Yes, but a NBA Championship-winning coach wasn’t available until now. I’m hoping that changes things.
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In all seriousness
I think Bud is much better as a program builder coach than a title chasing coach. I think his regular season success (unimpeachable) and playoff struggles (save the two years prior to this) lead to that
Not meant as an insult, I think it’s what the Pistons need. But he will clearly be very expensive.
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More than most, Bud may benefit from a year off. In a lot of dimensions but I’m thinking primarily of family life.
If the Pistons were to win the lottery, I’d be more intrigued.
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$hit post we’re fine!
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If true
I’m not a fan
White or Quinn were the guys that interested me most. I hear White is a finalist in Toronto though and I’d wager they’re paying more.
(I’m thinking the Milwaukee assistant…is that Charles White or Charles Lee? That guy)
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I wanted a journeyman former NBA player so I might have monkey pawed this. I’m willing to keep an open mind but I want to know what he was doing in the three years between getting forced out of college and taking over the Overtime Elite.
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Overtime Elite really prepares you to coach the highest level of basketball in the world
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I always wanted them to give Bill Laimbeer a shot.
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Nick Nurse was a G League coach and there are a lot of good people who went the scouting and development route. So I won’t hold that against him. Just not sure what he was doing the three years before that.
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Lots of good coaches have come from G League gigs (Dagnault as well off the top of my head)
I’m not clear what coaching OTE really applies to the NBA
I said earlier in this thread - NBA front offices LOVE Kevin Ollie, it’s why he got to play for like a dozen years despite never being good
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He wasn’t coaching OTE. He was head of Coaching and Player Development.
Is that better? (Not rhetorical, I swear)
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Just more accurate. Sort of like how Rod Strickland (or was it Nick Van Exel? Or both?) were high up in overseeing player development in the G League but not part of a specific team’s coaching staff. Like I said, I have no idea if he can coach at a high level in the NBA.
More trusted source. Maybe they should rename this feed Trilly Packer, amirite?
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Bad week for Trilliam
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I’m intrigued by Collins.
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If I could bet the Over 0.5 on one of Trilly’s two wrong takes this week to actually happen, I would hammer it
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It is literally impossible for one guy to have insider contacts at all high major programs and nba franchises
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