I am happy to hear that Dwight may get healthy by the playoffs. Morey should continue to look at getting a better backup center than Dorsey if possible. His main target should be a starting PG. A NO to trading Donatas Motiejunas for Goran Dragic (who I like a lot) or another PG.
Ask Popovich and Budenholtzer if offense is about talent rather than coaching. This was JVG's downfall. He preached effort and coached up defense (or Thibs did). On offense, he just relied on talent and that limited how far we went. Ball and body movement are key components to any great offense, and that takes high level coaching.
Of course its about BOTH talent and coaching, but you arent going to do anything without talent. Talent is 100x more impactful than coaching.
I'd certainly take a chance on Jeff again if McHale left for some reason (highly unlikely this year, IMO), because the guy isn't stupid. My guess is that he's got a good handle on what's successful in today's NBA on both ends of the court. If not, he's got me fooled.
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He is in the D-League with the Grand Rapids Drive, the Pistons affiliate. We need someone who is a lot better than him.
I guess Budenholzer wasn't doing any high level coaching last year then when they had the 18th best offense. Even this year they're only 6th, which doesn't exactly qualify as great.
Budenholzer has the best shooter in basketball, maybe ever at this point, as well as the best shooting 5 in all of basketball, their offense is very much about talent. It's that talent that creates spacing.
There was a time when he needed someone much better than Hassan Whiteside. One never knows when the upstairs light will blink on.
I'm not saying ATL or SA don't have talent. I'm saying their coaching is maximizing the talent rather than relying on it. IIRC, this is Budenholtzers second yr on the job, so perhaps the players are buying in. horford being healthy is a big difference maker, but I don't think most folks think ATL has elite players, other than Korver as a shooter. It's beyond question that Pops offense and ball movement straight murdered Miami. It's the best team offense played in over a decade. Great coaching gets players to play the right way on a regular basis. In the NBA, there is nothing harder on offense than getting players to move the ball and their bodies rather than rely on individual talent. If everyone could do it, you would have more teams that play like the Spurs.
