Is this Rick Adelman's most talented team on paper?

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Is this Adelman's most talented team?

The 1989-1990 Western Conference Champion Trailblaers that lost to the Pistons had:

Clyde Drexler
Terry Porter
Kevin Duckworth
Jerome Kersey
Buck Williams
Clifford Robinson


The 1991-92 Western Conference Champion Trailblazers that lost to the Bulls had:

Clyde Drexler
Terry Porter
Clifford Robinson
Buck Williams
Kevin Duckworth
Danny Ainge

The 1999-2000 Sacremento Kings that lost in the first round to the Los Angeles Lakers had:

Chris Webber
Vlade Divac
Corliss Williamson
Jason Williams
Vernon Maxwell
Tariq Abdul-Wahad
Lawrence Funderburke
Peja Stojakovic
Jon Barry
Scot Pollard
Michael Hawkins
Jerome James
Kevin Ollie
Oliver Miller
Terry Dehere
Peter Aluma

Sacramento was an imposing club on paper, ranking high in several major categories. Two mainstays—scoring and passing, continued to highlight the Kings’ offensive strength, finishing third in both scoring (101.7 ppg) and assists (24.8 apg). Sacramento’s long-range shooters flourished from beyond the arc, ranking fourth after hitting 38 percent of their 3-pointers. For the second straight season, Sacramento led the league in defensive rebounding with 33.6 per game, helping them finish third in overall rebounding (44.5 rpg). Defensively, the Kings had a vice grip on rival shooters, holding opponents to an NBA-low .420 field goal percentage. Additionally, Doug Christie helped a ball hungry defense swipe 8.98 steals per game, second-best in the Association.


The 2007-2008 Rockets Roster has yet to be filled out without some addition and subtraction but so far we have still listed on the Rockets website:

Rafer Alston
Shane Battier
Aaron Brooks
Jackie Butler
Steve Francis
Mike Harris
Chuck Hayes
Luther Head
Mike James
John Lucas III 2
Tracy McGrady
Dikembe Mutombo
Brad Newley
Steve Novak
Justin Reed
Kirk Snyder
Bob Sura
Jake Tsakalidis
Bonzi Wells
Yao Ming

Rick Adelman
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Rick Adelman, who twice coached the Portland Trail Blazers to berths in the NBA Finals and later coached the Golden State Warriors, returned to the NBA after a season's absence on Sept. 17, 1998, when the Sacramento Kings hired him as the franchise's 19th head coach. In his fifth season at the helm of the Kings, he has molded the team into one of the NBA's most exciting teams, leading the league in scoring and making the playoffs every year since his hiring.

Adelman brings a record of 544-361 into the 2002-03 season, a winning percentage of .601 and in the playoffs his teams have posted a 53-50 record.

He reached the 300-win mark in 468 games, the seventh-fastest in NBA history. Only Pat Riley (416), Phil Jackson (419), Billy Cunningham (430), K.C. Jones (434), Larry Costello (445) and John Kundla (452) reached that plateau in fewer games.

Adelman, who first came to the league as a 6-2 guard in 1968, spent 14 years in the Trail Blazers organization, including three as a player (1970-73), five as an assistant coach (1983-89) and six as the team's head coach (1989-94). He compiled a 291-154 record as a head coach and took the Blazers to the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992. He coached Golden State for two seasons, 1995-96 and 1996-97.

Adelman, who attended Loyola Marymount, was selected by the then-San Diego Rockets in the seventh round of the 1968 NBA Draft, the 79th overall player picked. He spent two seasons as a reserve in San Diego, where his teammates included Elvin Hayes and Pat Riley. Adelman was taken by Portland in the 1970 NBA Expansion Draft and was made the first team captain in Blazers history.

He averaged 10.1 points, 4.6 assists and 27.7 minutes in three seasons with Portland before being traded to the Chicago Bulls. He served stints with the Bulls, the New Orleans Jazz and the Kansas City-Omaha Kings before retiring in 1975 with career averages of 7.7 points, 3.5 assists and 22.6 minutes per game in seven NBA seasons.

Adelman began his coaching career at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Ore. From 1977 to 1983, Chemeketa went 141-39 and won or shared in three Oregon community college championships and one regional title. He rejoined the Trail Blazers in 1983 as an assistant to Jack Ramsay and served as an assistant coach until Feb. 19, 1989, when he replaced Mike Schuler as head coach.

In 1989-90, his first full season at the helm, Adelman guided the Blazers to a 59-23 record and a trip to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Detroit Pistons in five games. The following year, Portland went 63-19 and won the Pacific Division title before bowing to the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, and Adelman finished second in balloting for NBA Coach of the Year award.

In 1991-92, Portland went 57-25, won its second straight Pacific Division title and advanced to the NBA Finals for the second time in three years, this time losing in six games to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.

On Nov. 22, 1992, Adelman recorded his 200th victory in the 288th game of his career. At the time, no coach in league history had reached the 200-win plateau in fewer games. Adelman left Portland after the 1993-94 season, departing as the second-winningest coach in franchise history behind Ramsay.

The Warriors posted a 36-46 record under Adelman in 1995-96, but did reduce their points allowed from 111.1 ppg to 103.1 ppg, the fewest for the franchise in 20 years. In addition, the 1995-96 Warriors outrebounded their opponents 3,458 to 3,406, only the second time in 14 seasons Golden State had enjoyed a season-long edge off the boards. After another losing season (30-52) in 1996-97, however, Adelman was replaced by P.J. Carlesimo.

At Sacramento, Adelman utilized the talents of veteran forward Chris Webber and rookie point guard Jason Williams and turned the Kings into the highest-scoring team in the league, going from 93.1 points per game in 1997-98 to 100.2 ppg in 1998-99, even though the league average dipped from 95.6 ppg to 91.6 ppg. The Kings posted a 27-23 record in the lockout-shortened season, their first winning mark since 1982-83, when the franchise was still in Kansas City. They stretched Utah to five games before bowing in the first round of the playoffs.

The Kings increased their scoring to a league-leading 104.9 ppg in 1999-2000, compiling a 44-38 record. It marked the first time in two decades that the team had posted consecutive winning seasons, since going 48-34 in 1978-79 and 47-35 in 1979-80. Once again Sacramento was ousted in the first round of the playoffs in five games, by the eventual champion Los Angeles Lakers and in the 2001-02 season in the Western Conference Finals .

 

Umm ok I think it's more like this.

T-Mac >>Peja Stojakovic
Scola/Hayes/Landry<Chris Webber
Bonzi Wells<Mike Bibby
Doug Christie = Mike James (Christie, avg'd 10-12 ppg played good defense)
Yao Ming >>Vlade Divac (Divac was just crafty...but against Yao, ha)
Francis >>Bobby Jackson (Bobby Jackson can't touch my jock)

Rockets better than Kings in 3 out of 6 positions. James up against Christie is a wash. A healthy Chris Webber in his prime gives our PF position a beatdown.

 

Dagnabit..I wish you could edit posts...anyways

T-Mac >>Peja Stojakovic

Scola/Hayes/Landry < C. Webber

Bonzi Wells Doug Christie = Mike James (Christie, avg'd 10-12 ppg played good defense)

Yao Ming >>Vlade Divac (Divac was just crafty...but against Yao, ha)

Francis >>Bobby Jackson (Bobby Jackson can't touch my jock)

 

and Bonzi is better than Christie actually.

 

Yep cause historically, the Rockets have always had great teams on paper. What happened to that "Special Season"?