I don’t get this take like at all. What does Bud have to do with Griffin being the nightmare that other organizations were afraid he would become. He came in and tried to change their defensive scheme to HIS liking without taking into account his personnel OR who really runs teams in this league. He lasted what, two months, before they felt a need to bring in assistance after his top assistant walked out on him.
He's saying that Giannis ran Bud out of town and Giannis was the one who really wanted Griffin to be the Coach...Giannis was also the one squawking all offseason about not signing a contract extension until the Jrue for Dame trade.
I am listening to that pod and, man, maybe I am just late on the Alex Caruso train or maybe I am missing something but I don't think there's anyway that Caruso is close to Jrue in trade value, let alone ahead of him.
Well it is Giannis’ team so they do need to involve him in these decisions. It was still a massive failure brought on by Griffin who could have used a guy like Stotts to help him….instead of running him out of town and embarassing himself in front of the entire team for his actions with Stotts.
Griffin did it to himself, but he shouldn't have even been hired. Giannis was the conductor on the, "anyone but Nick Nurse" train. The Bucks got down to Nurse, Atkinson, and Griffin...and Giannis vetoed the only guy with a ring. For a guy that only wants to win, it was a weird power move.
Caruso is almost 4 years younger, and makes 1/4 the money. Those two are definitely pretty close in value when you factor those two things in
They were without much more than Embiid tonight. That team is decimated with injuries. Batum, House, Morris, Covington and Melton were also out. They’ve now lost 7 of 8 with no end in sight and their entire deep bench now in their rotation.
Yep, very flat. They also have a big giant target on them now. Teams will be pumped up to knock them off
This is gambling 101. Always a trap/shit the bed spot for the returning team.
whats the story behind this quote? Ive seen it a lot on here but I dont know the story
It counts because they fired their coach and are 1-5 with the new big name. Their schedule is brutal right now and guys are missing time, but they've got a shiny new coach and Giannis is still playing (very hard too, averaging 34 points shooting .637 from the floor before tonight under Doc). They're lucky that the Sixers and Knicks are missing half their rotations, otherwise they'd be in danger of tumbling out of the top 4. They desperately need some good vibes.
Most of the team is out injured. They have Crowder and Connaughton playing 40 minutes tonight lol. Everyone likes to pick on the HOF Coach but Auerbach would be losing with the lineup.
I believe Budenholzer is signed through the end of next year (with Griffin and Doc through 2027), there's just no damn way they can fire Doc before summer 2025 (even with an angry Giannis, they just can't pay 4 HCs at the same time). I feel like there's not much chance Doc takes a negotiated buyout for pennies on the dollar either, this is likely to be his last HC job and without the ability to double dip, I gotta think he wants every cent of that $40M coming his way.
What does Klay’s corpse have to do with Draymond’s impact?
Their record in close games (2-9 in games decided by 3 points or less!) is remarkable considering they have Steph Curry.What does Klay’s corpse have to do with Draymond’s impact?
To add context. The Warriors lost that first game in Memphis w Draymond coming off the bench. The other 3 losses were by 1-pt and two OT losses. End of game possessions determined whether they were 6-4 or 9-1 (or in between). Maybe the Warriors need to find a closer?
I just looked at their schedule through March. They're going to finish under .500
Nothing other than Klay will continue to play, and if plays as poorly as he has, it doesn't matter how good Draymond is
