I admit, I wasn't really a big Rudy T fan. It's not really coaching when you just give the ball to Hakeem and tell him to shoot or pass when needed. But now that he's changed the system and with the results showing. He's deserves a lot more credit. But by far, probably my favorite coaches would be Chuck Daily and Larry Brown. I love their defensive philosophies, and the fact that they taking losing teams and turn them into playoff contenders with about almost every team. Come on, Larry Brown took the Clippers to the playoffs once. That's mighty impressive right there. ------------------
1st Rudy T. for obvious reasons 2nd Pat Riley when he was with the Lakers. Damn show time was fun to watch. 3rd K.C. Jones as much as I hated to the Celtics they were very fun to watch. 4th. Del Harris he helped get us to our first championship series. I always thought he got a raw deal when he was let go for Bill Fitch. 4th Don Nelson I like the motion offense and I like scoring. Nelson may be a mad scientest but his teams are fun to watch and tend to score a lot of points. 5th Rick Adleman. See Don Nelson. Least favorites: 1st Rick Pittino. I always thought he had more to do with changing the the style of play in the NBA than Chuck Daily when he took a below avg tallented Knicks team and made them competitive with his 90 feet of defense for 48 minutes strategy. 2nd Chuck Daily. Because he gave validity to the saying, "defense wins championships" by winning two championships with teams based on defense and not offense. The NBA has never recovered. 3rd Jerry Sloan. Do you think I need a reason! Dirtiest team of all time. And that is saying a lot considering that he beat out the motor city Bad Boys for that distinction! 4th Phil Jackson. I have no respect for the Zen Master. He has yet to ever build a contender much less a team that could win a championship. He inhearited all his good fortune from those that worked their ass off before him. I HATE THE TRIANGLE OFFENSE! 5th Pat Riley after leaving the lakers for embracing the defensive minded strategy. May he never again win another title until he returns show time to the NBA! ------------------ [This message has been edited by crash5179 (edited May 19, 2001).]
Yeah the league's really suffered during the 90's... HUH? ------------------ I wrote her this love letter, but she don't know how to reeeaaad!
IMO yes. Not financialy but from an entertainment stand point. The golden years of the NBA were clearly when Magic and Bird were in their prime not when MJ was in his prime. Do you disagree? MJ might considered the best player of all time but Bird and Magic are consedered to be the ones that took the game to the next level in terms of entertainment. If you prefer the type of ball played in the 90s over show time and what we had in the 80s then so be it, but I think you would be in the minority from those that experienced the game in both decades. I would like some other oppinions on that to make sure I am not suffering from good ole day syndrome, but IMO the game in the 80s was a superior product in terms of entertainment value. After all isn't that what the NBA is trying to go back to with all the rule changes over the last few years? ------------------
my fav coaches are: 1. Rudy T. - 2 rings, another on the way 2. Red Aurbach - probobly spelled wrong, but you get the idea. 3. lenny wilkins - just a guy that i would want to play for. least favorite coaches: 1. phil jackson 2.pat riley ------------------
Rudy T is my favorite. I hope he wins another title so that he can prove that he not only can win with a great team and then rebuild from scratch with a completely different offense and win. That's the sign of a real coach. Riley and Jackson have only shown that they can win when they take over already great teams. Riley has not been able to turn Miami into a champion and I don't think he ever will. Jackson ran from the Bulls because he couldn't face trying to rebuild. I don't think either one of them is near the coach that Rudy is. ------------------
As much as everyone hates him, Jackson is a hell of a good coach. The Lakers' defensive gameplan again Sacramento was a gem. Except for the rookie Turkoglu, they knew exactly what each Kings player liked to do offensively, and how to keep them from doing the things that were most effective (while baiting them into things that weren't ... like giving Webber and Divac all the open 20-footers they wanted). ------------------
