Rick Brunson

[Handledatruth]

You guys think he's in line for a future head coaching position? I'm realizing most of the players talk to him on the sideline and Thibs tends to take advise from him. Mind you I haven't been at any games to see this, so I am at the mercy of the cameras. However I'm wondering thoughts on from folks on this board. I mean most his career has been Thibs but he's played under some good coaches. Phil Jackson, George Karl, D'Antoni. I don't know how someone officially becomes "next" but his resume is not bad.

Just a note: I'm not bringing this up because he is Jalen's dad. I just notice he communicates with Thibs and the players frequently when the camera is on the sideline.

[nedleeds]

CAA client. So he certainly has the qualifications to be a Knicks head coach. You can throw up a 13 point quarter in the playoffs and not get fired here.

[H_20]

it would make things awkward since jalen is his son and all.

[MrDollarBills]

You guys think he's in line for a future head coaching position? I'm realizing most of the players talk to him on the sideline and Thibs tends to take advise from him. Mind you I haven't been at any games to see this, so I am at the mercy of the cameras. However I'm wondering thoughts on from folks on this board. I mean most his career has been Thibs but he's played under some good coaches. Phil Jackson, George Karl, D'Antoni. I don't know how someone officially becomes "next" but his resume is not bad.

Just a note: I'm not bringing this up because he is Jalen's dad. I just notice he communicates with Thibs and the players frequently when the camera is on the sideline.

Rick has put in the time but I dunno anything about his coaching to remotely have a well informed opinion.

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[nykballa2k4]

You guys think he's in line for a future head coaching position? I'm realizing most of the players talk to him on the sideline and Thibs tends to take advise from him. Mind you I haven't been at any games to see this, so I am at the mercy of the cameras. However I'm wondering thoughts on from folks on this board. I mean most his career has been Thibs but he's played under some good coaches. Phil Jackson, George Karl, D'Antoni. I don't know how someone officially becomes "next" but his resume is not bad.

Just a note: I'm not bringing this up because he is Jalen's dad. I just notice he communicates with Thibs and the players frequently when the camera is on the sideline.

I think he is a candidate, but he is best suited to the assistant gig. You can talk to players differently as an assistant than as a HC. as an assistant you can be a player advocate which he is good at. As a HC, the Jalen stuff would be a problem.
Austin Rivers is a different level, but it was a huge chemistry issue having him with his dad. Bronny is a similar problem currently.

[knicks94]

Doc Rivers is the most overrated coach in the league yet he had the privilege of coaching his son.

[nykballa2k4]

Doc Rivers is the most overrated coach in the league yet he had the privilege of coaching his son.

Doc has been a very good coach. Right now, this era? idk, but he has been good in quite a few places.

Bucks never really got a shot with Giannis and Dame so hard to talk about him on the Bucks.
Embiid might just be done, and really Maxey came out of nowhere (wasn't drafted to be an all-star/near all-star prospect).

Did he meet/exceed expectations based on hype? No.
Did he do well from a realistic POV? Easily.

If people were putting him in the same camp as like Pop or Kerr or someone who is widely considered at the top of the coaching mountain, sure call him overrated, but right now he is just a journeyman coach. Basically like Larry Brown without a complete dirt attitude.

I think Spo deserves a seat at the most overrated coaches table. He is decent, but people always put him in this top coach conversation when he hasn't really done anything to earn that.

[dakomish23]

What has he proven that says he's got the chops to have one of the 30 jobs on the planet.

[knicks94]

Doc Rivers is the most overrated coach in the league yet he had the privilege of coaching his son.

Doc has been a very good coach. Right now, this era? idk, but he has been good in quite a few places.

Bucks never really got a shot with Giannis and Dame so hard to talk about him on the Bucks.
Embiid might just be done, and really Maxey came out of nowhere (wasn't drafted to be an all-star/near all-star prospect).

Did he meet/exceed expectations based on hype? No.
Did he do well from a realistic POV? Easily.

If people were putting him in the same camp as like Pop or Kerr or someone who is widely considered at the top of the coaching mountain, sure call him overrated, but right now he is just a journeyman coach. Basically like Larry Brown without a complete dirt attitude.

I think Spo deserves a seat at the most overrated coaches table. He is decent, but people always put him in this top coach conversation when he hasn't really done anything to earn that.

Doc has had the privilege of coaching many hall of fame players yet he has only one championship on his resume. He should have won more than 1 with Boston and failed. He also hasn't been able to coach his teams passed the 2nd round in over 12 years. Most Milwaukee Bucks fans have wanted him fired for the longest.

Spo on the other hand has had far less superstars to work with over the past few years and has managed to coach his team to 2 NBA finals appearances. What more could you ask from a coach who has Jimmy Butler as his best player? I'm sure had you given him a prime Griffin, CP3, Embiid, or Giannis he would have done a lot better than Doc.

