Love how quickly this bullshit comes out when the going gets tough. Same shit every series.
Winning At Home is Possible on May 19, 2023
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yeah.. can't believe he didn't bench his All-NBA SG..... btu really coaches don't bench their key guys that often.
Exactly. There is no room for further organic growth from the roster, especially w/ Horford in obvious decline and Smart probably just past his own peak. And no real trade assets to speak of. This is the team for the long term, and it's always going to fall short. The proof is there in front of us.
Fair, but I'm more making them in defense of Joe. He can set these plays up but when the players trying to force things, and I'm sure Joe doesn't like low probability passes, it's not his fault when Marcus tries to thread the needle
This is where I’m at. Absolutely no feel for the game. The timeout stuff is dumb, but his rotations are atrocious. Fire him and his fucking weirdo personality into the sun and hire someone with experience to guide this group. They need it.
Well coached teams play good basketball. They usually go together.
Joe after the game today on the 4th qtr tonight: "We got good looks but they didn't go down." I really hope he's being diplomatic.
On not doubling Butler: "We just have to get rebounds." He is lost.
I agree players lose games, but I feel like you're basically saying that he has no control over basically anything if you're not dinging him for Al and Smart. It's his job to have a feel for who has it in any given game aside from the "untouchables" like JT and JB. People have been pointing out the failure to have White in late-game situations for basically the entire season, this isn't new. If he can't deal with benching Marcus Smart, he shouldn't be an NBA coach.
He’s Joe Prunty. Successful assistant on multiple staffs but a complete net negative as the head coach. See you later. Addition by subtraction.
I'm dinging him a small amount, but mostly it's on the guys to execute and because of how the NBA works very few if any coaches are in a position where they can pull their "stars". I also think TL came out because he was gassed, he hasn't played big minutes basically ever.
Was Horford All NBA? Yes, Horford was terrible but stop acting like Brown didn’t come up small.
They have been through 3 different coaches, but the shortfalls have remained the same. Bad ball handling, stupid passes, bad late game offense, missed rebounds…this is who they are. Their talent needs to, and can, overcome that, but not always. This team could end up winning championship someday. But they could also end up being the Blazers from the 90s…super talented team that came up short
I think the coach did exactly what Brad would have. If anybody thinks Brad Stevens in that spot benches "Love and Trust" Marcus Smart, they didn't pay much attention to him when he was the coach.
My fear is the Stevens won’t blow this team up. They have had their chances and can’t get it done. Something has to change and coach isn’t enough.
More likely Wyc won't let him - ownership has not been willing to spend over the last few years, I doubt they eat multiple years of his contract(and they may still be paying Ime as well). The extension was a stupid move.
And this is why I think Smart needs to go. They need a facilitator and Smart has shown he won’t do that consistently.
This team played the same under Ime last year, blowing leads and playing dumb in the playoffs. So both coaches are bad, the players are just following their leader?
Playoff games need to be played and coached possession by possession. It doesn’t matter if AL closed every game this season. Rob needed to be in there. Miami had three defender boxing up Tatum 30 feet from the basket. In the third quarter, Tatum dumped the ball to Rob, who scored or made the right pass most of the time.
Jaylen is 2nd team NBA. Al is old and plays off/on. Jaylen was horrendous I almost hope he's hurt as there is almost no other explanation for his game tonight.
This is where I am. Do people think Butler decided to try harder because Grant said something? I don’t care to watch it but it makes no difference.
White was scorching and then didn’t get a shot for the last 2 1/2 quarters. But Brown took 23. How the hell does that happen? Such a dumb team.
Blow it up how? Trade Tatum? No. Get rid of Brown and his Bird rights? I don’t see how it makes them better.
Smart they should dump probably as a try, and Joe, but we’ll be lucky to get one of the two.
View: https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1659754701951479810
it was 96-87
To be clear, I don't hate that Grant did it. Jimmy is just that dialed in right now
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it was 96-87
To be clear, I don't hate that Grant did it. Jimmy is just that dialed in right now
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Yeah. What I think is being clarified is that there are no great teams this year. What has been revealed in the playoffs is that there are two teams that have proven really fucking hard to beat. The Heat go kicking and screaming and do not let you win without a fight and if you do eek one out, it takes a lot. The other teams have nights where they lose a little too easily.
It’s not the narrative we thought, but the story is getting clearer and clearer about what we are actually looking at here. The Heat are a tough out every night. Hard to imagine them going 1-4 but they still have to play the games.
The Celtics have lost more games in the playoffs than the Heat and Nuggets combined.
They played the same the last year under Brad too, and we know he's a good coach
That's it in a nutshell. He's one of those coaches/managers who doesn't flex off the plan. Gritty veterans must play at all cost.
to be fair that's like 95% of NBA coaches, they tend to close with the same guys for a variety of reasons
Yeah, unless they pull off a miracle Joe is getting run out of here on a rail. He’s done.
All they win is blowouts and lose every single close game. You aren’t going to win a championship without being able to close out close games. I have 0 confidence in this core at this point. I do blame some of this on coaching just for the simple fact that if the coaching roles were reversed I don’t think Miami would be winning.
But the players deserve a lions share of the blame. Brown was awful tonight.
But the players deserve a lions share of the blame. Brown was awful tonight.
Humbly, one of the worst 2 vs 8 performances you’ll ever see. Congrats though on being the thousandth team to beat a Doc Rivers team and thinking that meant the job was done. Pathetic.
I don’t think it’s really the same. They were pretty banged up and had crappy depth last year and still managed to beat three good to very good teams, and lost to a team that was flat out more talented than them. There really isn’t anything positive to take away from this years run.
Ok, this actually cuts into my whole problem with the discourse. Tatum blows ass in the finals last year and he must have a wrist that needs to be disconnected from his body.
we watch jaylen get stepped on by Bam and Lowry and there’s nothing even close to what Tatum got last year.
im sorry but that sucks
They went to the finals last year and were up 2-1 at least. Going backwards this year.
I'll say it again, if a coach was always right they'd never lose. The best of them make multiple mistakes every game