Coach: the smartest coach - D'Antoni ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What makes you think that? 2. He is nowhere near the coach that Riles, Phil, Popovich, Sloan or Avery are. If you gave any of those coaches Phoenix's talent that would be in the NBA Finals.
wuuxuu The smart team would be destroyed in a seven game series more often than not. Who would stop Dwight Howard? Okafor can't do it. Who would stop Dwayne Wade? Ginobili? Ha ha ha. By the way, the way you're shading the issue is unfair. You're depriving the smart team of role players and spot up shooters (intentionally, IMO) in order to create chemistry issues by putting a lot of drivers in there. It would be hard for Iverson and Anthony and Wade to exist on the same perimeter. That's a chemistry issue. It's "balanced" vs. "unbalanced". Not a "smart v. stupid" issue - that's why "stupid" Dwayne took team to a ring. PS, how did a lot the guys you put on the smart team get on the smart team? LIke spanoulis - what is so smart about his play? He's TO prone, has been throughout his entire professional career, and has a low shooting % who drives the rim and jumps. That's a lot more streetball than "smartball". Honestly, Allen Iverson has consistently done the same things that Spanoulis has throughout his career, except 100x better, at a much higher level - while maintaining a better assist/TO ratio. Who is smarter now and why? One last thing, Why does the coach of your smart team, a "european style" coach formerly of the italian league play a 7.5 man rotation and have the shortest bench in the league? D'Antoni is NOTORIOUS for playing a short bench. He has 6 guys on his team playing 30+ mpg. This is a simple fact. He even jokes about it in the press:
I have to agree that NBA and big time college coaches are stuck on stupid when it comes to evolving in the game. The European's are better shooters, share the rock, and finishers. However, the US are tougher and quicker. The US promotes the individually where Europe promotes the team. Also, players like Rafer wouldn't be on the team with the poor shooting and finishing skills he displays.
So in other words you need a good mix of players. Thats why Dallas and Pheonix plays so well they have that good mixture. But to the main subject I rather have a smarter team over a taleted team. Especially on the NBA level usually all player on that level have a great amount of talant but the teams that play smart overcome the more talanted teams. How do you think the Rockets won the 2nd NBA title it was all about being smart.
You contradict yourself when you say talented means lots of assists, high scoring, and athletic, but include Carmelo(ballhog) and Dwight Howard(PF) in the talented section. This list makes no sense.
