toooskies wrote:JujitsuFlip wrote:Still a jb apologist, i see loltoooskies wrote:If only the Knicks, Pacers, Heat, Sixers, Bucks, Clippers, and Pelicans weren't coached by JBB this year, they might've had a shot at a title.
In a league that is as competitive as ever, players have to play hard to win. Coaches are going to do what they need to do to win games and keep their jobs. The league is actively trying to disincentivize rest days for players. 82 games at the current degree of NBA intensity in the regular season is too many.
The Cavs aren't as dominant as the Spurs teams that often had their stars rest and purposely take an L and not impact their season. A bunch of teams are in the 45+ win range.
After Allen called out jb for his terrible defensive gameplan in the game 3 blowout to the Magic to only play 28 minutes the rest of the post season after that is telling.
Marcus Morris to be on the team 6 weeks and to publicly say he could tell players were not receptive to what jb was saying.
Rumors of someone saying Allen coulda played with the rib injury, turns out it was jb saying it as once he was fired he didn't mince words in praising Luka.
Allen played in the prior 2 postseasons for jb while being hurt.
Mitchell played through the entire post season hurt for jb until he sat down. Then to post a pic with Allen in solitary after their former coach called both of them + LeVert out, it is very telling.
Allen, Mitchell, and LeVert all coulda played in game 5, I'm sure, they were just fed up with the trash can that is jb bickerstaff. And kudos to them for finally helping get that bum fired.
jb lost the locker room after the gentleman's sweep to the Knicks. Saying his players needed to be tougher and in better shape, zero accountability, guy is a clown.
Not an apologist-- don't like the Luka comments-- but I'm asking you why you think other coaches magically keep their players healthy. I gave you a list of teams that all had postseasons short-circuited by injury. I didn't even mention Memphis, or teams like the Lakers or Golden State in past years. Heck, even Boston lost Porzingis for most of the playoffs and trotted him out for game 5 for 16 minutes against medical recommendation. And even they are only a little more than a year out from losing a game 7 against Miami because of Tatum's sprained ankle.
Jayson Tatum played more 40 minute games himself than Garland and Mitchell combined (and I they had the most 40 minute games of our starters), but JBB is somehow the only coach that runs down his players?
I think you're just setting yourself up to be able to complain about the next guy.
IMO, should be looking at our roster composition and training staff too, but minutes played won't tell the full story. You have to look at how the offense and defense system is run and what kind of load it puts on different players.
One example ... Boston likes to switch on defense and they play some drop. They can do that thanks to their length. They avoid doubling, they avoid scrambling. The burden is a lot lower than our defense that requires everyone to constantly help, rotate, and rebound.
On offense they have 4 guys who can initiate the offense and they can space the floor so they don't have to navigate the paint like a pinball ball trying to descend from the top of the table.
It all matters and it all starts with our coach, even if our coach may turn out not to be the only problem.
