2018-2019 NBA Regular Season Thread

[CitySushi]

It's official now, coach is gone. Not sure how to feel about this right now. The team exceeded expectations by a lot but he wasn't a great coach.

Feels like a Mark Jackson situation. Get the guys to see their potential but now you need an x's and o's guy to put it together.

 

[CitySushi]

Jason Kidd, Mark Jackson, or even Luke Walton if he becomes available. Pass

Need Vlade to throw all the money at Ettore Messina.

 

[YourFriendGannon]

 

[Bolts]

Feels like a Mark Jackson situation. Get the guys to see their potential but now you need an x's and o's guy to put it together.

I hope that's the case, Joerger got the process moving forward and someone new leads them to a title(maybe not year one like Kerr but at some point).

Need Vlade to throw all the money at Ettore Messina.

Messina is who I want them to get, and it sounds like he's interested in the job.

 

[Bolts]

Ty Lue? lol

 

[dtgold88]

No surprise but Cavs and Larry Drew parted ways.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[Montalban]

Interesting how some of the trolliest trolls have disappeared. Even though LeBron finally had a shit year @DorianRo is AWOL. And the Warriors are rolling so of course @Montalban has nothing to say.

Some of us have real lives that get in the way of our posting

 

[tducey]

Dave Joerger's firing surprises me, I thought the Kings did quite well this year.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Cavs not bringing back Drew for second season

CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Cavaliers are not bringing back coach Larry Drew for a second season, the team announced Thursday.

Drew led the Cavs to a 19-57 record; he took over when Tyronn Lue was fired Oct. 28 after an 0-6 start.

The team said it reached a mutual decision with Drew.

"We have great respect and appreciation for Larry and the job that he did as the head coach of the Cavaliers for nearly the entire 2018-19 campaign. He brought professionalism, class and steady leadership both this past season and prior four years," general manager Koby Altman said in a statement.

"Larry and I had a productive discussion about this past season, the future of the franchise and the search process that we will shortly launch regarding the head coaching role. Larry respectfully declined to participate in the search process and will not be returning to coach the Cavaliers. All of us in Cleveland wish Larry nothing but the best going forward."

Drew was praised by players for guiding them through an injury-filled season, the club's first since LeBron James left as a free agent. Altman will now hire the Cavs' fifth coach since 2013.

Drew, 61, had been with the Cavs since 2016, when he was brought to Cleveland by Lue. The team won the NBA title in Drew's first season on Lue's staff.

"I am very proud of what we accomplished over the last several years together and will always cherish our championship," Drew said in a statement. "I also want to commend our players this season for the bond that they established, the way they approached their jobs and the hard work and growth they had every day. I am very proud of them and wish them the best as they continue to develop for the future."

When he replaced Lue, Drew knew the Cavs might go in another direction at some point and asked the team to restructure his contract.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Wonder who the Cavs hire...I hope they get a good coach, decent coach...fuck just hire a coach with a pulse for once.

 

[msgkings322]

Some of us have real lives that get in the way of our posting

What about you?

 

[Bolts]

Wonder who the Cavs hire...I hope they get a good coach, decent coach...fuck just hire a coach with a pulse for once.

Dave Joerger is available.

 

[msgkings322]

Dave Joerger is available.

So is Magic Johnson

 

[WiggyRuss]

Wonder who the Cavs hire...I hope they get a good coach, decent coach...fuck just hire a coach with a pulse for once.

its not going to be a big name. It'll be a developmental guy.

One guy that I thought would be a great coach one day when he was with the Cavs was Malone- who is now the coach of the Nuggets.

i suspect they go for a young guy who is up and coming with some innovative ideas and a focus on developing young guys. Dont expect a Jason Kidd of Mark Jackson or Tom Izzo or random big name retread.

 

[WiggyRuss]

I mean, be a top 10 PG in the NBA you have to be SO good.

here are the top 10, in my mind, in pretty much no specific order

1. RW
2. Lillard
3. Curry
4. CP3
5. Kyrie
6. Holliday
7. Kemba
8. Lowry
9. Conley
10. Russell (does Deangelo Russel break into top 10 point guards?


is Ben Simmons a point guard? Is Doncic a point guard?

Right outside-- Harris, Fox, Bledsoe, (should we count John Wall?), Trae Young






Last:

Lonzo Ball and whoever the Suns are starting

 

[YourFriendGannon]

Right outside-- Harris, Fox, Bledsoe, (should we count John Wall?), Trae Young

?? You mean Murray?

 

[Montalban]

What about you?

Just came back from a backpacking trip into Havasupai Falls. If it’s not already on your bucket list, put it there. It’s incredible

 

[Montalban]

Warriors have the easiest possible first round matchup against the sorriest team in the playoffs. Finally things are looking up

 

[Shanemansj13]