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East Bay Sports · Post #941 » by **East Bay Sports** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:44 pm

rcfc1 wrote:
East Bay Sports wrote:Sounds like Kevin Ollie is their top choice.

Sounds good to me. They could do worse, but also much better.

Ollie sounds like he's staying at UConn.

In other news, I wonder how this affects our chances in the KD lottery. Chances he sticks in OKC now?

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rcfc1 · Post #942 » by **rcfc1** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:45 pm

East Bay Sports wrote:
rcfc1 wrote:
East Bay Sports wrote:Sounds like Kevin Ollie is their top choice.

Sounds good to me. They could do worse, but also much better.

Ollie sounds like he's staying at UConn.

In other news, I wonder how this affects our chances in the KD lottery. Chances he sticks in OKC now?

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All for it if it keeps us Gentry. Although I do think Ollie will be an excellent NBA coach.

East Bay Sports · Post #943 » by **East Bay Sports** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:54 pm

It is a matter of when, not if we lose Gentry. He will have his choice of high profile jobs as they open up.

Post #944 » by **FNQ** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 8:46 pm

We knew when we hired Gentry, and to a lesser degree Ron Adams, that they would be moving on if we were successful.

At this point, our ballboys are going to be head coaches next year just based on being in the proximity of our staff. The good news is that Kerr has no problem employing smart people in his staff, and we should be a prime destination for fired HCs looking to rehab their value.

BW32 · Post #945 » by **BW32** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 9:29 pm

Does Ron Adams even want to be a head coach tho? He's been an assistant for like 20+ years. I'm thinking money beign the same he's staying put.

Mylie10 · Post #946 » by **Mylie10** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:02 pm

East Bay Sports wrote:Sounds like Kevin Ollie is their top choice.

Sounds good to me. They could do worse, but also much better.

Are you basing that on KD? I don't disagree that he might be their choice.

I'm hearing lots of Billy Donovan.

I hope we keep Gentry if at all possible. Don't need him taking that team to New heights. Although Brooks did get them to a Finals appearance.

If I'm KD....I see how next year goes and then I would walk barring some new revelation.

turk3d · Post #947 » by **turk3d** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:37 pm

Parsons out for the rest of the season with a knee injury. Ouch! Pretty much looks like Houston's going to sweep the Mavs. Oh well, was hoping that the Mavs would at least extend them. Houston's likely the ones we'll be facing right, once we get past the Pels? I have a feeling that the Clippers are going to surprise most people and take out the Spurs. If they hold the down fort tonight over in LA, I' think their chances will be even more likely.

Appers that Rondo is going to be out for game 3 as well. Mavs might as well just pack their bags already and go home. Poor Monta and Dirk.

Coxy · Post #948 » by **Coxy** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:55 pm

turk3d wrote:Parsons out for the rest of the season with a knee injury. Ouch! Pretty much looks like Houston's going to sweep the Mavs. Oh well, was hoping that the Mavs would at least extend them. Houston's likely the ones we'll be facing right, once we get past the Pels? I have a feeling that the Clippers are going to surprise most people and take out the Spurs. If they hold the down fort tonight over in LA, I' think their chances will be even more likely.

Appers that Rondo is going to be out for game 3 as well. Mavs might as well just pack their bags already and go home. Poor Monta and Dirk.

We face the winner of Memphis/Portland. Rockets will play the Clips/Spurs winner.

East Bay Sports · Post #949 » by **East Bay Sports** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:58 pm

Mylie10 wrote:
East Bay Sports wrote:Sounds like Kevin Ollie is their top choice.

Sounds good to me. They could do worse, but also much better.

Are you basing that on KD? I don't disagree that he might be their choice.

I'm hearing lots of Billy Donovan.

I hope we keep Gentry if at all possible. Don't need him taking that team to New heights. Although Brooks did get them to a Finals appearance.

If I'm KD....I see how next year goes and then I would walk barring some new revelation.

I think Donovan is a better coach than Ollie, but Woj reported Ollie is Presti's top choice.

Both would likely be big upgrades over Brooks so OKC could enter next season as title favorites if everyone is healthy

turk3d · Post #950 » by **turk3d** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:10 am

Coxy wrote:
turk3d wrote:Parsons out for the rest of the season with a knee injury. Ouch! Pretty much looks like Houston's going to sweep the Mavs. Oh well, was hoping that the Mavs would at least extend them. Houston's likely the ones we'll be facing right, once we get past the Pels? I have a feeling that the Clippers are going to surprise most people and take out the Spurs. If they hold the down fort tonight over in LA, I' think their chances will be even more likely.

