not any worse than Brogdon or White, we'll have to wait for someone to pull the Spectrum data, but to my eye he was responsible for less scoring than Brogdon who both got bullied by jimmy just as badly, and did a worse job staying with shooters (him leaving Strus unguarded in the corner was one of the worst defensive series)
They have to find a way to keep Brogdon from getting switched on to Butler. Same issue as it was with Harden.
Did he contribute, though? No points on 0-2 shooting with one assist. It's really just quite the head scratcher to go with the guy who was #10 in minutes for the regular season all of a sudden. I mean, if Grant and Hauser have something going on we don't know about - but it just seemed like CJM was trying to be too cute with throwing something different at Miami.
I thought he played well off-ball on D, he never left his shooter, which everyone else was doing. On offense he spaced some. Overall not enough to be worth playing again, but my guess is he got the call because he's quick enough to navigate screens that Grant or Hauser might not when chasing VIncent.
i agrée. It’s also not just about stemming the momentum, but about taking a pause to make tactical adjustments and substitutions based on how you are seeing the other team tear you apart. The game is fluid, sometimes you need to take a pause to adjust your offensive or defensive strategy.
Some of you followed my team in the two big tournaments. I hindsight I lost the championship of one by saving my timeouts. As a coach we call ourselves "current" and the "current" view is to save your timeouts and let players solve problems. I at times wonder if am/was current or just trendy.
These complaints about timeout usage would be better if people could show the harm.
I mean there was a timeout, he just didn't call it, it was automatic.
It’s all about maximizing win probability. If you’re about to turn the ball over, a timeout is worth roughly 1.0 expected points because history tells us that’s what an NBA possession is worth. I think all would agree burning a timeout is well worth that trade off.
If they don't win it all he has to go.
Out of curiosity did you want Ime fired after they lost in the finals last year? I ask because I don't think there is any difference between the two in terms of coaching. Arguably I'd say Joe was better in the regular season, about the same in the playoffs, though maybe Joe made 1 mistake in the PHI series that was notable, but generally same level of coaching and similar results, just expectations are higher this year.
This wasn't addressed to me and I don't think Mazzulla should be fired after this year (unless he does something just colossally stupid, which I don't think will happen). I also wasn't a huge Udoka fan but I do think there are some clear differences between the two.
The first thing that comes to mind anecdotally is yesterday's 4th Q. The Heat are up by 12 to begin it. C's quickly go on 7-0 run to cut it to 5. TO Spoelstra. He didn't wait for the C's to possibly build on the run. He stopped everything.
No, didn't want him fired. To me playing smothering defense is paramount and leads to success on the offensive side. It's exciting to watch. Ime got the team to play that type of defense but this year it's been missing. This team's roster is also better then last year's and healthier.
Yeah, usually when a team is playing like shit, the coach will call time to let them mentally reset and catch a breath, then tell them they're playing like shit and draw up a play or two to stem the bleeding. I can appreciate the idea behind letting your professional basketball players figure out how to play basketball professionally, but you can't give them so much rope that they hang themselves before you do something. These are still humans who let the game speed up on them sometimes and try to do too much. The coach needs to coach, even if he feels it's telling them what they know. If they continue to shit the bed, at least he tried. That's just how I see it.
Wait a minute. I heard that interview. Joe's point was that the Cs were up 9 at the half - we'd all think that a team leading by 9 at the half would be considered "prepared." I mean it wasn't just chance they had a lead.
This is revisionist history. People hated how Ime handled himself at press conferences - particularly as he seemed to blame the players and mot "take any accountability." I remember after the NYK game when Barrett hit the game winner, the guys from CsBeat spent most of their podcast ripping Ime over his post-game presser.
I made it very clear in my post that I didn’t think that had any indication of whether he could coach (in the part you didn’t quote for some reason?). Some people do care about how coaches appear in the media. In caps this time for emphasis…PERSONALLY I DONT.
I don't know if I'd say that people didn't a problem with Ime at the end of the year as much as the Cs were beating everyone so badly, there wasn't much for Ime to say. I.e., people loved CJM when the Cs were having a historic offensive season at the beginning of the year.
To clarify, while I responded to you, I meant those complaining about timeouts in general.
Is there even a readily available data source to examine this?
I searched and even used the AI applications but no dice on actual data thus far. Of course that could be a function of user error.
I don't think you can talk about the lesser defense and say this team has been healthier when Rob Williams played 1804 minutes last year, and 824 this year.
Maybe not the whole year, but I think they're definitely healthier now than they were at this point last season. Brown's hand is a major problem and Smart is banged up, but basically everyone else is fine. Last year, Tatum had his wrist (and I believe he hurt his shoulder against Miami), Brown had a hamstring injury in round 1, Rob missed a bunch of playoff games, both Horford and Smart missed games in the ECF, on and on. Rob Williams in particular is looking far better this postseason than he did last year, not even taking into account all the games he missed.
Also, defense is relative to the league and varies year to year based on what refs are calling etc.... even with very few TL minutes, this was the 2nd best defense in the league.
That's very fair. I was thinking about the team's health currently, as in the playoffs.
I don't know if the solution is to give Joe a staff of experienced assistants (something all NBA teams but the Celtics have) or move on completely and go for one of the big names currently available. But something has to give. But coaching is also just one problem among several that need to be fixed for this team to be a serious contender.
This is the wrong thread but whatever…this is fucking moronic. Full stop. Just stupid as shit
