The pelicans old coach.NBA draft is 2 weeks from today and the OKC Thunder still don't have a head coach.
There aren't even any rumors about about candidates.
Why do you hate me, @Rev?The pelicans old coach.
I have no idea who it was but I clicked on the thread I saw that Gundy was hired as the Pelicans coach. Figured he could use a job.Why do you hate me, @Rev?
Nothing personal against Gentry but I kind of want to see them go the unconventional route and go with someone who's never been a HC. A few weeks back team beat writers actually floated the idea of Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammond.
Agreed, I could see Avdija being no more than Nikola Mirotic though, but it's not a great draft.Avdija is my top choice for the Bulls, not really a fan of Ball or Edwards who definitely have higher ceilings but have massive holes in their games. I could be talked into Hayes or Okongwu potentially also.
Yea, Avdija is 6-9+ with legitimate handles/passing ability/vision. He has some holes in his game, and in a draft like 2018 or 2019 he'd probably go around 6-8 when you have clear franchise types at the top like Zion/Morant or Ayton/Doncic, but those don't exist in this draft so you bump him up a few spots.Agreed, I could see Avdija being no more than Nikola Mirotic though, but it's not a great draft.
Edwards I would probably take due to hoping he's a Trae Young type shooter/scorer, but I'm not enamored with Ball, or Hayes for that matter, or any of the other bigs like Toppin.
Yea, this is one of the weakest drafts in forever at the top, that's why I don't mind rolling the dice on a size/athleticism prospect like Williams who has pristine work ethic/intangibles with a baseline of being a very good defender/3+D type who can play a Jerami Grant type of role.This year's draft class just might be the weakest class since that 2013 class.
Isaac Okoro from Auburn went 5th overall. To me he seems like another version of Andre Roberson. Athletic guy with good length and defensive skills who can't shoot.
This morning I'm reading The Ringer's player analysis and draft recap and they compare his skills to Gerald Wallace and Justise Winslow.
I can't believe a player with those player comps went 5th overall.
I don't know about the Chicago assistant coaches but Billy Donovan's ability to influence the development of young players didn't impress me. Which surprised me given that he was a career college coach prior to making the jump to the NBA.Yea, this is one of the weakest drafts in forever at the top, that's why I don't mind rolling the dice on a size/athleticism prospect like Williams who has pristine work ethic/intangibles with a baseline of being a very good defender/3+D type who can play a Jerami Grant type of role.
He deserves some credit for Gilgeous presumably, although it's not necessarily just the HC, some organizations in general just develop players better (Miami, Utah, etc.), so I hope that's what the Bulls can develop into.I don't know about the Chicago assistant coaches but Billy Donovan's ability to influence the development of young players didn't impress me. Which surprised me given that he was a career college coach prior to making the jump to the NBA.
In his 5 seasons in OKC there were only 2 young players who I saw that made massive improvement under Billy D. Jerami Grant and Darius Bazley. And honestly I give Chris Paul more credit for Bazley's development than I do the coaches. CP3 practically adopted Bazley this past season.
Maybe the problem was with the OKC's assistant coaches. Time will tell.
And yet they lost!The Mavs were beating the Clippers 77-27 at half yesterday. Holy hell.