MrDollarBills wrote:3toheadmelo wrote:DOT wrote:Not really
Because it implies he's been coaching that entire time, which he hasn't been. He got fired in 2014 from Cleveland, then didn't get another head coaching job until the 2023 season, which is 9 years in and of itself. Hard to make it past the 1st round when you're not even coaching
Even if we could the 2013 season where he only coached 5 games, it's only been 6 seasons since he made it out of the 1st round. For comparison, Thibs had not made it out of the first round in 5 seasons as a coach before making it to the 2nd round in 2023.
You’re just arguing semantics to avoid addressing the elephant in the room. Has he ever had any playoff success outside of coaching Bron? He’s had multiple talented teams on the Lakers and kings.
Counter point to this is that Thibs hasn't had success outside of Rose and Brunson, which i wouldn't hold against Tom. I don't think having LeBron should be a knock against Mike either, you can't win without talent.
Look at Jordi Fernandez, people here are giving him the credit for Sacramento's offense but he just coached the Nets to the 2nd worst offense and defense in the league, but no one can hold that against him because his best player was literally Cam Thomas, and he got hurt.
I think for me, I gotta focus on how Mike's past offensive and defensive systems will fit this roster.
Counter point: Thibs has done more with less talent
We made the playoffs with this team.

Every team so far has gotten better once Mike brown got fired which I find very concerning.
To your point about Jordi, I think that’s a valid point. And shams also said that one of the reasons that the Knicks hired Brown was because of his offense. So they must think that Jordi doesn’t deserve all the credit, like you said.