Yeah, if this was a pre-game speech and then they went out and played like they did, that is NOT a good sign.Maybe I'm misunderstanding this but didn't it say "pre-game" speech?
Yeah, if this was a pre-game speech and then they went out and played like they did, that is NOT a good sign.Maybe I'm misunderstanding this but didn't it say "pre-game" speech?
Tyson like the rah rah kind of coaches like Earl Watson.Let's trade Ariza if humanly possible before the trade deadline and sit Anderson until he can be bought out next summer.
Signing Ariza was a terrible mistake. This alone was enough to get McDonough canned.
Both should be sitting on the bench until they get their adrenaline flowing with another team.
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Yeah gotta disagree with you there. The magnitude of the losses this year is an indicator because of its consistency. Dismiss it if you will, but I think you do at the peril of not recognizing the magnitude of the issue.And I'd say scoreboard. Sure the blowouts are embarrassing and we didn't close out last year with a lot of them but by then every opponent tended to play down to our level until they needed to step up. And we did a lot of scoreboard padding ourselves down the stretch of games when the other team started playing the end of their bench. So, I'll go by wins and losses, no other measure is reasonable in this situation IMO.
Lol yeah I caught that. The great pregame speech was so inspiring that they lost to the nets by 22 at home. But a great speech.Maybe I'm misunderstanding this but didn't it say "pre-game" speech?
Yeah gotta disagree with you there. The magnitude of the losses this year is an indicator because of its consistency. Dismiss it if you will, but I think you do at the peril of not recognizing the magnitude of the issue.
The Mavs have basically the same record as us without a rookie headcoach and playing the easiest schedule in the league so far while we had one of the toughest.
Saying Doncic won on every team he has been on is a joke. He has been on Real Madrid, Real Madrid has a .750 record every season regardless of Doncic.
Tyson like the rah rah kind of coaches like Earl Watson.
I just realized that Igor began as an assistant to . . . . . . . Mike D'Antoni.It was a layup drill for Brooklyn at times. That's the most discouraging/frustrating part. Well, that and the turnovers.
I just realized that Igor began as an assistant to . . . . . . . Mike D'Antoni.
Wasn't it D'Antoni who made a mockery of the concept of playing defense to the Press?
Fake news! Igor actually began as a coach in the Yugoslavian basketball program. His first gig in the States was as an assistant with the University of Missouri. His first NBA gig was as an assistant to Alvin Gentry with the Clippers. After that he was under Larry Brown and the championship Detroit Pistons who played pretty good defense, btw. D'Antoni came later and was just one of many stops along the way.I just realized that Igor began as an assistant to . . . . . . . Mike D'Antoni.
Wasn't it D'Antoni who made a mockery of the concept of playing defense to the Press?
I think he started in the NBA with Detroit and then the Clippers before landing with the Suns.
Superbone said:Fake news! Igor actually began as a coach in the Yugoslavian basketball program. His first gig in the States was as an assistant with the University of Missouri. His first NBA gig was as an assistant to Alvin Gentry with the Clippers. After that he was under Larry Brown and the championship Detroit Pistons who played pretty good defense, btw. D'Antoni came later and was just one of many stops along the way.
I would think that a "mentor" should be the one getting everyone else's adrenaline flowing.I would have thought $52M would be enough to get his adrenaline flowing in phoenix.
That isn't how he talks. That is not what we saw in Utah last year. Sometimes it takes personnel. Just looking at what I see. I have no idea what is communicated on the practice court.'Sorry I didn't research all of his prior assistant coaching experience.
But isn't the bottom line that Igor has shown the same lack of making defense a priority as D'Antoni?
Easy layups by the opposition kill you no matter what era.
'Sorry I didn't research all of his prior assistant coaching experience.
But isn't the bottom line that Igor has shown the same lack of making defense a priority as D'Antoni?
Easy layups by the opposition kill you no matter what era.
I would think that a "mentor" should be the one getting everyone else's adrenaline flowing.
'Sorry I didn't research all of his prior assistant coaching experience.
But isn't the bottom line that Igor has shown the same lack of making defense a priority as D'Antoni?
Easy layups by the opposition kill you no matter what era.
Plus, you can't blame it all on the coach. The players need to be accountable too. Some of those offensive rebounds the Nets got were pure laziness on the Suns players' parts and have nothing to do with offensive/defensive schemes.I'd say Igor hasn't figured out either end of the equation.
Plus, you can't blame it all on the coach. The players need to be accountable too. Some of those offensive rebounds the Nets got were pure laziness on the Suns players' parts and have nothing to do with offensive/defensive schemes.
And who holds the players accountable? The Head Coach. If not he, who? As any other manager, whether at Burger King or the NBA, the leader should have the skill to motivate their players.Plus, you can't blame it all on the coach. The players need to be accountable too. Some of those offensive rebounds the Nets got were pure laziness on the Suns players' parts and have nothing to do with offensive/defensive schemes.
I'd like to see Igor get angry and yell at the players when they're dogging it. He just seems so passive on the sidelines.
he's been an assistant too long.
cool, calm, and collected is an important attribute for an assistant coach.
players need to see some emotion from their coach at the right times
if a head coach doesn't have a passionate side it's hard for him to instill that in his team