2022/3 season thread

Bob Myers out in GS. Crazy to let him go. Really dumb move IMO.

I know it’s been flagged but I’m just surprised it got to this stage. I wonder how much the Draymond Poole thing affected this? You have to imagine it played a part as it’s not the first time he’s had “difficulties” with him.

Nick Nurse in in Philly. Not sure about this one tbh, not sure he has the personnel to do what he did in Toronto (or Derby in England 🤣), and the Harden question is still up in the air. Will be interested to see how it goes. I’d expect a lot of personnel changes.

Yeah the Lakers is an obvious one and they’d throw money at him to do so. And he’s probably one of the few GMs in the League who’d tell LeBron “no” and be able to back it up. RP has probably bought some time in the seat re. other contenders but I’d imagine he’d get the bullet in a heartbeat if BM is interested.

The “I want to spend time with my family” is always the story in these situations, but it’s rarely true. He seems like a genuinely nice guy from everything I’ve read to any of the interviews or podcasts I’ve heard him do. With that in mind I can easily see how the Draymond BS over the years would affect him, because he was the one dealing with it and dishing out the punishments etc. Draymond bitched about him on his podcast last year (before the Poole incident btw) so you’d imagine with any of these guys they never have to work again financially so it could genuinely be a case of “f_ _ _ it, I’m out”.

Denver in 5 or 6

I don’t think Miami will be too disappointed with that tbh, 2nd half performance was much better than the 1st for them, which points to improvements and adjustments tactically at half time - which you’d expect from Spo.

Wonderful performance from Jokic, esp. in the 1st half when he wasn’t shooting and just facilitating. Aaron Gordon had an amazing 1st Quarter off a Jokic feeds and a great game defensively. Jokic is just a zone buster in the 1-3-1 offensive set. When he gets the ball in that high post slot he just has so many options. Miami can’t play zone like this and expect to win.

if he continues on his current trajectory he will be All Time Top 10,

.But as Carcharadon says he isn’t sexy, or cool. There’s nothing sexy about a 7 foot white guy with a 6 inch vertical jump, incredibly sound fundamentals playing through game below the rim, and with zero interest in social media or his brand. it’s hilarious to me that he was trending search topic in the US a few weeks ago. A 2 time league MVP being the most searched player during the Conf Finals because casual Laker fans are like “who is this guy?”. He’s appreciated by those who know, but also still has to battle race and continental bias too bizarrely by those who should know a lot better. It’s nice to see a lot of pundits being forced to eat humble pie on him too.