[Western Conf. 1st Round] Hated Spurs vs. My Little Pony Mavs

I agree, if they play any play-off team other than the Hornets that last game they lose it and get the 5 seed.

 

Nice job Pop; getting crushed by the 6th seed while having the two best players on the court. Great coaching. The best in the business.

 

Uh yeah right. Adelman, Phil Jackson and Vince Lombardi are so brilliant they would have beaten the Mavs playing 2 against 5.

I predicted the Mavs would beat the Spurs. Try watching more than just Rockets games. This series wasn't hard to see coming.

 

I'm quite sure Adelman could not have done WORSE than getting spanked 4-1 by the 6th seed. Do you disagree? If it was 2 on 5, why didn't Pop coach the other 3 guys up? Since he's the best in the business and all. Are you saying getting trounced 4-1 is the best you can hope for with the supposed best coach in the league and the two best players on the court? How is it that the inferior Adelman is able to whip the 4 seed without home court while Lord Pop is getting his butt kicked with better players?

 

Duh, because Pop's team was in intensive care when the playoffs started. I guess that's too much for you to understand. Plus, the Mavs peaked just at the right time. They played catch-up the whole year after a very slow start. Some of us predicted the Mavs would beat the Spurs handily and, whad'ya know, that's exactly what happened. Lastly, the Rockets were fortunate to play the Blazers instead of the Mavs. Game one was a series-turning gift.

Do you like to debate just for the sake of nonsense?

 

Who was in intensive care? Duncan and Parker both put up better numbers than they did during the season.

Are you now saying that Pop is only as good as his roster allows? If you are, then I agree. But in the past you've claimed how integral coaching is to NBA play and that Pop is the best there is. I'm merely pointing to this series to show how flawed that thinking is.

You've been ragging on Adelman the past 2 years while he's done an incredible job under adverse conditions, claiming he isn't in Pop's league. Are you willing to adjust that AT ALL? If you have and I missed it, I apologize. If you're going to continue to rely on subjective components like substitution patterns, late game strategy, "culture-setting", etc. to defend Popovich, I'm going to continue to point out measurable categories like number of games lost to injury, won-loss record, and expectations compared to actual performance to show that Adelman is just as good.

 

I blasted Adelman early in the season because he deserved it. His substitution patterns were dumb and he froze them in stone. Predictability is good but when players are clearly failing, the coach has to break the mold and do something different. Adelman didn't do this. I don't know why the light bulb went off, but eventually it did. He started doling out minutes according to how players performed, especially when it came to finishing games. Lo and behold the Rockets started playing better. Then the Rafer trade went down, McGrady was officially done and things improved even more.

I'll give him credit for finally changing, but he definitely cost the Rockets games earlier in the season for no good reason at all. His loyalty to Rafer and the one-legged McGrady was stupid.

He still isn't in Pop's league. Sorry. That's my strong opinion. And if you don't think coaching is integral to success in the NBA, you are the one who's thinking is "flawed". That isn't opinion, it's fact.

 

What's fact is that the guy who isn't in Pop's league upset the Blazers while Pop is sitting home after getting torn apart by the #6 seed. But I'm sure that's just because Adelman started listening to "A_3PO" on the Clutchfans BBS and poor Pop was saddled with a Duncan and Parker who were in "intensive care" even though they outperformed their regular season output. If coaching is so integral in the NBA, I would think these two series made quite a statement about the two. You don't like Adelman and have a stiffy for Pop. I get it; no need to waste any additional time I suppose. At least we know where you stand and your future posts can be put in the proper perspective.

 

Silly. Whatever floats your boat. You are a trip. If you don't like my posts, feel free to ignore them because they will continue.