Silas needs to be fired for the way he treats Alperen Sengun

You and many others on this board appear to like Nix and Silas. Sometimes saying nothing and allowing the problem to go on or not supprting (and ripping) those with the correct view IS THE PROBLEM! Hakeem94 and Asheylem are the only two that have been consistent with the knowledge of what is needed to improve this turnover prone disaster of a team.

 

Ah yes ashleyem the one who says green is a bust and Hakeem94 the one who says tanking is stupid bc u have an equal chance of finding hof talent at any draft position.

Stfu u guys have sht takes and I reject the notion that there are actually Nix fanboys on here defending his a$$

 

My apologies, I misunderstood your post….thought you were referring to Nix.

 

If silas bench sengun in favor of garuba for defense is that wrong. Yes or no?

 

I too was upset with both Nix and Garuba coming into camp out of shape. I humbly and happily admit to being wrong about Garuba who played himself in shape out in Europe. I had always been a supprter of his prior to camp this year. Nix I supprted initially until I watched him get extended playing time and saw he had no speed to play the pg position at the NBA level. To top it off rumor had that he worked his arse off to lose weight and pick up speed. The opposite occurred and doesn’t matter that he turns over the ball 20% of the plays and can’t make free therows, etc….just sadly too darned slow for thie pg position at the pro level. He’s made some threes to his credit, but that has never been his trademark and since he can’t hit free throws, the three point percentage will be back to the low thirties (guaranteed) with the more playing time that Silas continually gives him.

 

The thing is, I don't know if Sengun is "the answer" or the second coming or whatever. But I feel like the FO has decided a player they traded multiple FRPs on is just not even worth seeing the potential of. There's no other comparison I can think of where you have a high draft pick who gets slammed by coaches in the media, shows lots of potential and flashes in the games while also having a downside, and who gets alienated out of the offense as consistently as him -- especially when the team sucks as it is. It's just so stupid, maddeningly so.

 

Considering we could barely score in the second half. Do you really think we needed defense?

 

I do have to wonder whether Silas is effected by bias in his decision-making. I think he looks at Sengun and erroneously sees "unathletic, slow, bad defense, backup center"... when instead he should see "high basketball IQ, playmaking ability, good defense, leader". Other than Jokic, there really haven't been many historical players with Sengun's unique skillset. Most people make decisions based on observations and experiences from their past. Silas has spent a career around much more "athletic" players and perhaps subconsciously values those players higher.

 

That's the problem in the states.
We outsiders call it insularity when the natives soften and name it "American elitism". Funny.

 

The first year and a half I preached patience for Silas. This is year 3, this is the last year of his trial. We haven't seen any growth. Such little growth that even though I used to preach patience I'd fire him now. I think he is actively hurting player development by being their buddy but not their mentor.

 

Playing your best player lessens your chance of losing.......

 

Read the comments. When he was under performing this offseason y'all wanted his other coach fired. It literally never his fault

 

I mean the proof is in watching the games. Sengun is super foul prone and gets beat off the dribble alot

 

Luka is flattered.

 

what does super foul prone even mean? man doesn't even foul out