Post#147 » by Onus » Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:27 pm
CDM_Stats wrote:Onus wrote:CDM_Stats wrote:I absolutely hated Mark Jackson because the talent on the roster was evident, but he was an idiot. Towards the end I disliked Nellie because he would sell out developing minutes to push for wins with undersized scrub rosters.
And 2023-24 Kerr sits in between them for me now, because the job he's doing is indefensible. The extension was an awful call and if everyone collectively regains their senses in the offseason, they'll look to re-work that deal into a front office deal, not unlike Brad Stevens, to allow the team to truly go one direction or the other
I still don't know what direction we're going in? It still seems like it's the klay thompson contract tour ...
They dont know either. So many people are on autopilot, which is why most coaches don't get double-digit years on the same bench. To find someone so obsessed with the game that they can keep their passion at the highest level with the same team - especially after climbing the mountain 4 times already - is super rare. Pop is one.. maybe Spo. Thats about it. Most of the rest of coaches are on the carousel
To be fair I think Kerr has been a play your best 5 players and let them figure it out type of coach. It's just that he doesn't have a set 5 players that he can just have them figure it out. He's just not a good tactician or game manager. He's definitely not a coach that will continue to coach once Steph retires. He's nowhere near being a good coach. They've surrounded him with great assistants who've been head coaches themselves, but Kenny just isn't it.
Spurs fans have been hating on pop for years to be fair. But they aren't trying to win yet. So whatever.
I like Spo's ability to get the most out of his teams even though they may be less talented than most other contenders. Being able to pull diamonds out of the rough. They've been pretty miraculous.
Most 4th Quarter Points in Final since 1991
1995 Shaquille O'Neal 11.5
2000 Shaquille O'Neal 11.5 (61.1% TS)
2015 Stephen Curry 10.8 (75.1% TS)
1997 Michael Jordan 10.7 (55.1% TS)
1998 Michael Jordan 10.6 (50.6% TS)
2011 Dirk Nowitzki 10.3 (68.0% TS)