Team Needs

Nobody · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:14 pm Post subject:

Rebounding and defense.

LuciusAllen · Star Player Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 5787

aFFie · Starting Rotation Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 783

Raptors are 6-1 with Kawhi's performance. Seemingly they didn't need that much time.

Startrout · Star Player Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 2144

Rome wasn’t build in a day.

activeverb · Retired Number Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 37470

BlackStarMamba · Star Player Joined: 29 May 2018 Posts: 1377

LakerMindLA · Star Player Joined: 26 Dec 2008 Posts: 5344

Less Rondo or better yet, no Rondo.

A Front Office that realizes it is 2018 and 1988.

Staccatos · Star Player Joined: 16 Jul 2002 Posts: 2416

And get a coaching coach. Bring someone in to mentor Luke cuz he ain't figuring it out on his own.

bandiger · Franchise Player Joined: 02 Apr 2014 Posts: 12555

MJST · Retired Number Joined: 06 Jul 2014 Posts: 26389

Again what I've said about Luke.

Whenever it comes to the "Phil disciples" the ones that miss the point always fall short as NBA Coaches.

Kerr understood it, and thats why he replicated it.

Phil Jackson came into a situation Doug Collins had built and implemented what he did with it as well as his philosophies and other things. BUT Phil also surrounded himself with the proper staff and he had Tex Winter working with him on the all important X's and O's as well as integrating a proper offense and allowing Phil to focus on the 'coaching' while surrounded by people that understood other things better and letting them do their thing. While Phil, because of that, could focus on and maximize his.

Kurt Rambis didn't do that.. he just assumed "triangle wins" and he failed.

The New York Knicks went with the same "triangle wins" approach, and they failed.

Now what did Steve Kerr do? He walked into a situation in Golden State that Mark Jackson had built, but implemented what he did with it as well as his philosophies and other things. BUT Kerr also surrounded himself with the proper staff and he had Alvin Gentry working with him and implementing D'Antoni's Suns offense into what the Warriors did, where Kerr also added some of the triangle and Phil's philosophies in addition to it, but let Gentry handle that aspect of the offense. He also brought in Ron Adams. Kerr has surrounded himself with the people that understand things better than he does, and thus allows him to focus on the coaching and the mental/philosophical aspect of it. This allowed him to maximize talent and not get overwhelmed by too many things he didn't have as strong a grip on.

When Luke was thrust into the same situation with the Warriors, he thrived as well, again, all he had to do was focus on the coaching, but the offense was already taken care of, Ron Adams had already the other stuff taken care of, and all Luke had to do was manage the personalities and let things flow, and only make 'slight' implementations and ideas. THAT is why he succeeded. He was in a Kerr/Phil-like situation, though it was not by his own choosing, and THAT is the major flaw.

Because once Luke got here, and was tasked with building from the ground up, he didn't surround himself like Phil and Kerr did, he surrounded himself with besties, Arizona alum, and yes men. He puts himself in charge of everything from a basketball and on the court perspective, and tries to balance doing everything else. He's taking the Kurt Rambis approach, and he is failing and holding this team back, because of it.

Those little things that Phil and Kerr did, both walking into an already solid situation are why they succeeded, and the staff was a big reason for it, because it allowed them to focus on their strengths.

Luke tries to coach as if his strengths are everywhere, when they are not, his strengths are what Kerr's and Phil's were, in terms of a coaching style, the problem is, in addition to that he also assumes he doesn't need to surround himself with the proper coaching staff or X"s and O's guys because he thinks he can handle it. Kerr and Phil were both smart enough to know they wouldn't have, and that is why they thrived, and Luke and the other Phil disciples that have gone down that path, have failed.

If Luke never figures that out, he won't be much longer for this team, and for good reason.
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Lakeshow323 · Star Player Joined: 17 Nov 2016 Posts: 1277 Location: LA

A coach who has a clue on what he's doing.

cthroatgtr · Star Player Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 1375

Perimeter shooting is obvious, but not as bad as it would appear. What the team is missing most is inside muscle. They are getting killed on the glass teams just move them around.

Its not all bad. Though a terrible 2-4 record their point differential is minuscule teams with worst have better records. To me that bodes well long term they are close, just losing the close games. Could easily be 4-2 instead of 2-4.

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epak · Retired Number Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 34147

Only thing the team needs is defense.

Staccatos · Star Player Joined: 16 Jul 2002 Posts: 2416

DShotMaker1824 · Star Player Joined: 16 Feb 2012 Posts: 8769

To win

noahp45 · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: Team Needs

Mike@LG · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 2:56 pm Post subject:

1 full season.
1 Max FA signing.
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