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Priest24 wrote:

kenwood3333 wrote:Hire Adrian Griffin as coach and sign Chicago native FVV to fill the PG - I believe this team should make the playoff next year

Why would you want to obstruct Coby Whites development?

CraftylikeaFox wrote:

Buzzard wrote:I think its a good move but still hate it. The coaching pool is about to get thinner. If Pierce does not right the ship, the Hawks just might be looking for one after next season. Or sooner if things start off really bad in 2020/21.

How are you already at this stage of discontent? The Hawks team is full of young guys still getting their feet wet, with most completely unproven at the NBA level. Trae still needs to refine his game as well, even though he's insanely talented. The Hawks won't be competing for the playoffs for at least a few seasons, no matter who the coach is.

JB2 wrote:Atkinson should be at the top of their list. He took the Nets from the basement to a playoff team with established and valued young talent. NYK messed up passing on him. Learn from NY's mistake, Chicago.

Lue aint right for this team at all.

DaT WaVeY RiCaN wrote:

DaGawd wrote:

Sane wrote:Yeah fine, but their front office have been horrible judges of talent and that's the main problem they need to fix. I think they hired some new people this summer.

If they find a coach that can convince Lavine to go to the line 9+ times a game, it will turn them around. That's one thing they can do that costs nothing but being educated about how to motivate a person with that age/fame/talent/generation. Guys like Boylen, Thibs, JVG are no good at that.



Could also be they saw Phoenix's success and thought there's no way they would see that kind of growth with Boylen, which may or may not be fair. I'm sure he's a poor game strategist, but his qualities might have been exactly what they needed before being handed over to another coach.

Curious about what Bulls fans think.

Interested how you came to the conclusion of putting Thibs in this group.. Did he not do this for Rose and Butler?

The only star player to have a problem with Thibs was KAT. Who still has yet to make the playoffs without him. IDK how He gets a bad rep for not being able to develop young players. Its mind boggling. Even Wiggins spoke highly of Thibs lol

Atleast Knicks got Kenny Payne tho. A guy who can relate to the young guys while Thibs focuses on the X's and O's. Thibs is in the perfect situation tbh

igorbianch wrote:

jokeboy86 wrote:

v1n5anity wrote:Adrian Griffin has ties with the Bulls. He can surely help them after winning a championship with the Raps and learning a thing or two from Nick Nurse. I'd be happy for him if he gets a job with the Bulls or another team, but I'd like to keep him with the Raps as well.

Yeaah, Griffin is about to be run out of the league in a couple days because this story with his ex-wife is not pretty. Plus there is a new target on the NBA and its teams and everything they do so they probably don't want to give the naysayers any more ammo to call them hypocrites. I expect the Raptors to release Griffin very shortly.

I don’t think the Raptors will fire the guys for some accusations.

jokeboy86 wrote:

igorbianch wrote:

jokeboy86 wrote:
Yeaah, Griffin is about to be run out of the league in a couple days because this story with his ex-wife is not pretty. Plus there is a new target on the NBA and its teams and everything they do so they probably don't want to give the naysayers any more ammo to call them hypocrites. I expect the Raptors to release Griffin very shortly.

I don’t think the Raptors will fire the guys for some accusations.

Nor should they until they do their own investigation into it. But again let's say you're someone who doesn't like the NBA and the social stance that the league now proudly wears, you can say "the NBA acts like they care about social justice, equality and fairness but has teams that employ spousal abusers, sexual harassers and abusers, etc". Now more than ever there will be people looking to pick apart the NBA, its teams, owners, and players any chance they get. Do the Raptors or Bulls(or any other team) want to face the constant questions and the potential pr fallout from Griffin's situation or would it be easier to release him or not hire him and keep it moving?

Curmudgeon wrote:If Atkinson is so great, why did the Nets fire him?