Mike Budenholzer Named NBA Coach Of The Year

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 2:17 pm

Mike Budenholzer has been named the NBA Coach of the Year, beating out Steve Kerr.

Budenholzer received 67 first place votes, 58 second place votes and four third place votes.

Kerr received 56 first place votes, 61 second place votes and eight third place votes.

MrNYYNYGNYK · Post #2 » by **MrNYYNYGNYK** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 2:57 pm

Right on the money! Budenholzer did a fantastic job nobody had Atl winning the east and 60 games despite how weak the east was!

And I'm glad to see Kidd got props so many were ranting and raving about the job Stevens did and he did do a good job but I believed and so did the sportswriters that Kidd did a better job. To take a very young team that was basically the same squad that only won 15 games the year before and basically be a .500 team all year was remarkable!

Post #3 » by **Jeff Van Gully** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 3:10 pm

well deserved

Ballerhogger · Post #4 » by **Ballerhogger** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 3:35 pm

good choice

dautjazz · Post #5 » by **dautjazz** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:11 pm

Snyder came in 8th. Glad he got recognition.

Sc0pe92 · Post #6 » by **Sc0pe92** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:32 pm

Kerr was robbed

Rated T By CBRA · Post #7 » by **Rated T By CBRA** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 4:42 pm

Sc0pe92 wrote:Kerr was robbed

It was a close call between the two: it'll be the same discussion between Curry vs. Harden once one of them wins the MVP.

cjliu49 · Post #8 » by **cjliu49** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 6:06 pm

if harden wins MVP i'm going to lose my schnitzel

BlackKnight · Post #9 » by **BlackKnight** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 6:07 pm

He deserves it

The_Hater · Post #10 » by **The_Hater** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 6:32 pm

Sc0pe92 wrote:Kerr was robbed

A good argument could be made for Kerr but to say he was robbed only means somebody to have tunnel vision. Everyone knew the Warriors would be good this year but Bud won 60 games with a superstar-less team that many people picked to miss the playoffs.

Great year for coaches though. Bud, Kerr and Kidd were all deserving of the award and of course Pop is deserving every season.

hyberx · Post #11 » by **hyberx** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 6:35 pm

MrNYYNYGNYK wrote:Right on the money! Budenholzer did a fantastic job nobody had Atl winning the east and 60 games despite how weak the east was!

Nobody had GSW winning the West and 67 games, especially considering how strong the West is. Totally robbed, mainly due to the reason that Stephen curry is playing like an MVP and people think that has more to do with the wins than Kerr's coaching. Please, it's a lot easier to win 60 in the East with your 7 and 8 seed in the playoff being losing teams even in a weak conference. Saying that's not the case is simply ignoring the fact.

luss54321 · Post #12 » by **luss54321** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 8:42 pm

hyberx wrote:
MrNYYNYGNYK wrote:Right on the money! Budenholzer did a fantastic job nobody had Atl winning the east and 60 games despite how weak the east was!

Nobody had GSW winning the West and 67 games, especially considering how strong the West is. Totally robbed, mainly due to the reason that Stephen curry is playing like an MVP and people think that has more to do with the wins than Kerr's coaching. Please, it's a lot easier to win 60 in the East with your 7 and 8 seed in the playoff being losing teams even in a weak conference. Saying that's not the case is simply ignoring the fact.

Budenholzer is doing more with less.

Curry and Thompson are two of the best players in the NBA
Green and Bogut are two of the best defenders in the NBA

Based off Vegas Odds, Golden State was the #8 ranked team in the preseason. Atlanta was ranked 16th

MrNYYNYGNYK · Post #13 » by **MrNYYNYGNYK** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 9:14 pm

luss54321 wrote:
hyberx wrote:
MrNYYNYGNYK wrote:Right on the money! Budenholzer did a fantastic job nobody had Atl winning the east and 60 games despite how weak the east was!

Nobody had GSW winning the West and 67 games, especially considering how strong the West is. Totally robbed, mainly due to the reason that Stephen curry is playing like an MVP and people think that has more to do with the wins than Kerr's coaching. Please, it's a lot easier to win 60 in the East with your 7 and 8 seed in the playoff being losing teams even in a weak conference. Saying that's not the case is simply ignoring the fact.
When a coach inherits talent stacked like GS it will be hard for him to win best coach! Pop and Jackson as examples didn't win many awards!

Budenholzer is doing more with less.

Curry and Thompson are two of the best players in the NBA
Green and Bogut are two of the best defenders in the NBA

Based off Vegas Odds, Golden State was the #8 ranked team in the preseason. Atlanta was ranked 16th

hyberx · Post #14 » by **hyberx** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:04 pm

Budenholzer is doing more with less.

This argument is totally flawed. How can you call having 4 All Stars on your team doing more with less? Which other team has that many? Right.

If you claim that it's the coach who make the players look good, then the same goes to Curry/Thompson/Green/Bogut. Curry barely made all star as a replacement last year. Thompson was "overpaid" in most people's eyes when he got his new contract. Green was on the bench and was never really used as a stretch 4 regularly. Bogut was under utilized in Jackson's offense and was not a happy camper. Kerr turned a good defense system to great, and a mediocre offense to great, while being a rookie coach.

BasketballJosh · Post #15 » by **BasketballJosh** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 11:43 pm

hyberx wrote:
Budenholzer is doing more with less.

This argument is totally flawed. How can you call having 4 All Stars on your team doing more with less? Which other team has that many? Right.

If you claim that it's the coach who make the players look good, then the same goes to Curry/Thompson/Green/Bogut. Curry barely made all star as a replacement last year. Thompson was "overpaid" in most people's eyes when he got his new contract. Green was on the bench and was never really used as a stretch 4 regularly. Bogut was under utilized in Jackson's offense and was not a happy camper. Kerr turned a good defense system to great, and a mediocre offense to great, while being a rookie coach.

Well, and that argument is flawed as well considering those 4 All-Stars are from the Eastern Conference.

hyberx · Post #16 » by **hyberx** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:09 am

BasketballJosh wrote:Well, and that argument is flawed as well considering those 4 All-Stars are from the Eastern Conference.

Then based on your logic and support of COY should be the one doing more with less, the real COY is 76ers' coach. That junk team shouldn't win 18 games in the NBA. That's doing more with nothing. Congrats.