2013-2014 NBA Season

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Byron Scott has proved to be a very ordinary NBA coach who got plenty of time in New Orleans. Monty Williams is still there. Del Negro made far fewer questionable decisions the one year that Paul was his PG.

Who would you rather have Rivers or Del Negro?

Honestly, I don't know. Rivers won with three great players in their prime. Does that make him a great coach? Again, I don't know. For the most part players make coaches. Are the Clippers any better this year than last? Doesn't look that way to me, but that could change come April/May.

Beside the point though. Paul used his influence and the threat of leaving to get Del Negro fired, that is all I was saying.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Honestly, I don't know. Rivers won with three great players in their prime. Does that make him a great coach? Again, I don't know. For the most part players make coaches. Are the Clippers any better this year than last? Doesn't look that way to me, but that could change come April/May.

Beside the point though. Paul used his influence and the threat of leaving to get Del Negro fired, that is all I was saying.

Rivers is also overrated as a coach. He had 3 superstars. I always hear people calling him the best coach in the NBA. Is he better then Pop? Jeff Van Gundy was a better coach then Doc IMO.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Rivers is also overrated as a coach. He had 3 superstars. I always hear people calling him the best coach in the NBA. Is he better then Pop? Jeff Van Gundy was a better coach then Doc IMO.

Who wins with bad players? Well other than Jeff Hornachek

[Duvalier]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Who wins with bad players? Well other than Jeff Hornachek

What he's doing out there in Phoenix is really remarkable. It's going to be really tough to keep it up now with Bledsoe gone, but the Suns and their fans should be thrilled with the way that team plays...hardest playing team in the league.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Duvalier

What he's doing out there in Phoenix is really remarkable. It's going to be really tough to keep it up now with Bledsoe gone, but the Suns and their fans should be thrilled with the way that team plays...hardest playing team in the league.

2nd lowest payroll in the league next to the Sixers. Have a ton of cap space moving forward too. They only have 39 million committed for next year if all the guys exercise options (Channing Frye-6.8 million)
Plus they have 3 extra 1st rounders this year as well as their own in a loaded draft. If MN and Washington make the playoffs and MN doesnt have the worst record among playoff teams which seems impossible considering the East they will be huge players this off season. Plus they have the Lakers 1st round pick next year hich is only top 3 protected and its unlikely the Lakers are one of the 3 worst teams in the league next year.

Hopefully Bledsoe can come back 100% and they add some talent in the draft or via trades using some of the extra picks and they can be damn good soon.

[Duvalier]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Hopefully Bledsoe can come back 100% and they add some talent in the draft or via trades using some of the extra picks and they can be damn good soon.

I agree. I really thought they were done and tanking when they moved Gortat to Washington just prior to the season starting. The way the West is currently, it won't be a surprise to see Phoenix in the mix as one of the better teams in the conference in the next few years with the right additions. It's always good to see teams who play hard be rewarded.

[RockHardTen1985]

I guess the Knicks little run is over. Melo tonight 20 points, 21 shots.
They get blasted tonight, and they will get blasted Thursday night in Indiana.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Honestly, I don't know. Rivers won with three great players in their prime. Does that make him a great coach? Again, I don't know. For the most part players make coaches. Are the Clippers any better this year than last? Doesn't look that way to me, but that could change come April/May.

Beside the point though. Paul used his influence and the threat of leaving to get Del Negro fired, that is all I was saying.

Rivers is a good coach. Del Negro is not. Pretty simple.

Del Negro made so many obvious errors with substitutions and time outs that it is impossible to believe that there wasnt a lot missed that we didnt see. Griffin was as much of the reason they brought in Rivers as Paul. Basically Griffin had stopped listening to Del negro. VDN's playoff record is 10-19.


Jesus what games do you guys watch? Doc Rivers isnt a better coach than Del Negro? Robery Horry is better than Carmello Anthony? Chris Paul is incapable of winning a championship?

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Rivers is a good coach. Del Negro is not. Pretty simple.

He is, but if they finish the season with about the same record and get bounced in the 1st round again, what does it matter?

I don't like players lobbying for new coaches, just old school I guess. Blake Griffin lobbying for a new coach is hilarious...dude has several flaws in his game that he hasn't improved much on. He should start there.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

He is, but if they finish the season with about the same record and get bounced in the 1st round again, what does it matter?

I don't like players lobbying for new coaches, just old school I guess. Blake Griffin lobbying for a new coach is hilarious...dude has several flaws in his game that he hasn't improved much on. He should start there.

The team has flaws that we have talked about and I said earlier in this thread that they should have worried more about getting better defensively with a player, not a coach. But Del negro probably set an NBA record for not having a TO left at the end of the game to advance the ball during his run as Bulls and Clippers coach. He lived a long time off of his 1st year improbable series with the Bulls against Boston. Made Ben Gordon rich which effectively ruined him lol.