THE 2015 NBA PRE SEASON THREAD: BEST WISHES TO LAMAR ODOM

Who will represent the Western Conference in the NBA Finals?

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http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....inst-festus-ezeli/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

is this real? this cant be true...right?


Report: Mark Jackson tried to poison Warriors against Festus Ezeli

Dan Feldman

Jun 22, 2015, 11:07 AM EDT
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Mark Jackson AP

Mark Jackson took an us-against-the-world approach while coaching the Warriors.

That’s hardly unusual.

What set Jackson apart is how extremely he took the strategy. Often, it seemed Golden State’s own management was the “world” and only Jackson and the players were the “us.”

But maybe it was even MORE outrageous, to the point an injured Festus Ezeli became the “them.”

Zach Lowe of ESPN:

When Ezeli was injured last season, Jackson and his staff told the healthy players that Ezeli was cheering against them — so that he would look good, according to several team sources. Players confronted Ezeli in a meeting, and he wept at the accusation — which he denied.

I suppose it’s possible Ezeli actually cheered against his own team. But given what we know about him and Jackson, I doubt it.

More likely, this was just a cheap motivational trick on Jackson’s part – which is a shame.

It puts Ezeli in an impossibly unfair spot. Jackson is too good a motivator to resort to garbage like that, but sometimes his paranoia takes over.

Jackson doesn’t get enough credit for improving the Warriors’ defense. He probably wouldn’t have led them to a championship like Steve Kerr did, but Jackson put them on the right track.

However, there were too many unnecessary problems in Golden State of Jackson’s own creation. Even though he can do good things as a coach, that’s going to make other teams be wary of hiring him
 
frink85 said:
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....inst-festus-ezeli/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

is this real? this cant be true...right?


Report: Mark Jackson tried to poison Warriors against Festus Ezeli

Dan Feldman

Jun 22, 2015, 11:07 AM EDT
47 Comments
Mark Jackson AP

Mark Jackson took an us-against-the-world approach while coaching the Warriors.

That’s hardly unusual.

What set Jackson apart is how extremely he took the strategy. Often, it seemed Golden State’s own management was the “world” and only Jackson and the players were the “us.”

But maybe it was even MORE outrageous, to the point an injured Festus Ezeli became the “them.”

Zach Lowe of ESPN:

When Ezeli was injured last season, Jackson and his staff told the healthy players that Ezeli was cheering against them — so that he would look good, according to several team sources. Players confronted Ezeli in a meeting, and he wept at the accusation — which he denied.

I suppose it’s possible Ezeli actually cheered against his own team. But given what we know about him and Jackson, I doubt it.

More likely, this was just a cheap motivational trick on Jackson’s part – which is a shame.

It puts Ezeli in an impossibly unfair spot. Jackson is too good a motivator to resort to garbage like that, but sometimes his paranoia takes over.

Jackson doesn’t get enough credit for improving the Warriors’ defense. He probably wouldn’t have led them to a championship like Steve Kerr did, but Jackson put them on the right track.

However, there were too many unnecessary problems in Golden State of Jackson’s own creation. Even though he can do good things as a coach, that’s going to make other teams be wary of hiring him
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what the hell... :rofl: :smh:
 
Mark Jackson is about to be the Tanya Harding of NBA

**looks at Earl
 
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So should I go watch Ted 2 on Thursday night or the draft?

Cavs pick at 24 and the way it looks they'll probably trade the pick so is it even worth watching?

Plus twitter will have the picks in before Silver even says it :smh:

although I'm not about to be in the theatre on my phone.
 
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Is there anyone else that is even comparable to Woj when it comes to he NBA off-season/draft?

The Schefter of the NBA no doubt ... he might even be bigger and better I feel like he is so far ahead of everyone else in his line of work.
 
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Is there anyone else that is even comparable to Woj when it comes to he NBA off-season/draft?

The Schefter of the NBA no doubt ... he might even be bigger and better I feel like he is so far ahead of everyone else in his line of work.
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to be fair, this isn't much of a report. More of a opinion piece with some iffy bald headed source.

And Woj's record on non-news reporting is a little bit checkered....
 
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@HPbasketball: The true glory of the NBA is DeMarcus Cousins tweeting snakes in the grass emoji at 2:06 ET.

:lol: :lol:
 
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