Armchair GMs and coaches all think they know better than professionals despite never having played or coached at a professional level their entire lives. It is what it is.
The way Nix and TyTy played they might end up signing a veteran point guard. TyTy is a rookie so gets a pass but this is supposed to be Nix moment to seize the backup point job.
Half of the players that played aren't even expected to get worthwhile minutes when the season actually starts. Our lineup is literally a playground ball lineup.
Not sure how much more of a system okc has but they look a hell of a lot more organized because they have a generational passer running the team. Same thing with Orlando last night, they had someone you could give the ball to and trust that he would make he right plays. The Rockets don't have that on the summerleague roster, and I'm not sure they have that even on the regular season roster unless we really go allin on running the offense through Sengun. I would be all for that. But my guess, another year of dribble dribble from the clueless guards. How much blame should you put on Silas for that? Tough call.
Bingo. And let's not kid ourselves about MDA. He absolutely had a system, and one that worked pretty well. It just had limitations. And it didn't help that we kept bumping up against an all-time great team.
It's kinda bad when even Jalen green doesn't know when we will be good he keep saying hopefully this year or maybe next or the year after.
Players matter way more than any system out there. Right now, we are still trying to figure out who our players are unfortunately. The only sure thing is Green and hopefully Jabari. After that, maybe KPJ and Sengun. Then it's just a long string of question marks.
I think it's STUPID to insinuate someone else is STUPID w/o at least knowing or conversing with that person, rather than just disagreeing with that person's opinion on a subject. Don't you think? Also, I didn't start this thread to discuss tanking odds but to discuss why I think Silas is not a good coach for this team. I think everyone would like the #1 pick but it's a gamble/lottery. So, to me you can be mediocre and still come away with a decent pick.
Didn’t really hear that much on Dantoni. He has always been lauded as an offensive genius that didn’t care about defense. I would trade Silas for Dantoni so fast it ain’t even funny. Would love him with a defensive assistant HC like Hollins.
You don't need to directly converse with someone to know if their arguments are dumb as heck. Case in point, I don't have to talk to Kyrie Irving to know many of his opinions are pure idiocy. If you didn't want to discuss tanking odds, why even bring it up in the first place? Also, you still don't get it do you? Mediocre teams do NOT get good picks, much less great picks. Now, if the argument is that you can be mediocre and still draft what ends up as a good player, then yes but no ****? Same argument holds true for a great team as well as a terrible team. It doesn't change the fact that the worse you are, the better your odds are of drafting a good player. While I also don't like Silas, it is too early to conclude if he will end up being good or bad. It is simply unfair to judge a coach when their team is tanking to rebuild.
i mean it’s like 75% of the team are actually still technically not adults or anything In America aren’t you considered an adult at 21? Theres basically 6-7 20 year olds with a few 21-24 year olds plus Eric Gordon. Show me a team in ANY sport worldwide with an average age of that young being successful in any professional sport straight away.
D'Antoni didn't want to work for Tillman. In the end, nothing wrong with building around Harden, and if that is what Silas was brought here to do, keep playing that system, we are ROYALLY SCREWED, because we don't have a Harden any more - that was a generational thing. KPJ is the closest thing to him and he is not nearly as good. Young players need direction, they need a system, you have to be able to work plays that get players into positions that highlight their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. Jabari Smith is an elite shooter, watch Klay Thompson, Reggie Miller, or Dale Ellis for how to use him, does ANYONE HERE actually believe that Stephen Roll the ball out there will be able to get the best out of Jabari? If the answer is no, and it SURE AS HELL IS NO, then we are wasting years of development with him, get someone in NOW that can coach.....not to WIN now but to set up good habits for when we do win. Stephen Silas is NOT an NBA head coach, he is a nice guy who players will walk the hell right over and will fall short because he doesn't have a plan. I am over Stephen Silas, SILAS SUCKS is my new sig. DD
None of that matters because we don't run plays during Summer League, Jabari has no handles, our coach leads us to the worst record, and we don't have a traditional point guard. My opinion matters despite my resume not including any professional level of basketball play or coaching. /s
Based on what? Did JG, JC & Sengun improve from game 1 till game 82? Yes. Did we still reach our goal of a top 3 pick ? Yes. What else would you have expected from Silas in 2 rebuild seasons when it the most important thing was what draft picks we ended up with come season end?
