OT: The NBA Is Having Itself a Morning
And it's not even noon yet.
LA Clippers' Kawhi Leonard could miss rest of series with knee injury
Detroit's own Stan Van Gundy is out in New Orleans after only one year as the Head Coach
There are now six head coaching vacancies in the NBA (Portland, Boston, Indiana, Orlando, New Orleans and Washington) with strong rumors out there that if Milwaukee doesnt advance Budenholzer will be out too. And with Paul and Leonard now out indefinitely, the Jazz have moved back to being favorites to come out of the west right now when literally last night they were the longshot in Vegas.
I'll say this, if I was a highly sought after college head coach, say someone at a well-known, prestigious basketball school, I would certainly look at the instability in the NBA and think long and hard before even considering moving to that uncertain future. Especially if I was coaching at my alma mater where I was almost universally loved and respected by fans, alumni and even my fellow coaches. if I was THAT guy, I'd stay right where I was for a very, very long time.
My low back stiffened and I tweaked a hammy just reading this post.
I cannot be fired since I'm self-employed.
Like all of us, my status is day to day.
Kawhi with a torn ACL being reported by Shams. That could be next season too
The fact Utah or Phoenix will make the Finals is a nice development. Would be even better if they faced off against Milwaukee or Atlanta
But the RATINGS!!!!
Man, sports aren't as fun as they used to be when I was childly ignorant to what really mattered.
I'll say this, if I was a highly sought after college head coach, say someone at a well-known, prestigious basketball school, I would certainly look at the instability in the NBA and think long and hard before even considering moving to that uncertain future. Especially if I was coaching at my alma mater where I was almost universally loved and respected by fans, alumni and even my fellow coaches. if I was THAT guy, I'd stay right where I was for a very, very long time.
Just a reminder for you OP:
Never hurts to send a reminder to that purely hypothetical and highly sought after college head coach either.
Nor does it hurt to offer confirmation that he made the right decision to that purely hypothetical and highly sought after college head coach.
But...this all seems like pretty ordinary stuff. Okay, yeah, Paul is out with COVID--that's something. But a playoff injury? Two coaches got fired? I want Howard to chill in Maize n' Blue loungewear forever too but come on, man. Have you seen what's happening with major league baseball? Now there's a sport doing everything it can to kill itself.
The Kawhi news is legitimately huge -- on a day off, they went from being plausible favorites to win it all to being unlikely to make it out of the conference semifinals. Pretty extraordinary on the grand scale of Woj Bombs.
Two of the league's biggest stars getting ruled out AND two coaches getting fired all in the span of a couple hours isn't "pretty ordinary stuff."
Would any of that stop someone from taking an NBA coaching job because chaos and anarchy though? I'm old enough to remember Kareem getting hurt and unable to play in an NBA final. Yeah, it was news but...athletes get hurt. That's sports. Magic played center and the Lakers won anyway.
Ok? No idea what you're trying to say here.
Kareem got hurt like 50 years ago, so two of the biggest stars in the league getting hurt/ruled out today isn't big news? I disagree
This is what I'm responding to:
I'll say this, if I was a highly sought after college head coach, say someone at a well-known, prestigious basketball school, I would certainly look at the instability in the NBA and think long and hard before even considering moving to that uncertain future.
This is what I'm questioning--in a good-natured way.
And six days until the draft lottery, where the Pistons will surely win first overall pick!
Can you rig that for the Pistons, Vlad?
Not even Putin is that omnipotent
Vlad is a little busy right now shaking up the world order. Just huge balls, performing military exercises off of Hawaii on the same day he’s meeting with world leaders in Geneva. Actually maybe that’s exactly why he could rig it.
I'd be thrilled with anywhere in the top 4 and even 5 would not be a killer. Inevitably we will get royally fucked and end up at 6
I was about to post a similar thought. Give me a top 4 pick and I will be satisfied. Kuminga is a solid prospect at 5 but a huge project I'd rather not undertake. Would also take both Jalen's over Mobley.
So see you all here when we pick 6 and have to start dragging through some names.
I'll say this, if I was a highly sought after college head coach, say someone at a well-known, prestigious basketball school, I would certainly look at the instability in the NBA and think long and hard before even considering moving to that uncertain future.
“Michigan’s Juwan Howard continues to tell NBA teams he’s not interested in even a discussion on leaving Ann Arbor,” is part of what the ESPN NBA reporter tweeted, also adding that teams were starting to focus more on Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway, another former NBA all-star turned college head coach.
Unless you are talking about this head coach at this highly prestigious school?
I love the NBA
Its like wwe wrestling mixed with basketball
Best pro sports league by far
I like the nfl better.
