Random NBA Observations 2014 - 2015

[Brozay]

Coach Stevens should be coach of the year.

What he's doing with the Celtics speaks for itself.

At the beginning of the season, it was universally agreed that the Celtics would tank for the draft lottery. Now, we're sitting at the 7th seed. This is after trading away Rondo and Green and replacing them with Isaiah Thomas, Evan Turner, and Marcus Smart. And with Jared Sullinger missing a huge chunk of this season.

Stevens did nothing short of an incredible job with the Celtics this season. He took a team of young and inexperienced players and led them to the playoffs. And he's setting them up nicely for this offseason and for next year.

Imagine what he would've done with actual all-star players.

Isiah is an upgrade over Rondo tho

 

[William F. Russell]

Yeah, Kerr & Bud both have great arguments too

Winning 67 games in the West probably takes it

Kerr had an easier job than Stevens. Kerr basically took over a project that Mark Jackson built the foundation for. The Warriors were already a playoff caliber team who was expected to improve coming into this season. Of ourselves Kerr has done a fantastic job getting the Warriors to be the best in the West by a decent margin but a lot of the hard work was already done by Jackson (assembling players, coaching them to be playoff-caliber, etc.).

Stevens, on the other hand, took a lottery team in flux, gutted it, threw in young and inexperienced (yet hungry) players, coached them in impressive wins against better opposition, and has them in the playoffs. Nobody saw this coming. Just imagine what he could do with all-stars.

 

[Brozay]

Kerr had an easier job than Stevens. Kerr basically took over a project that Mark Jackson built the foundation for. The Warriors were already a playoff caliber team who was expected to improve coming into this season. Of ourselves Kerr has done a fantastic job getting the Warriors to be the best in the West by a decent margin but a lot of the hard work was already done by Jackson (assembling players, coaching them to be playoff-caliber, etc.).

Stevens, on the other hand, took a lottery team in flux, gutted it, threw in young and inexperienced (yet hungry) players, coached them in impressive wins against better opposition, and has them in the playoffs. Nobody saw this coming. Just imagine what he could do with all-stars.

67 wins in the West >>

has them atop both offensive & defensive rankings

Warriors were being called a middle of the road playoff team, they performed like an all time great team this season

That clearly trumps being an 8th seed (in a shytty conference), regardless of expectations

 

[William F. Russell]

Isiah is an upgrade over Rondo tho

Chill.

Rondo wasn't staying for a rebuild without big-time money.

Moreover, he and Isaiah have completely different playing styles. Isaiah wouldn't be the starting point guard on a legitimate contender.

 

[Brozay]

Chill.

Rondo wasn't staying for a rebuild without big-time money.

Moreover, he and Isaiah have completely different playing styles. Isaiah wouldn't be the starting point guard on a legitimate contender.

regardless, Isiah has had a better year than Rondo this season (different playing styles notwithstanding)

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Kerr had an easier job than Stevens. Kerr basically took over a project that Mark Jackson built the foundation for. The Warriors were already a playoff caliber team who was expected to improve coming into this season. Of ourselves Kerr has done a fantastic job getting the Warriors to be the best in the West by a decent margin but a lot of the hard work was already done by Jackson (assembling players, coaching them to be playoff-caliber, etc.).

Stevens, on the other hand, took a lottery team in flux, gutted it, threw in young and inexperienced (yet hungry) players, coached them in impressive wins against better opposition, and has them in the playoffs. Nobody saw this coming. Just imagine what he could do with all-stars.

No team has ever made a jump from 50 wins to what we've done this season though. I'm not making a case for Kerr because I don't care if he gets it or not but he's had a historic season.

 

[William F. Russell]

67 wins in the West >>

has them atop both offensive & defensive rankings

Warriors were being called a middle of the road playoff team, they performed like an all time great team this season

That clearly trumps being an 8th seed (in a shytty conference), regardless of expectations

Cs are 7th.

And, by your logic, Bud shouldn't be given serious consideration since the East is so "shytty"

 

[William F. Russell]

No team has ever made a jump from 50 wins to what we've done this season though. I'm not making a case for Kerr because I don't care if he gets it or not but he's had a historic season.

I'm not denying Kerr's work. He's done very well.

I'm just saying Stevens has pulled off a miracle this as far as that Celtics organization is concerned.

 

[William F. Russell]

regardless, Isiah has had a better year than Rondo this season (different playing styles notwithstanding)

I can admit that as far as this season's concerned. But the Mavs brought in Rondo for the playoffs so let's see how he performs then.

Every GM in the NBA would much rather have Rondo than Thomas as a starting PG.

Rondo > Thomas and you'd be a fool to argue otherwise.

 

[Brozay]

Cs are 7th.

And, by your logic, Bud shouldn't be given serious consideration since the East is so "shytty"

I know, I overlooked Kerr initially in this thread. And by shytty East, I mean the teams battling out, under .500, for the last two spots. Im not throwing shade on any 60 win season

Kerr should be the run away winner. The Warriors have been ridiculously good this season.

 

[SchoolboyC]

Celtics have been winning with fukking Evan Turner running the offense. A starting lineup of Marcus Smart, Avery Bradley, Evan Turner, Brandon Bass and Tyler Zeller.

I don't mind someone preferring Bud or Kerr to win COY, but Stevens absolutely deserves to be in the conversation

 

[Brozay]

for the record, I think Stevens is a terrific coach, and the job hes done in Boston this season has been outstanding

Kerr just has that award locked up

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

No team has ever made a jump from 50 wins to what we've done this season though.

What does that mean?

 

[jaguar paw]

No team has ever made a jump from 50 wins to what we've done this season though.

 

[SchoolboyC]

And I don't see why it would be held against the Celtics because they're a fringe playoff team in the East, even if you took the top 16 teams record wise the Suns would be ranked 16th and the Celtics have the same amount of losses as them