Didn’t say he wasn’t a good coach but he’s stubborn as hell. He should have used Holiday and Jeff Green (who has championship experience) more in this series when we needed offense and it probably wouldn’t have come down to a game 7. Attempting less than 20 threes in a playoff game, especially a game 7 is criminal. Low scoring games will not win you anything in this age.
We can armchair coach but Holiday and Green had limitations in the regular season, depending on your third string PG and a 38 year old role player, there is a chance, but it likely won't change the series outcome. We didn't shot as many threes because shooting is a weakness, so the focus was playing to our strengths. Shooting higher percentage shots and offensive rebounding, which is why our double bigs won a game. Going with the hot hand in Jalen's game and FVV and winning with them getting more shots. Sengun had a hot game. We simply don't have a 25 ppg consistent offensive threat player to get buckets when postseason defenses clamp down right now. We lost to a more experienced team with alpha scorers with three HOF players and multiple championship experience and pushed it to 7 games with 22 year olds, it is what it is. But frankly we might not have even been in this situation without Ime in my opinion. We can agree to disagree on this one.
Ime has to get better and he has to understand there are TWO sides to the game. Yes, defense is important, vitally so, but so is offense. Some guys definitely are bad defensively, but sometimes their offense outweighs it. Ime would not have played young Jokic, nope, Jokic would be rotting on the bench if Ime was his coach. Jabari should have played more. That's obvious, and he's not even a bad defender AT ALL. Cam should have played throughout this year, unless he was actively cussing out the coaches, we need to see what we have with him and Reed should have been getting SOME minutes nightly. Even if it is 5 minutes a night. That's a MFing 3rd overall pick.
They have to break up the so called Core 7 one or the other way.......and strengthen Udoka's staff with much better assistants that can even rival his job...... All those Yes man assistants have to go. The direction has to be clear, no more Defense over Offense, both in good dose. No more altercations for altercations' sake.
Yep. Ime is a defensive guru, won't take that away from him. That zone he pulled out mid series won us two games, it had Kerr perplexed, the first game they did it Kerr said openly he didn't know what it was we were doing, the 2nd game, game 6, he mentioned that he figured out we didn't know what we were doing but that he liked the shots they started to get against it. Curry said the defense was hard because of how unpredictable it was game from game. Curry even said it was one of the toughest defenses he's ever faced. Ime understands defense but its clear he either doesn't know about offense or doesn't care to think it matters. That we kept trying to run offense through Sengun against a HOF low post defender is kind of insane. That we sat on Jabari, the only guy other than FVV making consistent threes this game, again an issue. And he's too stubborn with his guys. Brooks sucked all night and played all night.
Several mistakes they have made throughout the years that only a Butler trade saved them. Spoiler Took James Wiseman. Took Kuminga whom they did not use. Didn't even find replacement for KD or Klay. Didn't trade for picks that mattered. Didn't extend Myers to the actual end of the Curry era Ime is good with certain adjustments for sure but he is pretty trigger happy with the Time Outs and most times in a bind over them. I have no doubt that overall the 2025 Rockets were younger and better than GSW on paper despite Jimmy Butler. It was too little too late.
Stone needs to trade away some of Ime’s favorites to force him to play guys better on offense to balance our rotations. DD
Defensive guru wouldn’t allow a guy to go 9/11 on threes in a game 7. Daring other players outside of Curry to beat you is one thing, but this? Ime and the coaches failed these guys.
The JVG model never worked.......it is set up to run players to the ground defensively and when you need their legs to hit shots....they cannot.
Ime has room to improve as a coach. He just finished his 3rd year in the head seat. Kerr has been doing this for 10 years. I think he was out coached overall this series. Not enough minutes for Bari. Too many Jalen minutes. Not KEEPING the ball in Amen's hand when he had given us a spark. Too many Dillon minutes. Amateur offense
My only problem is, he had talent on the bench. Yeah they weren't polished, but that talent off the bench was at least a place to test things with during the season. This was not the only time Jalen Green and Fred stunk it up. I do like Fred, but he can't be your go to guy. On a team with a superstar excellent point guard, but not as a focal point. Hell Jeff Green should have played. We're talking about a guy Denver would love to have back. Playoff experience and just a great person, that plays the game the right way. Especially in half court.
THIS THIS A MILLION TIMES THIS....Ime screwed this team by not developing the young guys all year on the bench....so they would be an option in the playoffs..... He is Tom Thibedeaux part 2, running guys into the ground, and not playing good offensive players....did it with Pritchard in Boston too....same thing..... DD
I've been here since before 1999 and this thread and threads like it happen every single time. Lose a big game especially season ending and boom here it comes "I'm done with Coach X". "Team is terrible, players are incredibly flawed". 2nd seed in the west, long winning streak etc. ime is a genius, lose season ending game suddenly he is a clown and what weren't X players benched you fool!". Maybe as fans i.e. FANatics we should consider reactions with a bit more logic and less knee jerk emotion. Just a thought.
T-Wolves only managed only managed an anemic 31 points in the first half in game 1 against the Warriors. Chris Finch can't coach offense! Fire him!
