He should got rid of Dale Demps.
It took David Stern to intervene on the original CP3 trade that was so bad the commish would not let it go through.
Then he made just a slightly less terrible trade to the clips.
Then he trades the other big guy from Kentucky for a point guard that can't play 3 games in a row without getting hurt.
It took David Stern to intervene on the original CP3 trade that was so bad the commish would not let it go through.
Then he made just a slightly less terrible trade to the clips.
Then he trades the other big guy from Kentucky for a point guard that can't play 3 games in a row without getting hurt.
Thibs might still be the best choice but he needs to rein in some of his bad tendencies. He is notorious for running his players into the ground with grueling practices and too many minutes during the regular season. My guess is if NO hired him they would likely tell him he needs to get on board with managing the players minutes better, but you never know, their owner is senile afterall.
He is a great defensive coach but the NBA isn't the NFL, it is pretty easy to copy what a team is doing defensively and I do think over the years that a lot of teams have now caughtup to what he is doing on that end. Pretty much all teams use some version of the strangle the strongside philosophy that he made popular.
I think he would be a good hire overall but he needs to realize you don't win a ring for best regular season record.
Hard to believe one of POPS ex assistants would basically be the exact opposite of POPS when it comes to minute control. POPS gets bitched at for leaving starters home on road trips.
You figure has top ex assistant would not go the exact opposite direction.
