if they wanna try out new blood they should try importing some eurocoaches
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 16 June 2013 15:47 (ten years ago) link
Thinking that former players don't have an instant leg up coaching-wise is a really strange POV. Would love to see some aggregate winning% stats of former NBA players vs. non. Obviously being a former player isn't a definite prereq or anything (of the final four teams this year, three -- Spo, Vogel and Pop -- never played NBA), but former players have a massive bank of info to draw from that non-players can't really have access to.
Really looking forward to Kidd's first year-- feel like it could be really intriguing watching him develop Deron Williams, although outside of him and Lopez that Nets roster isn't much fun. Have absolutely no idea what to expect from Kidd coaching. BUT PLEASE JKIDD PLEASE PLAYER/COACH A FEW GAMES PLEEEEEEEASE. Kidd filling that spot just means one less team that'll snatch up Brian Shaw; amazing the chips haven't fallen his way for past few offseasons. Not as surprised by Ewing continually getting passed over, though.
And holy fuck these weird Celtics/Clips trades. When was the last time a coach was used as tradebait?
― IM ME, I DO ME, AND I CHILL (CompuPost), Sunday, 16 June 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link
i don't really even understand the argument about coaches--spo played pro ball in germany, pop played for the air force and tried out for the '72 olympic team, vogel played jv at kentucky. basically all coaches are "former players," i'm not so sure it's important what level they played at.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 16 June 2013 19:43 (ten years ago) link
my question on this was based on my surprise at kidd's appointment. i figured the head coach of an nba team would be expected to have spent several years being an assistant or coaching lower league and/or foreign teams, regardless of playing experience. it seems this is the case for most coaches, but there have been plenty of exceptions.
― fit and working again, Sunday, 16 June 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Sunday, June 16, 2013 3:43 PM (4 hours ago)
yeah. i think these days i'd rather have a dude who's been thinking about the game longer than he's been playing it
― look at my watch/I'm in the club and everyone's looking at me/fuck th (k3vin k.), Monday, 17 June 2013 00:42 (ten years ago) link
lol what does that even mean
― call all destroyer, Monday, 17 June 2013 00:46 (ten years ago) link
gonna read that as a racial dogwhistle
― battle hyrr of the shepublic (m bison), Monday, 17 June 2013 01:30 (ten years ago) link
The higher you ascend in terms of competition, the less likely it is you can get by without thinking about the game. A lot. NBA point guards ALL think about the game. A lot. No exceptions.
― Aimless, Monday, 17 June 2013 04:46 (ten years ago) link
plz stop responding to this nonsense "viewpoint" of kev's
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 17 June 2013 05:19 (ten years ago) link
― battle hyrr of the shepublic (m bison), Sunday, June 16, 2013 9:30 PM (Yesterday)
ha i'm aware that it can be read that way but i've been posting here for long enough that i'm not worried about that
i am half-trolling tbf (but only half)
― look at my watch/I'm in the club and everyone's looking at me/fuck th (k3vin k.), Monday, 17 June 2013 06:20 (ten years ago) link
moving bookmark
― 乒乓, Monday, 17 June 2013 11:12 (ten years ago) link
AI just wtfhttp://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/report-allen-iverson-accused-ex-wife-abducting-5-195450969.html
― Shock G Mo Collier (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 00:30 (ten years ago) link
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--doc-rivers-unsure-about-returning-to-celtics-as-coach-after-clippers-deal-falls-apart-171226963.html
celtics handled this one pretty well huh
― look at my watch/I'm in the club and everyone's looking at me/fuck th (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link
The Clippers were just messing with Danny.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 19:26 (ten years ago) link
the whole idea of trading a coach is completely bonkers
― Clay, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 21:07 (ten years ago) link
like this would only ever occur to two drunk people. no sober pair of gm's would have this idea.
― Clay, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 21:09 (ten years ago) link
just... why!?http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9404115/nba-adidas-further-audition-short-sleeve-jerseys
― Shock G Mo Collier (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 21:13 (ten years ago) link
well they explain why tbf
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 21:19 (ten years ago) link
it is true that no one not on a basketball court should be wearing a basketball jersey, but the addition of sleeves isn't going to help things all that much.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 21:20 (ten years ago) link
let me know when a team starts wearing sports tuxedos
― keyser saucy vagina (DJP), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 21:22 (ten years ago) link
it's also like, i don't think anybody who owns a basketball jersey was ever prevented from wearing one because they wanted to wear short sleeves instead... they just put on a white tee underneath the jersey
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link
otm I'm not sporting a tight ass cap-sleeved game jersey
― Shock G Mo Collier (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link
LOL see these just flat out cannot look good on normal looking folkhttp://blogimages.thescore.com/tbj/files/2013/02/klay-trey-jerseys.jpg
― Shock G Mo Collier (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 22:21 (ten years ago) link
The guy on the right looks 100x less weird than Klay does tbh
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
steph curry did not handle his playoff exit well huh
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 22:35 (ten years ago) link
Yeah but c'mon no one in their right mind is wearing that mess out in the public xplol granny
― Shock G Mo Collier (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 23:19 (ten years ago) link
Sleeves mean more fabric for defenders to grab.
― Aimless, Thursday, 20 June 2013 00:40 (ten years ago) link
should do an exhibition shirts/skins game
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 20 June 2013 00:42 (ten years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 5:19 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
no they didn't btw it's just more space ready for when they sell ads on jerseys
― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Thursday, 20 June 2013 02:43 (ten years ago) link
so the celtics trade rivers to the clips but the league isnt gonna let them move garnett too even in a separate deal figuring the teams will conspire to link the two
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 June 2013 00:17 (ten years ago) link
yup
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 24 June 2013 00:23 (ten years ago) link
baffling on all accounts
― call all destroyer, Monday, 24 June 2013 00:24 (ten years ago) link
trading a coach is pretty gangster
― lag∞n, Monday, 24 June 2013 04:03 (ten years ago) link
lol owned https://twitter.com/bballbreakdown/status/562429811193171968
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 01:59 (nine years ago) link
oops wrong one
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 February 2015 02:39 (nine years ago) link