Appers that Rondo is going to be out for game 3 as well. Mavs might as well just pack their bags already and go home. Poor Monta and Dirk.

We face the winner of Memphis/Portland. Rockets will play the Clips/Spurs winner.

I think I like that better, especially if Houston's coming in off a sweep and Dwight seemingly rounding back into form. Let the Clips or Spurs deal with that. Hopefully they beat themselves into a tizzy.

turk3d · Post #951 » by **turk3d** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:20 am

Looks like OKC fired Scott Brooks. I guess it's his fault that Durant got hurt and Morey traded Harden and let Parsons walk. OK.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12741 ... ott-brooks

rcfc1 · Post #952 » by **rcfc1** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:24 am

turk3d wrote:Looks like OKC fired Scott Brooks. I guess it's his fault that Durant got hurt and Morey traded Harden and let Parsons walk. OK.

Two thoughts. One, Brooks still sucked. His offense was pretty much as bad as Jackson's in terms of creativity, sex appeal, and efficiency. Two, I think GMs must be better politicians, because they seem to last a lot longer than coaches, and I think they tend to deserve just as much, if not more of the blame. Look at how long Kahn lasted. Atrocious. I think of how much Gary St. Jean was to blame for our failings.

turk3d · Post #953 » by **turk3d** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:26 am

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turk3d wrote:Looks like OKC fired Scott Brooks. I guess it's his fault that Durant got hurt and Presti traded Harden. fixed

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12741 ... ott-brooks

turk3d · Post #954 » by **turk3d** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:28 am

rcfc1 wrote:
turk3d wrote:Looks like OKC fired Scott Brooks. I guess it's his fault that Durant got hurt and Morey traded Harden and let Parsons walk. OK.

Two thoughts. One, Brooks still sucked. His offense was pretty much as bad as Jackson's in terms of creativity, sex appeal, and efficiency. Two, I think GMs must be better politicians, because they seem to last a lot longer than coaches, and I think they tend to deserve just as much, if not more of the blame. Look at how long Kahn lasted. Atrocious. I think of how much Gary St. Jean was to blame for our failings.

Yeah, I screwed up. I said Morey when it was Presti (kind of hate Morey, lol). And it wasn't Presti who let Parsons walk, that was Morey, lol. A bit of a brain fart there.

CCComboBreaker · Post #955 » by **CCComboBreaker** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 2:07 am

Coxy wrote:
omnificent wrote:The Rockets scare me.

The Rockets don't scare me at all. We match up really well with them. Harden so far in the playoffs is 9-28 FG and 28-30 FT. If Klay plays him straight up, he isn't going to get those FT's. Bogut will handle Dwight, Green will handle Smith.

Meh, Rockets, whatever, come get some.

The Rockets are one of maybe 4 or 5 teams that can straight up beat us.

giberish · Post #956 » by **giberish** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:20 am

SA fouls Jordan a bunch of times in a row in the 4th - and in the process kills their own offense by eliminating any transition or semi-transition chances and generally getting out of sync. It's why I'm not a big fan of the hack-a-Shaq strategy.

East Bay Sports · Post #957 » by **East Bay Sports** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 1:00 pm

I'm not a big proponent of hack-a-shaq methods, but doing it while you are winning just seems even more asinine.

turk3d · Post #958 » by **turk3d** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 10:18 pm

East Bay Sports wrote:I'm not a big proponent of hack-a-shaq methods, but doing it while you are winning just seems even more asinine.

Pop just does it, because he can, lol.

watch1958 · Post #959 » by **watch1958** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 2:07 am

Never been that interested in Gortat, but after watching him today...Even without scoring, he'd fit way better in the Warriors system. He and Bogut be a nice tag team. 2nd unit could run the same offense.

Coxy · Post #960 » by **Coxy** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 3:46 am

watch1958 wrote:Never been that interested in Gortat, but after watching him today...Even without scoring, he'd fit way better in the Warriors system. He and Bogut be a nice tag team. 2nd unit could run the same offense.

I'm a big fan of Zangief. He ticks plenty of boxes for skill sets i like in my C's.

He gets paid big though.