Kobblehead wrote:VDT wrote:It's not really the coach's fault imo. The Clippers problem is that they dont have an offensive system to get them some easy shots. At the same time it is hard to have a system with no playmaker, an iso guy in Kawhi and a glorified 3+D guy in George. The same thing will happen to the Nets unless they fix their roster issues. The same thing happened to the Sixers. You cant win with just iso, not even Jordan could do it.
Do you really think that had any impact?
I think the Clippers problems were 100% intangible related.
That team was a mess all year in terms of commitment. They had more healthy scratches than any team in the league this year. They had guys in and out of the bubble. There are reports from insiders saying that 80% of the team didn't even want to go to the bubble or resume the season. Their two best players are charisma vacuums with no personalities so no leadership. Their team is also chock-full of overgrown man-children so that compounded the lack of leadership.
I like Doc, but this was his worst coaching job in a while. He demanded nothing from his players and had their backs and sniped at the media whenever they were asked about why this team looked so flat and disengaged all year.
They lack leadership and they lack a system to give them some easy points. But that's because of the roster construction. They dont have any player to create for others and their main stars are an iso guy and a glorified 3+D player. The Nets will have the same issue next year unless they make some trades. The Sixers have the same issue when their offense is to get the ball to Embiid and let him iso while everyone else stands still. It is hard to win against talented teams that also have a functional system playing like that.
Bubble hurt them mostly because they lost the home court advantage, otherwise it was the same for every team.
Having said that, all teams have flaws this year and you always need to get lucky. The Raptors won the title last year and they were close to be eliminated in the second round and they would likely be eliminated if the bubble happened last year.