[thebuzzardman]

Can he help the Knicks offense not look like complete dogsh*t?

If so, he's hired.

Wait, it's the Knicks. They don't like coaches like that.

[nykballa2k4]

Doc Rivers is the most overrated coach in the league yet he had the privilege of coaching his son.

Doc has been a very good coach. Right now, this era? idk, but he has been good in quite a few places.

Bucks never really got a shot with Giannis and Dame so hard to talk about him on the Bucks.
Embiid might just be done, and really Maxey came out of nowhere (wasn't drafted to be an all-star/near all-star prospect).

Did he meet/exceed expectations based on hype? No.
Did he do well from a realistic POV? Easily.

If people were putting him in the same camp as like Pop or Kerr or someone who is widely considered at the top of the coaching mountain, sure call him overrated, but right now he is just a journeyman coach. Basically like Larry Brown without a complete dirt attitude.

I think Spo deserves a seat at the most overrated coaches table. He is decent, but people always put him in this top coach conversation when he hasn't really done anything to earn that.

Doc has had the privilege of coaching many hall of fame players yet he has only one championship on his resume. He should have won more than 1 with Boston and failed. He also hasn't been able to coach his teams passed the 2nd round in over 12 years. Most Milwaukee Bucks fans have wanted him fired for the longest.

Spo on the other hand has had far less superstars to work with over the past few years and has managed to coach his team to 2 NBA finals appearances. What more could you ask from a coach who has Jimmy Butler as his best player? I'm sure had you given him a prime Griffin, CP3, Embiid, or Giannis he would have done a lot better than Doc.

You think Doc would have only won 2 rings with the LeBron-Wade-Bosh trio? That team is on paper a top 5 all-time team.
I think Doc would have done well with a star like Butler who is a post-season player and not a regular season front runner like CP3.
Doc was relying heavily on our boy Sims in the post-season this year. The Bucks roster is a joke. Kuzma? That was the answer?

One could argue that with Dame out, Heat had a better team this post-season but obviously didn't even make the playoffs.
Jimmy Butler took that bubble team to the finals on his back.
The team that we faced had guys making shots they never made again. Gabe Vincent? Caleb Martin?
Did he help craft the identity of that team? Sure he gets credit for that, but Spo is a hard worker who has been in some fortunate situations and had a dirty team who won in part due to injuring other teams best players.

[Handledatruth]

What has he proven that says he's got the chops to have one of the 30 jobs on the planet.

I don't know. Some of these coaches that come out of nowhere and end up being successfully have similar resumes. Some even less then Rick. It just looks to me that out of all the coaches on the staff, Thibs turns to Rick first. Maybe it is the father/son thing or maybe it is something else. I think Rick Brunson understands offense for sure, even as a player and also knowing who he played under. But again, I'm just going by what I see. Also if the Knicks happen to lose this series, I'm trying not to be surprised about what happens next.

[Galvationknicks]

it would make things awkward since jalen is his son and all.

Doc Rivers did it

[Polk377]

RB seems like a better fit as lead assistant. He can watch things a little differently than the head coach and help out.

[Dave_R]

Kerr benefitted from a dirty team too (even putting Draymond aside). Remember when Zaza moved under K Leonard and took him out?

[8516knicks]

You guys think he's in line for a future head coaching position? I'm realizing most of the players talk to him on the sideline and Thibs tends to take advise from him. Mind you I haven't been at any games to see this, so I am at the mercy of the cameras. However I'm wondering thoughts on from folks on this board. I mean most his career has been Thibs but he's played under some good coaches. Phil Jackson, George Karl, D'Antoni. I don't know how someone officially becomes "next" but his resume is not bad.

Just a note: I'm not bringing this up because he is Jalen's dad. I just notice he communicates with Thibs and the players frequently when the camera is on the sideline.

Leon has a call in to DDV to check his advice.

[8516knicks]

What has he proven that says he's got the chops to have one of the 30 jobs on the planet.

I don't know. Some of these coaches that come out of nowhere and end up being successfully have similar resumes. Some even less then Rick. It just looks to me that out of all the coaches on the staff, Thibs turns to Rick first. Maybe it is the father/son thing or maybe it is something else. I think Rick Brunson understands offense for sure, even as a player and also knowing who he played under. But again, I'm just going by what I see. Also if the Knicks happen to lose this series, I'm trying not to be surprised about what happens next.

Seriously, Rick has been around the league. AROUND. Like year after year with different teams as a player and now a coach. I remember an LA TIMES story on that when he was with the Clippers. That alone (apart from JB) has to be valuable.

Is he and x/o guy? No idea. I saw him play in person so I know he's old. I think if Thibs lasts long enough JB or RA will be our next coach.