The off-season in a way is just as exciting as the postseason and way more exciting than the regular season
I don't know. Maybe I could get more excited about the NBA if my team (Pistons) was any good.
Unfortunately I was fully immersed in it for the period between the mid-80s to the mid-90s when the Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, then Bulls staged a ten-year war. The basketball of that era was so superior to what we're seeing now it is not even close. Those were grown ass men who hated each others guts. It was delightful.
Yeah, except when Magic and Isaiah would kiss before the tip off.
#cringeworthy
I seem to recall Magic taking Isaiah's head off with a forearm about 10 minutes later. It got heated quickly.
You're definitely misremembering some things about mid-80s defenses. Barry McCockiner trolling notwithstanding, there were definitely some UPS drivers getting rotation minutes in that era who would be very fortunate to make a G League roster today.
Lingerie football is better. Much better.
Also has been reported that Calipari is open to coaching again in the NBA.
Would be crazy if NCCAB lost Roy, K and Cal all in the same year. Well K after next season, but still would be wild.
This is terrible news for the Suns, although they may overcome it. I don’t think the Clippers can win their series against Utah without Kawhi, though. It’s been a rough playoff for injuries. Embiid and Hardin looked like old men the last couple of nights. Even if Kawhi comes back, how effective will he be?
Penny ain’t no Juwan. Penny’s got a lot of great recruits through shady means, and still hasn’t done much in the tourney. Won’t have a bag advantage in the NBA.
Given that he's reportedly vaccinated -- and thus unlikely to experience prolonged illness -- and that the Suns won't be scheduled to start their next series for another week or so, I really don't think this is a huge deal for them. Maybe he misses a game or two, which would definitely hurt, but my money is still very much on the Suns to make it out of the West.
I think Juwan is very pleased to have a fun and thrilling job as the head coach at his alma mater. The NBA is a shit show and I think he knows better than to deal with their BS. He's seen it up close for a very long time.
If I were ranking coaching jobs for Juwan Howard, here's how I would rank them
1a. Michigan basketball head coach
1b. NBA head coach (any team)
3. NBA assistant coach (any team)
4. College head coach (any team but Michigan)
Howard wouldn't have come to Michigan if he had a head coaching job in the NBA when Beilein left, so I could easily switch those, but he won't leave for the NBA now that he has the Michigan job. Michigan was very fortunate that he was an NBA assistant when they had an opening.
Hopefully this is the end of SVG as an NBA coaching option. Those Magic teams were a long time ago and I despise him from his tenure in Detroit.
What you didn't think getting Blake Griffin and his two non-functional knees on a max deal was a good trade?
Go to Hell NBA..dont watch that crap anymore..I watch sports that play just for the sport not to hear or read their personal politics or disrespect the flag the anthem or the nation or all the people who died so they COULD act like ungrateful bastards..Im sorry but listening to athletes who have a sporting Skill running jumping throwing whatevever then rail about the system...the system that made them multi millionaires for running jumping throwing, not their brains , somehow its hard to take them seriously...EVERYONE has hardships in their lives in one form or another and we LEARN TO DEAL WITH IT AND MOVE ON WITHOUT WHINING..I know I know thats not very WOKE of me...guess what? COULD CARE LESS...WOKEISM is ruining this country
I've been here over 10 years so I've certainly seen my fair share of thinly veiled racist posts.
Yours is not very thinly veiled. I can only image the words you wanted to type but decided to edit out when describing the players.
Yowza, that's quite a series of takes.
Consistent with his posting history, for anyone interested in trudging through some semiliterate, misinformed, racist-adjacent sludge.
Yes, I just saw this and "trudged" through his previous posts. He blows up about something about once a week or so, screaming constantly about "wokeism", "cancel culture", etc., and it started almost immediately after he opened his account. My guess is that he was previously banned.
Enough from him already.
I'm just going to beat around the bush (or Poplar tree for your sake)...
You're a racist fucking idiot. Go change yourself.
“LEARN TO DEAL WITH IT AND MOVE ON WITHOUT WHINING”
Irony. What a sore pussy.
Hey Maize4Ever, you're not a professional athlete, so you have no right to comment on professional athletes. Just shut up and stay in your lane.
Am I doing this right?
Kawhi with a torn ACL being reported by Shams. That could be next season too
What about Cliff Paul? He alright?
How come Izzo isn't getting any calls?!
I don’t follow the NBA…coaches are being fired after making the playoffs?
The nba is still around?
I wonder: if someone offered to quadruple your salary and give you a 5 year contract, would you just blow the offer off? Maybe, if you had already earned millions playing basketball.