I take my Krispy Kreme doughnuts more seriously than Charles Barkley. :D
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Keep 'em coming. As someone who is certainly a lover not a fighter, I am always interested in the men in the arena. I always worry that someone's packing heat.
I'd say it is the brilliance of Trajan Langdon. It is kind of amazing that in the wake of JJ being shipped out and trashing the front office, and the Stan Van Gundy debacle, the Pelicans have certainly turned it around. It is amazing what a healthy Zion can do. The McCollum deal was also huge, and they have really drafted well recently.
As a complete aside, I have seen Arizona's Benedict Mathurin play with the Pacers a few times and the guy is gonna be a STAR baby.
OKC played 12 guys last night. In the toilet bowl between the Spurs and Hornets, the Spurs played 13 and the Hornets played 15. That's almost every player to suit up.
Not a great look for the big buzz Nuggets to get stomped by the tanking Jazz on opening night. Danny Ainge must be freaking out.
Must see tweet...
https://twitter.com/THE_TERMIN80R/st...08672958611456
Did anybody watch the New Orleans vs Brooklyn game last night? Was that a bit of a shocker or what? The Pelicans absolutely dismantled the Nets from start to finish, and it was in Brooklyn. That’s a WOW.
Durant played. Irving played. Simmons played. All of their big 3 were present and accounted for. Yes, it’s only one game, but I think this thing could go south in a real hurry.
Steve Nash had already been severely undermined before even coaching a game by the ill-advised comments of consistently-putting-his-foot-in-his-mouth Kyrie Irving when he said the Nets don’t even need a head coach. It’s difficult to forget about a comment like that. Then during the off-season Kevin Durant essentially called for Nash’s firing. Additionally, there were all the critics who questioned the hiring in the first place saying that Nash had never coached a game and was completely unproven. The Nets players absolutely might use Nash as the fall-guy for their poor play.
Never a dull moment with this circus of a team!
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KD, Kyrie and Harden all already tried to get Nash fired last year, before the bad playoff results came. Is that scapegoating or identifying problems?
Nash is Marks' man and both have Tsai's backing so it looks like it is what it is for the Nets.
Simmons was horribly utilized tho. Basically just doing a hand off to Kyrie at the top of the key and then disappears. Every play. Really? That's the best scheming Nash can do?
I hear ya’, Ice, but Steve Nash is one of the greatest players in the history of basketball. On top of that he was a PG, the quarterback of the team. If anybody understands NBA offense it’s Steve Nash.
I think the problem is the players, not the coach. This might be the biggest collection of malcontents that has ever been on one team. Thank goodness they got rid of clown prince Harden.
Sure, both things could be true. But we KNOW with 100% certainty that the malcontent aspect is unquestionably correct. So there’s that.
But yeah, Nash is unproven as a coach. That is a fact. He has many of the things that should make him a great coach — superior intelligence, great communicator, high-level understanding of how to play the game, etc. — but perhaps he’s missing something important that good coaches have. It could simply be an issue of experience. We know he lacks that.
This reminds me of the narrative about LeBron James being a bad GM. It's a different skillset. Nash can be a top tier player and wildly intelligent without being a decent coach. Lebron's blindness in finding teammates doesn't make him any less of a talent (best ever, in my opinion).
Russell Westbrook with two big steals in a row on important possessions. He’s still a very good athlete even though he’s not close to being a great basketball player anymore.
The Lakers cannot shoot... Westbrook 0-11 from the field (0-6 from 3)tonight... as a team, they are 19 of 84 on the season from 3.