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Cellar-Door

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Doc Rivers is a good guy for managing a locker room. He's not a good tactical coach, he wasn't when he was in Boston, and he hasn't improved, where around the league better guys have come in/up, pushing him further down the rankings. He pretty badly mismanaged rotations, schemes with the Clippers, such that they significantly improved with Lue. In PHI, he spent a whole lot of time with nonsensical rotations and usage (of Simmons in particular), and had a habit of claiming they were going to try things (that everyone was saying they should) then not doing it.

Doc is a good manager, he's not really a good coach.
 
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Cellar-Door said:
Doc Rivers is a good guy for managing a locker room. He's not a good tactical coach, he wasn't when he was in Boston, and he hasn't improved, where around the league better guys have come in/up, pushing him further down the rankings. He pretty badly mismanaged rotations, schemes with the Clippers, such that they significantly improved with Lue. In PHI, he spent a whole lot of time with nonsensical rotations and usage (of Simmons in particular), and had a habit of claiming they were going to try things (that everyone was saying they should) then not doing it.

Doc is a good manager, he's not really a good coach.
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I do seem to remember maybe in his early pre KG years in Boston he had them top in the league in ATO scoring, or near the top.
 
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Doc needs to win at least two NBA titles to qualify for HOF consideration. He keeps finding franchises that can do it. And he knows more than anyone how a title run can fall apart in May.
 
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Doc needs to win at least two NBA titles to qualify for HOF consideration. He keeps finding franchises that can do it. And he knows more than anyone how a title run can fall apart in May.
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Doc has 1030 regular season wins which puts him 10th all time and 98 playoff wins which is 7th all time. Only current coach ahead of him in both categories is Pop. And only coach not in HOF ahead of him in regular season wins is George Karl (there are no coaches with more playoff wins not in the HOF besides lock Pop)

Coaches with more wins, and ZERO championships include Don Nelson, Jerry Sloan, and Rick Aldeman. Doc will pass Aldeman in wins this year, and could pass Sloan in 3 years. Doc will pass HOF coaches Sloan, Red, and Larry Brown in playoff wins this year

Doc is a lock for the HOF
 
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Doc was named one of the all-time coaches in the NBA 75, he is definitely getting in.
 
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Man, tough crowd. He didn't come until the last 3 minutes in the third and were up 20. The closest the Cavs got was 12.
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Hey I'm rooting for the guy, but putting up inefficient numbers in a blowout (took 11 shots to get those 10 points, and he had a couple turnovers) while his team gets outscored isn't all that great. He does this every day, he'll be looking for a new job at the end of his current 10 day.
 
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ATL beat Chicago, who can't defend at all right now.
DET smoking TOR in the Dwane Casey revenge game
MIA and BKN close.

Celtics win today it's looking like a nice night in the standings.
 
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I spoke too soon, DET falling apart, TOR roaring back now that Nurse is gone.
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Order restored. Pistons win and take the season series with Toronto.

Glad to know Boston isn't the only team that struggles against Detroit.
 
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Euclis20 said:
Hey I'm rooting for the guy, but putting up inefficient numbers in a blowout (took 11 shots to get those 10 points, and he had a couple turnovers) while his team gets outscored isn't all that great. He does this every day, he'll be looking for a new job at the end of his current 10 day.
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If he does this every day as the 10/11th guy off the bench, he is...maybe (?) a little better than his replacement. With a gamblers chance of making a huge difference (positively) in a game.
 
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Clippers were leading the Lakers 69-65 at halftime. 5:30 left in the third, it’s 92-65. Holy shit
 
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I wish they would just show Bill Simmons cackling with glee at watching the Lakers sink to the bottom.
 
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Can Lebron keep going out there for the rest of the season for this AD-less Lakers team?

Time for a groin or hamstring pull. Sore knee. Anything.

It's so embarrassing and yet beautiful.
 
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I can't really gloat, since they did win a title and flags fly forever, but I'm going to enjoy the next few years of them being in no-talent and pick/swap hell.
 
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Order restored. Pistons win and take the season series with Toronto.

Glad to know Boston isn't the only team that struggles against Detroit.
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Pistons are 1-15 without Cade. They are somewhat competent when he’s in the lineup.
 
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I can't really gloat, since they did win a title and flags fly forever, but I'm going to enjoy the next few years of them being in no-talent and pick/swap hell.
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The Schadenfreude Committee has met and concluded that gloating is permissible.
 
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I say we just dismiss the bubble championship as a Mickey-Mouse, not real championship and act like it never happened and that the Lakers have been awful for like, a full decade now.
 
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Can Lebron keep going out there for the rest of the season for this AD-less Lakers team?

Time for a groin or hamstring pull. Sore knee. Anything.

It's so embarrassing and yet beautiful.
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It's funny to make fun of the Lakers; but I don't think we should make fun of LeBron for actually giving a shit and trying to win, even though he is in a losing situation (largely of his own making). Yeah, he is chasing the scoring record, but a lot of stars would see the writing on the wall and give up. At least he is giving his legit best effort to try and win. And maybe they think if AD comes back, they can win the play-in game and then make some noise in the playoffs.
 
