Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 3:27 pm Post subject: Would D'antoni be a fit in Denver?
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At first glance I laughed at that notion since I was sure he'd never work in this league again but interesting enough he might actually be a .500 head coach in Denver. Some of his former NY players are there. With Lawson he'll finally get a pace PG.
that's a perfect fit for D'Antoni. run and gun has been Denver's style ever since the 80's, so why not going back to that, and they have the pieces to run MDA's sytem.
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:00 am Post subject:
The team sucks, whatever coach you put in.
Gallinari never recovered from his injuries, losing his explosive scoring ability. He didn't paly any D before that.
Faried is a (good) role player.
Ty Lawson is above average.
Chandler is slightly above average.
The bench is hardly spetacular, and in the West it is tough to do much better than they have been doing.
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:15 am Post subject:
I mean, if it's a garbage team then it's going to suck even if you bring in a good coaching fit. D'Antoni would probably overachieve like he did with us, only to hear people talk about how much he sucked. _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 7:07 am Post subject:
SGV-Laker fan wrote:
that's a perfect fit for D'Antoni. run and gun has been Denver's style ever since the 80's, so why not going back to that, and they have the pieces to run MDA's sytem.
Longer than that. They've been run and gun since they were in the ABA. _________________ "Suck it up. Don't be a baby. Do your job." - Kobe Bryant
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:56 pm Post subject:
MDA could work out nicely in Denver. But that teams got to stay healthy.
Specifically Lawson, Gallinari, and chandler.
They traded away a Center in McGee. But MDA doesn't need one of those in his offense. _________________ "Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better”
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