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2015-2016 NBA Regular Season - MDA to HOU - All-NBA - Harden snubbed - Anthony Davis is broke
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Jonathan Feigen [emoji]10004[/emoji] @Jonathan_Feigen
Howard? The guy McHale said was the only guy reliably defending with conviction? He came closest to saving his job. https://twitter.com/MockShepid/status/667045267028488192 …
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not to say they aren't doing anything themselves...mainly Dwight as he's developing, but boys are in here ranting about Zaza Pachullia flourishing
and in the same breath discrediting coaching changing teams/players tendencies
I said one word about Zaza playing well this season. Calm down man
.The argument some are pointing out here is that coaching changes are fine, but McHale was not the problem in Houston. Scott Brooks not the problem in OKC. It's really that simple.
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Zaza has been great so far. I dig the enthusiasm I've been seeing from him.
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I said one word about Zaza playing well this season. Calm down man
The argument some are pointing out here is that coaching changes are fine, but McHale was not the problem in Houston. Scott Brooks not the problem in OKC. It's really that simple.
regardless of what you said, if you don't realize Zaza's playing well (which he is) is a product of their coaching, then you still lost and it helps explain you and the casual observers' stance on McHale not being the problem in HOU
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Tim Duncan not a superstar? I can't really understand or respond to anything else without getting past that first.
unless you're talking about personalites? (more psychologists #inhere)
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Yall's arguments around a players DNA is dumb as hell too considering we're talking about guys who have flourished in various other systems.
You get guys coming to the Rockets doing uncharacteristic things. Guys DNA change from team to team? Or is it Harden/Dwight imposing his DNA across the rest of their teammates (pause)
You get guys coming to the Rockets doing uncharacteristic things. Guys DNA change from team to team? Or is it Harden/Dwight imposing his DNA across the rest of their teammates (pause)
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So Zaza playing well is because of the coach?
.Zaza has always been a Center that can produce when given minutes. His per 36 #'s this year are right in line with his career. He just playing more minutes, and in a bigger role out of necessity.
Zaza is doing exactly what he's paid for, and has done his whole career.
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So Zaza playing well is because of the coach?
Zaza has always been a Center that can produce when given minutes. His per 36 #'s this year are right in line with his career. He just playing more minutes, and in a bigger role out of necessity.
Zaza is doing exactly what he's paid for, and has done his whole career.
His coaching and system are what drive him to do that consistently. You have to be schematically put in a place to succeed consistently. Simple simple concepts
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im legitimately done though. Cats are lost. Show of hands who have actually coached or been coached past YMCA ball....
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the classic blame everything on the coach because players need excuses argument
didnt know dlo was an NTer
didnt know dlo was an NTer
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For the Rockets, it's been 3 long hard years and lots of watching games. Nothing new. We were singing this tune through success and failure. Don't try to deflect because y'all aren't really watching the games to the detail needed.
damnit, I said I was done
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coach is the reason players play hard or don't play hard? k.
so if you dont like your boss, you just gonna do whatever you want at work huh? show up late? piss in garbage cans? half-*** the work? cool.
so if you dont like your boss, you just gonna do whatever you want at work huh? show up late? piss in garbage cans? half-*** the work? cool.
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but one last thing....it doesn't even seem the slight bit interesting to you cats that Rick Carlisle stays competitive REGARDLESS of who's on his roster?
or that Pop has a random guy emerge every year in some way? Guys who have played on other teams and gotten mins but are less productive?
None of that even seems....interesting?
Do yall think a level past that or look at them and say "they got some good DNA"?
or that Pop has a random guy emerge every year in some way? Guys who have played on other teams and gotten mins but are less productive?
None of that even seems....interesting?
Do yall think a level past that or look at them and say "they got some good DNA"?
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when your boss is telling everybody to do things that fundamentally don't fit their skillsets or make sense....
it's called morale. goes hand-in-hand with playing hard or not.
Yall aren't the least bit....interested...in the fact that the Rox shoot the most 3s in teh NBA and don't have any wet 3 point shooters? for like the last 3 years
. Does DNA make guys who normally don't shoot 3s put up shots at an astronomical rate because they switched cities?
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but one last thing....it doesn't even seem the slight bit interesting to you cats that Rick Carlisle stays competitive REGARDLESS of who's on his roster?
or that Pop has a random guy emerge every year in some way? Guys who have played on other teams and gotten mins but are less productive?
None of that even seems....interesting?
Do yall think a level past that or look at them and say "they got some good DNA"?
Pop and Carslisle are two of the best coaches in the NBA.
Those guys don't grow on trees man. Idk why you keep trying to compare Pop and McHale. Can the rockets be better with a better coach, well duh. Absolutely.
Were the Rockets struggling thru "3 long hard years" because of McHale? Nope. It's really simple.
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Two great coaches with two of the all time greats at their position
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Luke Walton HOF?
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You don't have to be Pop or Carlisle to simply succeed at a few things they do well. Yall are really lazy in analysis
I gotta 1-off these comments because guys aren't getting the big picture. arguing in circles. eh, we'll let time tell the story
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Yup! Or him and Garnett buys the franchise.
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svg as a coach > dwight as a player even in his prime.........this dude had the magic in the finals ......the orlando magic guise , the magic , i was a huge dwight fan before this but the way he sold out orlando , the players , the city , the coaching staff , everything ......We've seen this movie from Dwert before.
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Healthy OKC will win it, I'll put $ on it
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Don't know why people are debating the McHale firing so hard. Even if you don't think the Rockets roster is good enough to win a title, 4-7 with several blow-out losses was unacceptable for that team and something clearly needed to change. Firing a coach is the fastest and easiest way to shake things up. Just how it is.
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