Is Taylor Jenkins an un-appreciated NBA coach?

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Taylor Jenkins - Wikipedia

Jenkins interned with the San Antonio Spurs basketball operations department during the 2007–08 season.[4]

From 2008 to 2013, Jenkins worked as an assistant coach and a head coach for the San Antonio Spurs D-League affiliate, the Austin Toros. As the head coach, Jenkins led the Toros to a 27–23 (.540) record during the 2012–13 season and a first-round playoff victory over the Bakersfield Jam before falling to the Santa Cruz Warriors in the semifinals. In 2011–2012, Jenkins was an assistant on the coaching staff when the Toros won the D-League Championship.[4]

Jenkins worked as an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks for five years (2013–2018) under head coach Mike Budenholzer. The Hawks reached the playoffs four consecutive years including a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2015. Jenkins helped develop four of the Hawks 2015 starting five into NBA All-Stars (four starters appeared on the 2015 NBA All-Star roster).[5] Jenkins later followed Budenholzer to be an assistant for the Milwaukee Bucks during the 2018–19 NBA season. The Bucks finished with a league best 60 wins, and clinched the #1 spot in the Eastern Conference for the first time in 45 years.[6]



First year with the Grizzlies they were 34-39.
Second year 38-34.
Currently 36-18.



The Bucks are still a very good team but in the years without Jenkins assisting Budenholzer, the team's winning percentage has gotten progressively worse


No disrespect to this thread: So Taylor Jenkins never even played college ball...

 

[Flex Grossman]

Most people that read the thread title probably don’t know who he coaches for. So yea

 

[Remote]

Most people that read the thread title probably don’t know who he coaches for. So yea

Why wouldn't they?

I thought the coli watches games. They don't check stats or box scores or highlights. So they should be familiar with all the players and coaches.

 

[The God Poster]

No but Ty Lue is

 

[Hey_zeus]

Early for this kinda talk

 

[Rev]

First name makes you think he’s white. Last name makes you second guess yourself.

 

[duckbutta]

Ja took a leap and Jackson actually plays now AND doesn't start every game with 2 fouls. Not sure how much credit I can give a coach building a good team around a number 2 and 4 pick in their 3rd and 5th year, I guess he gets credit for not fukking it up like Brad Stevens did.

 

[Stop_It_5]

No but Ty Lue is

Top 5 Lue flipped the narrative after last years playoffs.

Went from being labeled as just another guy who was along for the ride on a Bron team to getting his respect as one of the best in-game adjusters/Xs & Os coach out there.

 

[Remote]

So Memphis is now the #2 seed in the West.
Still no opinion on the job Jenkins is doing?

 

[Hoodoo Child]

So Memphis is now the #2 seed in the West.
Still no opinion on the job Jenkins is doing?

He's doing a pheromonal job with the Grizzlies. Some might say he's 'overachieving'. However, he needs to do this consistently before we can crown him.

COTY if he takes us to the WCF in his first 3 seasons.

 

[FAH1223]

I remember when Coli nikkas was clowning the Grizz for the hire.

 

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[funkee]

should be COY

 

[UpAndComing]

It really helps when a coach is young enough to relate to the players

It's not always a slam dunk, but does make the coaching easier

 

[Remote]

It really helps when a coach is young enough to relate to the players

It's not always a slam dunk, but does make the coaching easier

Larry Brown seems like the "poster boy" for a coach who never really adapted to a new generation of athletes.