Player exit interviews and statements - 10 am

Who said you have control? I'm saying when you guarantee something, it better happen or you lose a ton of credibility, because you guaranteed it to happen.

We you have that happen over and over again, no one takes you seriously.

 

Definitely. I believe that if we valued ball movement and played a style similar to the way Golden State plays, we'd be a great team.

 

Ettore and Ime have winning experience
Bud is mixed bag. He had 4 All Stars and got swept.
And Wright should go coach a rebuilding team. We need a coach with NBA experience. Not someone learning on the fly.

 

We did that often during the year and in Game 4. We just didn't adjust very well to Game 1, something Stotts can learn from.

 

Because over the years, the great teams are hardly upset, no matter what they're faced with. There's a reason they win 60-some games.

So your argument is, great teams can't adjust to any challenge, because they only play 4 teams so we can't know they can adjust to every challenge, therefore, just because we couldn't adjust to a "bad matchup" doesn't mean we're not a great team and aren't a piece away from contention?

That's such a strawman argument. Lmao.

 

@Boob-No-More Already made you look silly for talking about Bud getting swept.

But if getting swept by LeBron is so bad, then we better fire Stotts because we got SWEPT BY THE PELICANS.

"We need a coach with NBA experience." -- Based on what...?

Steve Kerr didn't have coaching experience before taking the Golden State job. Brad Stevens didn't have coaching experience before taking the Boston job. Those guys were immediately two of the top three coaches in the league, so your logic is silly.

Coaching is coaching. Jay Wright doesn't have to re-learn how to coach basketball. Yes, some things are different in the NBA, but Jay Wright has the similar temperament and situation Brad Stevens had when he left Butler. You're logic would've turned into us passing on Brad Stevens as a coach. That just shows it's flawed.

 

Stotts shouldn't have to learn how to make adjustments...

The dude has over a decade of NBA Playoff Experience. You just said we shouldn't higher Wright because we need someone with experience who isn't "learning on the fly", and then you just implied that everythings fine because Stotts, a coach with experience, can hopefully learn on the fly.

 

I'm not talking about upsets. You're not listening. It's not that the Rockets were upset or not upset, it's that they avoided Seattle on the playoff bracket. This is true EVERY year. You only play 4 teams. My examples aren't outliers. I'm referring to an 8 year period of basketball but it's always true. Warriors lost to Clippers in 2014 but never had to face the Clippers in 2015-17 when they won West.

 

No one? I've been getting PMs from people thanking me for my positivity. There are others who defended my guarantee as trying to be positive. Read the thread.

 

Stotts has something to learn from so he is already ahead of Wright.

 

Boston was rebuilding when they hired Brad Stevens. If we were rebuilding, I would be fine with Wright.

 

What exactly is your point and what point of mine are you arguing?

 

Kerr had NBA experience playing under two of three greatest NBA coaches of all time.

 

You can be positive without dealing in absolutes that make you look silly when they don't happen. Just sayin.

 

So what? How does that show he's not a great coach?

 

Yeah. You're not reading my posts or I'm not being clear. Here:

To win a title, you only need to beat four teams. Rockets didn't have to face Seattle. Jordan didn't have to face Houston/SA. Warriors never had to face Clippers. This is true EVERY YEAR. I'm just using them as examples of "Great" teams that won titles without having to face various foes. Match ups matter. Every year, a champion is crowned but they aren't tested against every team. They only have to beat 4.

 

How did it make me look silly, lol? I had no control over the outcome. I'm not Patrick Ewing with all his "See you Sunday" guarantees. He had a say in the matter.

 

So your argument is great teams can't adjust to any matchup? We're talking about adjusting to "bad matchups", and I'm saying great teams never complain about bad matchups, and can adjust to any matchup handed to them. Are you saying they can't, based off a couple upsets in 25 years as well as hypothetical that never/don't happen?

 

Jay Wright may become the greatest coach of all time but I want a coach with NBA experience. That is my preference.

 

Just my opinion and preference but I don’t see
Neil or Terry going anywhere.
But I do think Either CJ or Dame get traded for a Kawhi type if not him.