For someone who endured not 1 but 2 four game losing streaks in a shortened season, he rebounded pretty well. Milkhair didn't survive this.
MDA is more like a creative but stubborn artist, while popovich an rational engineer who got zero-tolerance to any mistake. Gotta admit coach like MDA got no luck, led his men ran into one of the greatest teams in nba history which happened to at its prime. Suppose kerr and splash brothers came across that spurs, might achieve nothing as well. Edit: anyway, there are no ifs n ors…either W or L. you win, win it all.
Oh you mean when the game where we were winning at home and then let the warriors back in cause we missed 27 three pointers? oh fantastic coaching job. waited til they scored like 20 points in a row before a time out. was it even a real time out or tv? @Reeko Here's his coaching record. Point to me when he deserved a title. Usually you have to MAKE IT TO THE FINALS, to say you almost made it. Code: Regu Play Season Age Lg Tm G W L W/L% W .500 Finish G W L W/L% Notes 1997-98 46 NBA DEN Assistant Coach 1998-99 47 NBA DEN 50 14 36 .280 -11.0 6 2002-03 51 NBA PHO Assistant Coach 2003-04 52 NBA PHO 61 21 40 .344 -9.5 6 2004-05 53 NBA PHO 82 62 20 .756 21.0 1 15 9 6 .600 2005-06 54 NBA PHO 82 54 28 .659 13.0 1 20 10 10 .500 2006-07 55 NBA PHO 82 61 21 .744 20.0 1 11 6 5 .545 2007-08 56 NBA PHO 82 55 27 .671 14.0 2 5 1 4 .200 2008-09 57 NBA NYK 82 32 50 .390 -9.0 5 2009-10 58 NBA NYK 82 29 53 .354 -12.0 3 2010-11 59 NBA NYK 82 42 40 .512 1.0 2 4 0 4 .000 2011-12 60 NBA NYK 42 18 24 .429 -3.0 2 2012-13 61 NBA LAL 72 40 32 .556 4.0 3 4 0 4 .000 2013-14 62 NBA LAL 82 27 55 .329 -14.0 5 2015-16 64 NBA PHI Associate Head Coach 2016-17 65 NBA HOU 82 55 27 .671 14.0 2 11 6 5 .545 2017-18 66 NBA HOU 82 65 17 .793 24.0 1 17 11 6 .647 2018-19 67 NBA HOU 82 53 29 .646 12.0 1 11 6 5 .545 2019-20 68 NBA HOU 64 40 24 .625 8.0 1 1 seasons NBA DEN 50 14 36 .280 -11.0 5 seasons NBA PHO 389 253 136 .650 58.5 51 26 25 .510 4 seasons NBA NYK 288 121 167 .420 -23.0 4 0 4 .000 2 seasons NBA LAL 154 67 87 .435 -10.0 4 0 4 .000 4 seasons NBA HOU 310 213 97 .687 58.0 39 23 16 .590 Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 3/27/2020.
He got outcoached by Popovich when he was with Phoenix He wouldn't say he got outcoached by Kerr, he helped the Warriors win that game by not changing up the offense in the time of need. Or are you too young to remember he that he coached other teams? or don't know to use GOOGLE? I like your thread until you start yapping about how he deserved a championship. nobody deserves anything they don't earn.
@Zboy Being a great person doesn't make you a great coach But Lil Uzi Vert thinks he deserves a championship
Fire MDA and sign T lue for coach. If we dont have money, we can sign Cousin for our center. I think we can win this year.
Good for Pringles. Also, good guy Carlos "If you dont know the facts, you got to shut the **** up" Correa has also donated 500K for medical gear to Houston hospitals as well. The dude has yet to hit the "big" payday and has donated that much.
As much I dislike his stubbornness in the terms his coaching, he deserves a good ending by the organization Unlike what happened to Rudy T Jeff Van Gundy Rick Adelman
Yup, hope so. The fact is, different player/coach may have different understanding/ interpretation on 'a good ending'…say i believe t-mac deems retiring w/o a ring or two not a big deal, he just got no ambition (sheep-mac). I hope MDA cares about the ring and title, looking for a 'self redemption'.
A pretty quick HOF induction is a big deal for someone who didn't win it all, only had some great years but no longevity. At some point in the past his TMac logo (brand) was among the best sold. He sold moments like the 13 in 33, his athleticism, the off the board wind mill and dunk on Bradley. Man wasn't a bad business man. Talking about the Ol' American Dream.
for some kinda players, if things go smoothly, after a big fat contract signing as well as a lucrative extension in later years, then their life all about mansion, luxury cars, champagne & chicks, family members, vacation, yacht. b-ball games is only small part of their life actually, which nearly makes no difference to high-flying business trips for those big corps's executives, plus some routine punching the clock work (in stadium and gym). if they don't hustle for a ring, that's all. Besides, as long as lucky enough (sheep-mac is particularly the case), HOF title is a sweet bonus and a stepping stone heading to ESPN guest seat years after retiring the number. again, MDA is really really something. 100 grand is a lot for a coach on the verge of his retirement (hope he can work 2-3 more years before that).
Players who grew up poor or average, didn't have tons of money. Now they go to the NBA, get rich, have entourage and tons of people following them around. Getting to Allstar level, star level, chance of winning titles, that is just icing on the cake. For the fan, it's more important than for the individual player. CP3 ' I dun go to bed with a picture of the trophy, like I gotta have it, gotta have it.....' 'My fam is more important' 'Make no mistake, I want to win it but Is that the ultimate goal in my life? No.'
wow, it's a quote of CP3. one of the good things David Stern did for NBA, i think, was calling a halt to bringing high school boys to nba by entering draft. at that age. kids could do nothing but messing up their life (with piles of money). that's especially the case for those walked out of ghetto where full of junkies and dealers. (that's why caron butler is a role model in this league, a true tough guy).
