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[espn]Larry Bird named executive of year

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by tinman, May 16, 2012.

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  1. Easy

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    Just shows you great players usually aren't very good at coaching.
     
    #21 Easy, May 16, 2012
  2. Carl Herrera

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    What did Gar Forman of the Bulls do to earpretty votes? His team is pretty much the same team as last year's version.
     
    #22 Carl Herrera, May 16, 2012
  3. heypartner

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    And since when does DaDakota have a vote for Exec of the Year, with the sole Mitch Kupchak vote for landing Jordan Hill,

    (which by extension was Odom for Hill)
     
    #23 heypartner, May 16, 2012
  4. LCII

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    Bird most cerebral basketball player alive. Lot of great players not necessary good coaches because they can't relate to 'lesser players' (i.e Gretzky , Jordan) Bird however can think from many different perspectives.
     
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  5. plutoblue11

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    Another person to think about in this is ... Jerry West (average coach, fantastic GM). Danny Ainge (Did not think he was a bad coach as some advertised, and has become a well-respected GM).
     
    #25 plutoblue11, May 16, 2012
  6. Sydeffect

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    New Yorks GM? Phoenix GM? KHAN? the hell is going on
     
    #26 Sydeffect, May 16, 2012
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    Ainge wasn't an MVP player though.
     
    #27 Easy, May 16, 2012
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    Lenny Wilkins was the best player not named Larry Bird to win the NBA coach of the year award
     
    #28 pacertom, May 16, 2012
  9. plutoblue11

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    This topic is about GM's, not just coaches.
     
    #29 plutoblue11, May 16, 2012
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    I never knew that, but he did go through all 3 stages and has done fairly well at each one.
     
    #30 plutoblue11, May 16, 2012
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    Bird the only person to ever win ROY, MVP, Final's MVP, COY, Exec of Year and the pleasure of firing Isiah Thomas.
     
    #31 heypartner, May 16, 2012
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    KKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!
     
    #32 SmeggySmeg, May 17, 2012
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    Otis Smith had a vote? I guess there's no love for Morey :(
     
    #33 dreamshakin, May 17, 2012
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    that winners list really has way too terrible GMs onto it
     
    #34 SmeggySmeg, May 17, 2012
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    The rest of the list after Bird and R.C. is so ridiculous it's almost unbelievable.

    Seriously, Gar Forman? Grunwald? Rick Sund? Otis Smith???

    Then you have the Nuggets Masai Ujiri below all those?

    Kahn should be higher on the list(WTH did I just say? Kahn, higher on the list??)
    Ujiri should definitely be higher.

    Some of the voters need their heads checked.
     
    #35 ferrari77, May 17, 2012
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    So basically, Larry Bird is just better than all of us in all aspects of his life. :(
     
    #36 hotballa, May 17, 2012
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    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wRnSnfiUI54" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
    #37 hotballa, May 17, 2012
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