: Not so self-absorbed that he ever forgot there was an outside world, with people trying to live in it.

He rarely failed to ask: How’s that wife and daughter of yours? Enjoy Gia, he’d say, because all that stuff about them growing up fast is true. Every year when he showed up to talk to us at the State Fair, he’d first make a stop along the midway, win big at the free throw shooting contest, then present her with a giant stuffed animal.

A couple Thanksgivings ago, out of nowhere, he texted this: “Dan: Happy Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for -- family, friends and health. Enjoy the day with your sisters and family. I value the friendship we have. Flip”

I come from the school of journalism that says you cannot be friends with those you attempt to cover and analyze. I’ve tried hard to stick to it, but that line became blurred with Flip, and looking back on it, I don’t think he gave me any choice. He was just too damned generous.

Read more: http://www.kfan.com/onair/dan-barreiro-11904/an-ode-to-the-funkadelic-14064944/#ixzz3pglYQlsB

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSNlbXIWUAEByJC.jpg

http://giant.gfycat.com/ApprehensiveCooperativeKitty.gif
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/57/cc/43/57cc43e333fea371d79b554117f841dd.png
http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/visual/whatshot/102315_Flip.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSMctPnVEAAkvXj.jpg

:(

:(

:(

what an A+ guy

Good hustle there against Dray.

2015-16 NBA Regular Season (part 1) — I’ve got my ring fitted for my middle finger

bless this day

man Tom Izzo and Jeff Van Gundy are both calling into our local station today, talk about respect in the world of b-ball