Kurt:
Max Fisher-Cohen: I remember hearing this as well.

The same is true for those stupid coach interviews before the second and fourth periods. Since the coach isn’t going to give away what he’s going to do on live TV, the questions and answers are always in cliches.

That’s an awful lot of faith in NBA coaching. Why do they say the same banal shit after games, then?

The same is true for those stupid coach interviews before the second and fourth periods. Since the coach isn’t going to give away what he’s going to do on live TV, the questions and answers are always in cliches.

I’m pretty sure ESPN/TNT are not allowed to broadcast strategic portions of time outs when they run the miked up coach segments. I remember one of the broadcasters explaining that in the playoffs last year. Also, fans wouldn’t know WTF they were talking about most likely even if they did broadcast the strategic elements.

Bruno Almeida: yeah, I don’t get it either, he seems to me a terrible coach.

anyway, it’s probably the simplest answer on Lowry and Lin: McHale didn’t like Lowry, Lowry hated McHale, that’s why he had to go.

I think letting Dragic go was the plan altogether, but I seriously doubt Morey thinks Lin is an improvement over Lowry… I like Lin, but Lowry is clearly better right now, and his contract doesn’t have the terrible last year Lin’s contract has, which makes him criminally underpaid imo.

if the eastern conference didn’t already have Rajon Rondo and Deron Williams, he’d be an easy all-star.

Lin’s contract has no terrible last year. I thought this was already cleared up. THe cap hit is 8.3/8.3/8.3 Lin is getting paid 5/5/15 but unless your an accountant of the Rockets you should care less about what lin is getting paid. Cap hit is all that matters. This also applies for Asik.

Getting rid of Lowry was why the Rockets got Harden in the first place. So it isn’t an argument between Lowry & Lin but Lowry & Harden. I would take Harden any day.

Everyone here knows I was probably the biggest Dantoni hater and guess what I hate Mike Brown too. Im sorry he is a one trick pony although a one trick defensive pony but just like Dantoni. Just like Nash made Dantoni, LeBron made Brown. He needs to be fired and fired quick. But on another note im glad the drama from last year is no longer in here but in LA now. One less team to worry about.

danvt:
“(I’m trying to attain a critical mass with that nickname. Help a brother out.)”

Pabs Blue Ribbon?
PG-oni?
Tango and Cash?

Kurt:
THCJ: don’t always agree with you, but here I couldn’t agree more. The last time Nash was in a less creative role was the failed Terry Porter experiment in Phoenix.

Nash and Howard should be running pick and rolls all day long with Kobe and Artest on the wings. Kobe would space the floor well even though he’s no Ray Allen. Since he’s so feared, any defender would be afraid to leave him.

The only good explanation I can think of for this offense is to placate Kobe. Either Brown was afraid Kobe wouldn’t completely cede control to Nash. Or, he thought that Kobe had been in the Triangle for most of his career, and didn’t want anything too different. Neither make sense from a pure basketball perspective, though.

The problem with this logic is that Kobe has over a .700 TS% while putting up his lowest usage and assist numbers since the 90′s. He’s been on the ball less than ever in his career, and the Lakers offense has actually been pretty solid other than the turnovers, which can mostly be explained by the fact the team is still getting together. The Lakers’ real problem has been defense, and I doubt getting Nash a lot of assists is going to help at all on that end. They have the 7th best offensive rating in the league and the 27th best defensive rating. Even if Nash started putting up the best numbers of his career, he wouldn’t do shit for the defense.

The Honorable Cock Jowles:
Yet I have no empirical evidence that it’s Brown’s coaching that was fucking with the Lakers. There’s this thing called sample size, and three games means very little to me.

Here’s one of my favorite Berri quotations: “I saw where Adrian Dantley kept saying, ‘We’re giving up too many layups.’ And it’s like the players were sitting there saying, ‘Yes, we know. We don’t want them to get layups, either. Why don’t you tell us how to stop them?’” They keep putting the mic on (Boston coach Doc Rivers) and he keeps saying the same thing, ‘We’ve got to play like a team.’ I mean, I’m getting tired of that. I can’t imagine what the players are thinking. . . . You’ve got to imagine (Celtics forward) Kevin Garnett, when Doc Rivers is talking, is, like, “Are you done yet? Can I go play? Yep. Play like a team. Got it.” That’s coaching.”

You do realize that those microphones come with the agreement that nothing serious will be shown on national TV right? Or that coaches work with their players when they aren’t in the game? Just because YOU haven’t figured out a way to measure something doesn’t mean you can pretend it doesn’t exist. Clearly Nash is being played in a different way than he was last year with Phoenix, it has nothing to do with his skills as a player

Nash and Howard should be running pick and rolls all day long with Kobe and Artest on the wings. Kobe would space the floor well even though he’s no Ray Allen. Since he’s so feared, any defender would be afraid to leave him.

The only good explanation I can think of for this offense is to placate Kobe. Either Brown was afraid Kobe wouldn’t completely cede control to Nash. Or, he thought that Kobe had been in the Triangle for most of his career, and didn’t want anything too different. Neither make sense from a pure basketball perspective, though.