There ya go - but look how long it took Adelman to get those two WC championships. And that Portland team was sick with talent. My point isn't to say we should fire Rick. It's that his flaws are part of the reason this team has underperformed. He needs to address them by hiring an assistant who can teach guys what they need to do or something. I just don't think he's a great coach for young players. He's better when there is star veterns that can bark at players for making bone-headed decisions. Because Rick doesn't do that and in the long run it hurts the team.
seeing the types of coach thibodeau is, you really begin to appreciate JVG as a coach (and let's be real, his teams were never STACKED - and let's be real, most of adelman's teams had been STACKED). you give one consistent offensive player to pair up with tmac and yao and JVG would have taken that team FAR. just ONE. instead we were stuck with either wesley, or mike james. JVG always maximizes efforts out of every player, even tmac when he went through his injuries. you can't say the same about adelman.
The reason people considers adelmans teams stacked is because he maximizes talent. Divacs, webber, bibby, gonzo, brad miller, arrest were all other teams rejects. Notice how peja and white chocolate looked great playing for adelman, but not for anyone else. Notice how Landry numbers were better playing for us. Jvg couldn't get out of the first round with a healthy Yao and tmac. Adelman took a team without either of them and took the lakers to seven games.
Divacs, webber, and bibby artest, were other teams rejects? Are you kidding me. JVG has Yao and T-mac and nothing else. Nothing!
That doesn't make them scrubs, rockbox. They both were good players before Sacramento. Oh, and guys, it is Divac...
any JVG team would have beaten that blazers team. that was a good match up first of all. (that blazers team was young and inexperienced; tmac and yao would have swept or beaten them in 5). second of all, teams' rejects? chris webber was traded once before (but not b/c of his play). the guy was a 20/10 guy. vlade divac was a good starting center for years. he wasn't a reject. peja was still pretty good for 2 years after being traded from sacto. his age just got to him (and some injuries - he had some problems with his foot) mike bibby is still a starter in this L. ron artest best years was BEFORE adelman. and landry did great with sacto last year when he was traded. he averaged 18 and 7. this year, with cousins integrated, his role is uncertain. landry would be a good player ANYWHERE b/c of his skills and hustle. those guys are actually SKILLED guys nevertheless. JVG had bowen, wesley, sura, padgett, head... c'mon now. look at where those guys are now: either retired or scrubs. the role players around tmac and yao were NBDL level. jared jeffries is basically an example of a role player in that era (defense and no offense).
Invoking the grammar police? I am afraid this case looks more adequate for the Typo Bureau. Nice gratuitous jab with the Georgia thing, I'll give you that. Can I interest you In the Dominican Republic for your next vacation? If you make it down here I will help you with your English comprehension abilities, throw in some Spanish and French all courtesy of the house. Seriously if your idea of debate is insulting when you are proven wrong then… I almost forgot I gave up on you. Signed, Gary Andrés Herrera.
Divac was already good. Weber was a knucklehead that clashed with his 1st coach Nelson. He had 3-4 coaches at Washington with his last one, Bickerstaff trying to turn him into black man's Dirk Nowitzki. In his last year with Washington, Weber took 205 3-pters. He really got going with Adelman. Adelman didn't want Weber to develop into a 3pt shooting big man. Adelman brought him closer to the basket, which also made it easier for him rebound. In his 1st year, he dropped from 205 3-pt attempts to 34 attempts. It could have been desperation shots at the end of a half. Peja was a sf without NBA 3pt range, when he first came into the league. He really started getting things going in Adelman's offense coming off screens and playing in transition.
Nice post. I don't think I've ever seen anyone make as many clueless, ignorant, and just flat-out factually incorrect statements in a single thread as Sweet Lou 42 in this thread. It's like there's not enough time in a day to respond to all that ridiculousness.
