This is somewhat interesting of a potential hire. I wonder if they were to hire him what Shaw would do?
Adelman is a good hire if they keep the team intact.
Lakes should give him a raise if they want to keep him for rebuild in two years.
Of course, Adelman has a proven track record.
Proven he has not coached a champion.
They might look at success financially as going to conf. finals. That he has done.
Knicks could be the same thing. Build it to entertain and make money.
Its all about the "Product".
Juice wrote:This is somewhat interesting of a potential hire. I wonder if they were to hire him what Shaw would do?
The Lakers gave Shaw permission to talk to the Golden State Warriors.
This is the right type of hire for the Lakers, and is one of the names I threw out there along with Coach K and Jeff Van Gundy. They need somebody who hasn't won a championship and who can light a fire under these players, because the core of this Laker team isn't going anywhere.
wow.... the coach who i wanted the knicks to get is going to the lakers..sighhh
Nalod wrote:Adelman is a good hire if they keep the team intact.Lakes should give him a raise if they want to keep him for rebuild in two years.
Of course, Adelman has a proven track record.
Proven he has not coached a champion.
They might look at success financially as going to conf. finals. That he has done.
Knicks could be the same thing. Build it to entertain and make money.
Its all about the "Product".
I want a chip more than anything else, but I'd settle for contention and tough playoff series, heated rivalries, and more of that 90's era determination to win. It is entertaining to try to win a chip and come up just short. Might not be as satisfying as getting rings, but it's worth doing for the sake of the game and us fans. I'm not suggesting that our ambition as a team should be to be almost-rans, but it's better than being first round losers every year. There are no guarantees in the NBA.
Moonangie wrote:Nalod wrote:Adelman is a good hire if they keep the team intact.Lakes should give him a raise if they want to keep him for rebuild in two years.
Of course, Adelman has a proven track record.
Proven he has not coached a champion.
They might look at success financially as going to conf. finals. That he has done.
Knicks could be the same thing. Build it to entertain and make money.
Its all about the "Product".
I want a chip more than anything else, but I'd settle for contention and tough playoff series, heated rivalries, and more of that 90's era determination to win. It is entertaining to try to win a chip and come up just short. Might not be as satisfying as getting rings, but it's worth doing for the sake of the game and us fans. I'm not suggesting that our ambition as a team should be to be almost-rans, but it's better than being first round losers every year. There are no guarantees in the NBA.
I hear you and don't disagree. I think most fans don't or won't recognize the "product" aspect of what is happening. As long as the games are relevant I too am satisfied!
All teams basically do this anyway. OK got lucky with Durant and understand a dustbowl like OK (not really of course) cannot attract top tier talent by money alone. So you draft it. With Jeff Green, you trade it for what you need (for Perkins).
Adelman is a good fit in LA. So might MDA for that matter.
Moonangie wrote:Nalod wrote:Adelman is a good hire if they keep the team intact.Lakes should give him a raise if they want to keep him for rebuild in two years.
Of course, Adelman has a proven track record.
Proven he has not coached a champion.
They might look at success financially as going to conf. finals. That he has done.
Knicks could be the same thing. Build it to entertain and make money.
Its all about the "Product".
I want a chip more than anything else, but I'd settle for contention and tough playoff series, heated rivalries, and more of that 90's era determination to win. It is entertaining to try to win a chip and come up just short. Might not be as satisfying as getting rings, but it's worth doing for the sake of the game and us fans. I'm not suggesting that our ambition as a team should be to be almost-rans, but it's better than being first round losers every year. There are no guarantees in the NBA.
That's a beautiful point. In sports, teams can only be built to a certain level and then actually winning the chips comes down to circumstances and matchups and things that are outside the control of putting the roster together. In the NBA, I think you can build a team to get to that conference semifinals or conference finals every year, but then the difference in talent becomes so miniscule that it's hard to determine a winner on paper. The Lakers have just been a complete dynasty, but if you look at the other recent great runs, like San Antonio, Phoenix, Dallas, Boston, etc..., those teams don't win the chips very often. The Knicks haven't won in my lifetime, so I'd probably be able to deal with it if the Knicks won one chip and then broke up the team or whatever.
However, if the Knicks are good and play but Miami runs off the next 5 to 6 titles because they have James and Wade it'd be hard for me to be upset.
To Nalod's point, I think that saying that coach or player x or y hasn't won a ring is a pretty poor evaluation method. The Lakers aren't going to get an upgrade over Jackson, but Adleman has a track record of getting the most out of his talent, and that's exactly the type of coach LA needs at this juncture. We all know that winning is just as much or more about the players as it is the coaching.
Coaching-wise, the Knicks are better off keeping Pringle right now so they can fish for Phil Jackson if Mike can't get the job done.
Nalod wrote:Adelman is a good fit in LA. So might MDA for that matter.
I really don't see Kobe embracing MDA's loosey goosey style. I could see him embrace Nash though.
Adelman is a good coach. They are smart to go after him. I wish the Knicks were looking at him as a canidate.
I don't think any all defensive team player wants Mike Dantoni coaching his team. The guy is a disrespect to professional basketball.
JrZyHuStLa wrote:I don't think any all defensive team player wants Mike Dantoni coaching his team. The guy is a disrespect to professional basketball.
Its funny because there have been two things that I keep hearing or reading about what teams need to be successful in the playoffs, size and good defense. This isn't something new, it is tried and true. D'Antoni teams don't play either.
