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LofJ wrote:Clifford has been inviting a lot of good coaches to practices. Maybe Musselman will help steer Nick Smith here, he'd be a phenomenal fit next to LaMelo.
I also think Musselman would be a great coach in the NBA. MJ and Kupchak should stay in touch with him as a potential option down the road.
yosemiteben wrote:Another surprising thing is we rank bottom 5 in DRB% but 7th in ORB%. Will be interesting to see how much that shifts and whether that reflects a change in philosophy by Cliff.
fatlever wrote:Just how laid back was Borrego? The way players are talking about Cliff being no nonsense, having structure, communicating what he wants and what players are doing wrong etc... makes it sound like JB was out there drawing plays in the dirt. What was happening with that staff?
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-Ian- wrote:fatlever wrote:Just how laid back was Borrego? The way players are talking about Cliff being no nonsense, having structure, communicating what he wants and what players are doing wrong etc... makes it sound like JB was out there drawing plays in the dirt. What was happening with that staff?
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Where did the players talk about these things? Post-game interviews?
MPM wrote:-Ian- wrote:fatlever wrote:Just how laid back was Borrego? The way players are talking about Cliff being no nonsense, having structure, communicating what he wants and what players are doing wrong etc... makes it sound like JB was out there drawing plays in the dirt. What was happening with that staff?
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Where did the players talk about these things? Post-game interviews?
I've heard it mentioned in in-game commentary - Nick Richards comes to mind - there was a pretty lengthy sequence where they were chatting about him being happy with knowing what was expected of him. Jalen McDaniels as well.
fatlever wrote:I think I also remember seeing comments from Bouk, DSJ, and Terry... all similar in tone. Obviously DSJ wasn't here last year, but he was praising how cliff tells you what he wants, clearly.
Just all basic stuff you'd expect from any pro coach. So, the fact the players are going out of their way to mention these basic things like, structure, accountability and communication, makes me feel like they weren't happening under the previous regime.
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KEMBAtheMETEOR wrote:yosemiteben wrote:
love it
fatlever wrote:why bring nash now? why not wait until melo is playing again.
RB: With LaMelo out for nearly five weeks, how tough was it during to still execute certain plays offensively when it’s just not the same without his pace?
SC: It’s hard because you build your offense around the better scorers, shot creators, stuff like that of which that’s what he is. Same with Gordon (Hayward), same with Terry (Rozier). So it makes it different. And what we’ve tried to do is not get away from running because we need to be a running team. But then like the half-court stuff has been a lot different without him.
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