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100%. I’d hire Malone now.He’s had a Buck Showalterish coaching career. No shame in that.
100%. I’d hire Malone now.He’s had a Buck Showalterish coaching career. No shame in that.
I doubt it. I think Rose is cutthroat when it comes to business, and this was his call all the way.except maybe Dolan told him to fire his friend.
Rose must have a plan already in place with a coach to maximize the roster, even if they make moves.You can’t even think of making a trade now IMO. Who’s to say the new coach’s system doesn’t fit certain players better going forward
What SJUNC said.....except maybe Dolan told him to fire his friend.
Not saying my choice and definitely don’t want Durant just think it would be surprising if Kat isn’t dealt because when they make this coaching move you can’t be planning have the same groupMy point was more do they really need to make a big trade. Trading for the 37!year old Durant would be the height of lunacy imho and back to the bad old days of trading big assets for players on the cusp of retirement.
What did the Met's do now?Except that this move is the definition of incompetence.
If we are dreaming, order of preference:Any recruits we want if the Knicks get Hurley ? I’m ok with hating Hurley as Knick coach if it gets us a national championship![]()
Spo is the one coach who is an inarguable upgrade from Thibs.Dolan's fingerprints all over this. Tibs is a good coach Rose would not want to fire him.
Is there a way to get Spoelstra?
I would hate Hurley.
Disagree with this. This is a Rose decision imho.Dolan's fingerprints all over this. Tibs is a good coach Rose would not want to fire him.
Is there a way to get Spoelstra?
I would hate Hurley.
Would love Spo but never going to get him and he is under contract until 2032 at 15 mil per even though it would be great to payback Riley for leaving on the 30 year anniversary of his “fax” resignation. Agree about Malone not being an upgrade and is very similar to Thibs so don’t see Knicks going that route. And Bryant was very close to getting hired in Phoenix with one report stating they were going to announce it tomorrow. Maybe the timing of this is due to their interest in him (Bryant) knowing his connections to Knicks and wanting him to not go to Suns.Spo is the one coach who is an inarguable upgrade from Thibs.
Hiring a college coach would be an enormous mistake.
I like Malone but there is no good argument that he is an upgrade from Thibs.
And I love the "hit his ceiling" argument. Hit his ceiling with what, the roster the front office put together by changing 40% of the starting lineup at the beginning of this season, supplementing with a one-deep bench, and giving up essentially all of their future draft capital that might have produced useful bench players?
If folks don't see this more as a front office failure than a coaching failure then we are watching different games. This team consistently produced out of timeouts, consistently won close games, and consistently came back from deficits that a lot of teams would have quit on. The lineup and rotations got changed against Indy when they needed to after a starting unit that was consistently poor all season finally got exposed in THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP round where they haven't been in 25 years, and if it were not for a Game 1 loss because Aaron Nesmith went NBA-Jam "he's on fire!" and Halliburton got a lucky bounce then on Thursday it would be them instead of Indy with the chance to lose to OKC in 5 games.
IMHO Thibs was an enormous factor in how this team got as far as it did, and in the end his undoing was the roster construction which is not on him.
EDIT: And what will happen next year is that Towns will be gone and if the team wins folks will say "yeah, it's because Thibs hit his ceiling and X took them farther" as opposed to saying "gee it's a shame that they saddled Thibs with the worst defensive big in the league and he didn't have this roster instead."
yeah, we are in "win now" mode, let's hire a guy with zero head coaching experience.Would love Spo but never going to get him and he is under contract until 2032 at 15 mil per even though it would be great to payback Riley for leaving on the 30 year anniversary of his “fax” resignation. Agree about Malone not being an upgrade and one can argue his is very similar to Thibs so don’t see Knicks going that route. And Bryant was very close to getting hired in Phoenix with one report stating they were going to announce it tomorrow. Maybe the timing of this is due to their interest in him (Bryant) knowing his connections to Knicks and wanting him to not go to Suns.
Who is Bryant?Would love Spo but never going to get him and he is under contract until 2032 at 15 mil per even though it would be great to payback Riley for leaving on the 30 year anniversary of his “fax” resignation. Agree about Malone not being an upgrade and is very similar to Thibs so don’t see Knicks going that route. And Bryant was very close to getting hired in Phoenix with one report stating they were going to announce it tomorrow. Maybe the timing of this is due to their interest in him (Bryant) knowing his connections to Knicks and wanting him to not go to Suns.
Johnnie Bryant, Cavs assistant coach this year and was Knicks asst coach under Thibs from 20-24. He is supposedly the leader for the Suns job.Who is Bryant?