stan francisco wrote: Luke will be a great NBA coach. It would be a huge mistake to lose him now. Just like it would be to lose Lonzo, BI, Kuzma, Randle, Hart in their beginning years of NBA.
Luke stays. Fiz can be his assistant if BronBron wants him around.
I agree. I always thought Luke would be fine, but I worried about him learning ropes with a young team. I will admit I wanted Mark Jackson...and still did until recently. I think I am finally ready to concede that Luke has been a great fit, and was the better choice. Luke will also be the better choice down the road. Mark is a bit of a "my way, or the highway" guy. Luke will work better once this team is a contender again.
I think IT has come and fit in great. He's not a mega-star like Lebron (don't tell him that!) but in a way he's worse: he's DESPERATE to prove his worth over the next 20 or so games. Already a bit of a 'me, me, my ball, my shots' player....and yet we've had 5-6 guys in double-figures, and a real seamless integration through ball-movement. <----- guys, this is "Warrior Ball". All those stories about how tight the Warrior locker room is. About how it's just a healthy environment to be in. Your hearing that / seeing that with the Lakers now. I think Luke deserves the lion's share of the credit there. This IT thing could have been a disaster. For a second there, it looked like it was gonna be. But after only 2-3 games, it's been just great.
A) your kinda getting a feel for how it will be with a star player here. B) You see how well it can work with a guy who wants his shots, and yet the team can still have all players playing a part.
This is a young team...I don't want to throw my hands up and scream "mission accomplished" ....as there will be the other side of the coin for a spell sometime soon. But this team has to be looking REALLY REALLY good to top FA's right now.
Barring a disaster....this is an A+ coaching season by Luke.
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