Around The NBA : 2023-24 Season #3

Jeffster81 · Post #181 » by **Jeffster81** » Tue Jun 18, 2024 5:30 am

I forgot that the NBA Finals (at until Monday night) was still going on until I open this thread.

dumbell78 · Post #182 » by **dumbell78** » Tue Jun 18, 2024 5:59 am

This was one of the lamest Finals in years for me. I also agree with MrSparkle, the dragging out of games is ridiculous. I am perfectly fine with 1 day rest between games and 2 days when shifting cities.

Post #183 » by **Ice Man** » Tue Jun 18, 2024 11:15 am

In this series, the Celts' defense looked much better against Dallas than did the vaunted Timberwolves' defense. Crushingly dominant.

Post #184 » by **Ice Man** » Tue Jun 18, 2024 11:19 am

dumbell78 wrote:This was one of the lamest Finals in years for me. I also agree with MrSparkle, the dragging out of games is ridiculous. I am perfectly fine with 1 day rest between games and 2 days when shifting cities.

With its interminable delays, the league did a great job of further killing interest in what always was going to be a tough series to sell.

samwana · Post #185 » by **samwana** » Tue Jun 18, 2024 12:14 pm

I watched highlights of the Wolves games, they had some excitement.

These finals though, not interested and the dragging between games killed the last bit of interest I had.

samwana · Post #186 » by **samwana** » Tue Jun 18, 2024 12:33 pm

Imagine we draft Jrue instead of James Johnson

Hangtime84 · Post #187 » by **Hangtime84** » Tue Jun 18, 2024 12:44 pm

samwana wrote:Imagine we draft Jrue instead of James Johnson

But we already had rose. Drafting for fit is ass

samwana · Post #188 » by **samwana** » Tue Jun 18, 2024 12:54 pm

Hangtime84 wrote:
samwana wrote:Imagine we draft Jrue instead of James Johnson

But we already had rose. Drafting for fit is ass

BPA always

Post #189 » by **Michael Jackson** » Tue Jun 18, 2024 9:41 pm

Hangtime84 wrote:
samwana wrote:Imagine we draft Jrue instead of James Johnson

But we already had rose. Drafting for fit is ass

We had lesser Holidays to make up for it

Post #190 » by **Ice Man** » Tue Jun 18, 2024 10:04 pm

Hangtime84 wrote:But we already had rose. Drafting for fit is ass

But ... but ... that's how we got Doug, Chandler, Wendell, and Pat! And where would be as a franchise without them?

Betta Bulleavit · Post #191 » by **Betta Bulleavit** » Wed Jun 19, 2024 1:42 pm

Wow!! Monty Williams out after just one year in Detroit. My goodness, that is a ton a free money for Monty. This feels like a best case for him.

d boy gentleman · Post #192 » by **d boy gentleman** » Wed Jun 19, 2024 1:58 pm

Read on Twitter

Betta Bulleavit · Post #193 » by **Betta Bulleavit** » Wed Jun 19, 2024 2:00 pm

d boy gentleman wrote:

Read on Twitter

This screams JJ Redick to me.

Lotty8989 · Post #194 » by **Lotty8989** » Wed Jun 19, 2024 2:35 pm

Detroit willing to fire Monty after 1 bad season while the bulls sign billy to an extension after 2 bad seasons lol ladies and gentlemen…..THE CHICAGO BULLS :banghead:

Betta Bulleavit · Post #195 » by **Betta Bulleavit** » Wed Jun 19, 2024 4:18 pm

Lotty8989 wrote:Detroit willing to fire Monty after 1 bad season while the bulls sign billy to an extension after 2 bad seasons lol ladies and gentlemen…..THE CHICAGO BULLS

Yeah, somebody’s gotta make this make sense to me because this was my first thought when I saw this news.

ChiefILL53 · Post #196 » by **ChiefILL53** » Wed Jun 19, 2024 4:49 pm

Betta Bulleavit wrote:
Lotty8989 wrote:Detroit willing to fire Monty after 1 bad season while the bulls sign billy to an extension after 2 bad seasons lol ladies and gentlemen…..THE CHICAGO BULLS

Yeah, somebody’s gotta make this make sense to me because this was my first thought when I saw this news.

Not only after 1 season, didnt they give him a SUPER expensive coaching contract to boot? lol. Granted, I dont think any coach would have gotten something out of that roster, but still. Fired nba coach is looking like a solid job. How do I get it?

Post #197 » by **DASMACKDOWN** » Wed Jun 19, 2024 5:13 pm

I guess that is the beauty of being an NBA coach. You really dont care if you get fired because that is part of the coaching eco system.

They are always guaranteed their money so there are no drawbacks.

Repeat 3-peat · Post #198 » by **Repeat 3-peat** » Wed Jun 19, 2024 5:28 pm

Reports were that Monty did not have much interest in the Detroit job after being let go by the Suns. But Detroit was determined to get him so they increased their offer. Not shocked he failed.

kodo · Post #199 » by **kodo** » Wed Jun 19, 2024 6:00 pm

This is why people need to stop pitying coaches being fired...all their contracts are like this. It's not a firing (you're out of a job and income), it's you don't have to show up for work for the rest of your multi-year contract and you still get paid to do nothing. Being fired as a NBA coach = winning the lottery.

kodo · Post #200 » by **kodo** » Wed Jun 19, 2024 6:04 pm

Repeat 3-peat wrote:Reports were that Monty did not have much interest in the Detroit job after being let go by the Suns. But Detroit was determined to get him so they increased their offer. Not shocked he failed.

It wasn't even Detroit specifically, he needed to take at least a year off because of his wife's cancer. He wasn't going to work for any team to focus on his wife. Detroit not only threw a ton of money at him they knew he was going to have to make his wife's condition his #1 priority in life.

This is 100% on the Detroit org. He basically said "I can't be a good coach in this situation for any team" and they hardball pushed him into it anyway.