How Does Alvin Gentry Still Have A Job?

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  1. HailBlazers

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    He probably just did that so a team would take Alvin off his hands.
     
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    He took the Suns to WCF in 2010.
     
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    Love's team is 15-7, 1st seed in the East.

    He's filling up the stat sheet with 18/11, hitting .366 of his 3pt attempts. He's only got a PER of 21.3. Not too shabby for a #2 option.
     
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    Love's team? Haha.

    And not at all, but that's the player he is. He's not the best PF in the league like some thought because of the inflated stats he put up in Minnesota...
     
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    Steve Kerr is generous and self-effacing in his praise for his assistants. Don't believe him.
     
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    On the contrary Bert...he's one of the few NBA guys I do trust at his word
     
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    Definitely one of the good guys.
     
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    GSW going 24-1 with Luke Fucking Walton at the helm should tell you who deserves credit for the championship.

    Spoiler warning: It's the players.
     
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    I don't know if he was ever considered the best PF in the league. He put up monster stats as the only go to guy and he's putting up all star numbers on a contender. He arguably is having the best season of any PF in the East.
     
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    Great post. This is the answer, always and forever. Throughout history the great coaches have also had great players. Could Jackson have coaches a non MJ Bulls team or a non Kobe/Shaq Lakers team to titles? What about popovich without Duncan/Robinson/Parker/Manu? Doc Rivers won a couple in Boston because of the players he had. He's got tons of talent in LAC, but still hasn't won one there.
     
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    I think Larry Brown did it with the 76ers and Pistons...didn't have allstars but achieved really high success by brilliant coaching
     
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    We're talking about sustained success here. lol.
     
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