Has any of Nellies superstar players ever win a ring?

[cdubbz]

Don Nelson has coached many great players, but have any of them won a ring with or without nelson?

Chris Mullin - Went to the finals with the pacers
Tim Hardaway - no.
Mitch Richmond - Yes. With the lakers as a ring chaser.
Latrell Sprewell - Made it to the finals in 1999 with the Knicks
Chris Webber - Never made it to the finals.

Steve Nash - Never made it to the finals
Dirk - Lost in the Finals

Did any of his other players win a title before he was at GS ?

[dajrichshow]

Stephen Jackson- 2003 with the Spurs
And if you want to count Don Nelson himself.

[ButtlessChaps]

There's the Little General in '99 and Super Mario Elie with the Rockets (loose interpretation of "superstar")

[realfung]

does it matter?

[BROWN]

Avery Jonhnson?
what's the point to this question..

[bill curley II]

Nellie molests his players and scars them for life.

[crzy]

No.

Don Nelson's coaching style isn't conducive to winning championships.

[FNQ]

No.

Don Nelson's coaching style isn't conducive to winning championships.

Bingo... Nellie isn't a good coach, he's

[Suya]

Yeah, don't forget MICHAEL FINLEY.

[mistatwo mayn]

Has anyone not named Phil Jackson, Larry Brown, Pat Riley, or Rudy Tomvanich coached a player who won a ring?

[rcs15]

Greg Papovich...?

[Twinkie defense]

Who's Greg Papovich?

[MightyReds2020]

No.

Don Nelson's coaching style isn't conducive to winning championships.

I always think this is not true. Harder, perhaps, but not necessary no chance. You just need to have better talents and some lucks.

[yehyeh82]

There aren't many coaching styles that are conducive to winning. The NBA is the toughest sport to win a championship in. Since 1980, only 8 different teams have won the championship. If you don't include the two 1-time champions of the 76ers and the Heat, that is 6 different teams in a 26 year span. So that means that only the Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, Spurs, Bulls, Rockets, Philly and Miami have won the championship in 28 years (with a good chance one of them wins it again between the Spurs, Lakers and Celtics), and the common thread between all of these teams is that they had superstar players, except for the 2003 Pistons and maybe the original Pistons. Players include Bird, McHale, Parrish, Magic, Worthy, Kareem, Isaiah, Jordan, Pippen, Hakeem, Drexler, Dr. J, Moses, Shaq, Kobe, Wade.

What I'm trying to say is that this league is determined more by the players, and more specifically the superstar players, than the coaching. Good coaching can get you to the playoffs, but most likely it won't get you the championship. If Nellie had any one of Magic, Jordan, or Hakeem then there was a good shot he would win a championship as well.

[rone415]

Is this suppose to prove that Nellie isn't a good coach? I don't think Nellie has never had the talent to have won a title.

How many great/good coaches do not have titles? Tons!!!!!

[Head Leader]

There aren't many coaching styles that are conducive to winning. The NBA is the toughest sport to win a championship in. Since 1980, only 8 different teams have won the championship. If you don't include the two 1-time champions of the 76ers and the Heat, that is 6 different teams in a 26 year span. So that means that only the Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, Spurs, Bulls, Rockets, Philly and Miami have won the championship in 28 years (with a good chance one of them wins it again between the Spurs, Lakers and Celtics), and the common thread between all of these teams is that they had superstar players, except for the 2003 Pistons and maybe the original Pistons. Players include Bird, McHale, Parrish, Magic, Worthy, Kareem, Isaiah, Jordan, Pippen, Hakeem, Drexler, Dr. J, Moses, Shaq, Kobe, Wade.

What I'm trying to say is that this league is determined more by the players, and more specifically the superstar players, than the coaching. Good coaching can get you to the playoffs, but most likely it won't get you the championship. If Nellie had any one of Magic, Jordan, or Hakeem then there was a good shot he would win a championship as well.

+1

[KR4]

There aren't many coaching styles that are conducive to winning. The NBA is the toughest sport to win a championship in. Since 1980, only 8 different teams have won the championship. If you don't include the two 1-time champions of the 76ers and the Heat, that is 6 different teams in a 26 year span. So that means that only the Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, Spurs, Bulls, Rockets, Philly and Miami have won the championship in 28 years (with a good chance one of them wins it again between the Spurs, Lakers and Celtics), and the common thread between all of these teams is that they had superstar players, except for the 2003 Pistons and maybe the original Pistons. Players include Bird, McHale, Parrish, Magic, Worthy, Kareem, Isaiah, Jordan, Pippen, Hakeem, Drexler, Dr. J, Moses, Shaq, Kobe, Wade.

What I'm trying to say is that this league is determined more by the players, and more specifically the superstar players, than the coaching. Good coaching can get you to the playoffs, but most likely it won't get you the championship. If Nellie had any one of Magic, Jordan, or Hakeem then there was a good shot he would win a championship as well.

Really good post.

[KR4]

Craig Hodges
Dave Cowens

And I think he coached Lew Alcindor and Bob Lanier briefly

[daboywonder2002]

stephen jackson doesnt count. s-jax won that ring before he came to golden state. the thread starter is talking about players that won rings during or AFTER being coached by nelly

[SinceGatlingWasARookie]

Craig Hodges
Dave Cowens

And I think he coached Lew Alcindor briefly

He was gone from the Bucks before Nelson got there.

Nelson would have traded him anyway. That stiff couldn't sink a three.