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Cellar-Door said:
Doc Rivers is a good guy for managing a locker room. He's not a good tactical coach, he wasn't when he was in Boston, and he hasn't improved, where around the league better guys have come in/up, pushing him further down the rankings. He pretty badly mismanaged rotations, schemes with the Clippers, such that they significantly improved with Lue. In PHI, he spent a whole lot of time with nonsensical rotations and usage (of Simmons in particular), and had a habit of claiming they were going to try things (that everyone was saying they should) then not doing it.

Doc is a good manager, he's not really a good coach.
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What really fucked Doc in his Clipper years was that he was an embarrassingly incompetent GM.

That roster was ready made for a championship they just needed another piece and he continually bungled contracts and trades and never improved the roster.

And to add to the chorus, Doc is a lock for the HOF if he decided to retire tomorrow. He was named one of the 15 best coaches ever by the NBA recently (although that was pretty widely mocked)
 
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Just saw something I have never seen before while watching the T'Wolves - Thunder game.

Following a Naz Reid made FT, Isaiah Roby inbounds the ball to SGA. Jordan McGlaughlin steals the ball at around half-court.

Easy fast break bucket, right? No, the mop-up crew is standing under the basket effectively blocking the player. They make zero effort to get off the floor. McGlaughlin misses the layup and OKC gets an easy basket the other way.

Five seconds later the cameras catch the manager berating these two kids.
 
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Buster Olney the Lonely said:
Just saw something I have never seen before while watching the T'Wolves - Thunder game.

Following a Naz Reid made FT, Isaiah Roby inbounds the ball to SGA. Jordan McGlaughlin steals the ball at around half-court.

Easy fast break bucket, right? No, the mop-up crew is standing under the basket effectively blocking the player. They make zero effort to get off the floor. McGlaughlin misses the layup and OKC gets an easy basket the other way.

Five seconds later the cameras catch the manager berating these two kids.
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I too haven't seen anything like this.

View: https://twitter.com/AIIThingsWolves/status/1499940231025504276?t=U2Z4mUnNO3A1GmUju7Mgvw&s=19
 
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Im kind of amazed that more of the NBA media hasn’t caught on to this yet. Most people mention them as a possible finals contender and on the same level as the Celtics.

personally, I think they’re a good team and its a nice story but they’re pretty clearly a tier below. I’d be pretty stunned if they won a playoff series
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I haven’t heard any Bulls championship talk at all. They are currently the 6th favorite to come out of the East with a large gap from Boston/Miami at 4/5. They are the Utah Jazz of the East which shouldn’t diminish what they have accomplished this year.
 
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I haven’t heard any Bulls championship talk at all. They are currently the 6th favorite to come out of the East with a large gap from Boston/Miami at 4/5. They are the Utah Jazz of the East which shouldn’t diminish what they have accomplished this year.
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So I don’t listen to a ton of NBA podcasts but I do listen to Simmons, KOC/Vernon and Zach Lowe and all of them have consistently put the Bulls into the Celtics tier (even after all of the recent improvements from the C’s)
 
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So I don’t listen to a ton of NBA podcasts but I do listen to Simmons, KOC/Vernon and Zach Lowe and all of them have consistently put the Bulls into the Celtics tier (even after all of the recent improvements from the C’s)
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Bulls and Cavs had nice turnaround seasons but they are starting to get found out.
 
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Bulls and Cavs had nice turnaround seasons but they are starting to get found out.
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The Bulls have lost 4 in a row but to all real good teams. Prior to that they won 6 straight with all being pretty crappy except for Atlanta. It may be one of those…..nothing has changed with them except playing teams that are better than them.
 
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tbb345 said:
So I don’t listen to a ton of NBA podcasts but I do listen to Simmons, KOC/Vernon and Zach Lowe and all of them have consistently put the Bulls into the Celtics tier (even after all of the recent improvements from the C’s)
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Really? Hard to believe anyone who really knows basketball would put the Bulls as championship contenders assuming everyone else is healthy.

Scal has been pretty consistent that the Bulls are like the OKC from a couple of years ago - nice team, plays hard, causes problem in the regular season, but likely will be an early out in the playoffs.
 
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The Bulls have lost 4 in a row but to all real good teams. Prior to that they won 6 straight with all being pretty crappy except for Atlanta. It may be one of those…..nothing has changed with them except playing teams that are better than them.
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the Bulls also got a little screwed by injuries this year with Caruso, Lonz, Patrick Williams

CAVs look really beatable. Boston should have swept them this season (the Jabari game cost us)
 
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wade boggs chicken dinner said:
Really? Hard to believe anyone who really knows basketball would put the Bulls as championship contenders assuming everyone else is healthy.

Scal has been pretty consistent that the Bulls are like the OKC from a couple of years ago - nice team, plays hard, causes problem in the regular season, but likely will be an early out in the playoffs.
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Listen, I am 100% with you.
But Vernon and KOC on this weeks Mismatch both said they’d pick the Bulls over the Celtics (although Vernon was leading that charge and kind of steamrolled KOC; and I think you could argue whether Vernon really knows basketball)
Lowe had JVG on after the All Star Break and they both considered the Bulls sleeper contenders
 
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Mark Jackson just said the warriors and lakers have comparable rosters top to bottom. I'm pretty sure he did, my ears are bleeding
 
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Well then he should take the Lakers job when it comes available, assuming he can out coach Steve Kerr.
 
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I didn't realize until tonight that Romeo Langford hadn't played a game yet for the Spurs and Josh Richardson had only played four. And neither played tonight as well.
 
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