The 2019-2020 Around the NBA thread

[Finito]

I knew there would be pressure to make a change but still sort of stunned. I guess with two superstars there is no room for error.

stunned? He’s horrible

 

[Cheesebeef]

stunned? He’s horrible

Think I heard he was the only coach in nba history to have blown THREE 3-1 series leads. That’s pretty bad.

 

[Mainstreet]

Pelicans and 76ers have already reached out to Doc Rivers for head coach openings.

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[Ronin]

Pelicans and 76ers have already reached out to Doc Rivers for head coach openings.

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That was quick.

Doc finding a new home won't be a problem.

 

[Finito]

Think I heard he was the only coach in nba history to have blown THREE 3-1 series leads. That’s pretty bad.

yup.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Doc Rivers out as coach of the LAC.

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[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Mainstreet]

I wish the Suns could make this type of commitment.

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[Ronin]

I wish the Suns could make this type of commitment.

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I guess he is a good coach after all.

 

[Mainstreet]

I guess he is a good coach after all.

Spoelstra is not only a good coach but he would need the commitment from the Heat organization to say it...

"we’d be contending for titles.”

 

[Ronin]

Spoelstra is not only a good coach but he would need the commitment from the Heat organization to say it... " we’d be contending for titles.”

I thought his success was all Lebron. I’m glad I was wrong.
Pat Riley left that team in good hands.

 

[Mainstreet]

I thought his success was all Lebron. I’m glad I was wrong.
Pat Riley left that team in good hands.

That certainly proved not to be the case.

The Heat have a good team but I didn't see them in the finals. That's a compliment to Spoelstra's coaching.

 

[Finito]

I thought his success was all Lebron. I’m glad I was wrong.
Pat Riley left that team in good hands.

Riley is still there.

 

[Ronin]

Riley is still there.

I know. He is never leaving either.

 

[Finito]

I wish the Suns could make this type of commitment.

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Micky Arison is on record as saying he lost money during all the lebron years.

winning cost a lot

 

[Mainstreet]

Micky Arison is on record as saying he lost money during all the lebron years.

winning cost a lot

I'm not sure how much money the Spurs Championships cost but that's the more likely route for the Suns.

They can't compete with the Heat financially.

 

[1Sun]

Micky Arison is on record as saying he lost money during all the lebron years.

winning cost a lot

It typically does. That is why teams tend to be far more successful when they have owners who are less dependent on money from the team and are instead more invested in the team for other reasons.

 

[Raindog]

Riley = good upper management = continuity of success.

Same with the people running the Spurs. And with most of the organizations in other sports that have had consistent success. Smart people in ownership and upper management beat rich foolish egomaniacs in ownership every time (see Dan Snyder, just for one example).

Remember when we had JC running the show? The bad (or even mediocre) times never lasted for long. I can 100% guarantee the last ten years of Suns basketball would have been an entirely different history if Colangelo had never sold.

 

[Yuma]

Riley = good upper management = continuity of success.

Same with the people running the Spurs. And with most of the organizations in other sports that have had consistent success. Smart people in ownership and upper management beat rich foolish egomaniacs in ownership every time (see Dan Snyder, just for one example).

Remember when we had JC running the show? The bad (or even mediocre) times never lasted for long. I can 100% guarantee the last ten years of Suns basketball would have been an entirely different history if Colangelo had never sold.

He set up the Dbacks for success too!

 

[Phrazbit]

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Perhaps my biggest "what if..." for the Suns in the last 20 or so years is "what if" we don't trade away that pick and draft Iggy, which probably has us not sign Quinton Richardson that summer.

We probably win a few less games in 2005 but after that I think we'd have been much better down the road. Marion and Iggy, they would have been a smothering pair on the wings.

 

[Yuma]

Perhaps my biggest "what if..." for the Suns in the last 20 or so years is "what if" we don't trade away that pick and draft Iggy, which probably has us not sign Quinton Richardson that summer.

We probably win a few less games in 2005 but after that I think we'd have been much better down the road. Marion and Iggy, they would have been a smothering pair on the wings.

Mine is what if we resigned Joe Johnson? That team was so close.

 

[1Sun]

Mine is what if we resigned Joe Johnson? That team was so close.

That plus what if we hadn't given away Kurt Thomas in that salary dump?

 

[Hoop Head]

Mine is what if we resigned Joe Johnson? That team was so close.

I think if the Suns drafted Iggy and didn't sign Q then they would have resigned JJ that summer. IIRC it was Q's deal that soured JJ's outlook because he was making more than what JJ was offered. So not trading that pick could have had a huge domino effect that made the Suns contenders for years.