According to Washburn, not a single one of Wade's three-pointers was contested.
A question for Joe's defenders: when a guy is white hot like that, does it make sense to cover him? Or is the "no adjustments" strategy the best one?
I think they just executed bad… Poor rotations, not communicating on defense and leaving him open during transition which is where he made most of his threes. I think it was because they had switched off with 10 minutes ago. They were up by 20 they thought they were gonna coast to victory, And that it’s hard to switch back on when the other team applies pressure and you’re thinking about the nice hot shower you’re going to have in 10 mins
This result is humiliating and should sting a lot… and if they’re going to take the plaudits for winning by 50 they deserve all the criticism that’s going to come their way over the next couple of days. That a guy like Wade out, scored the entire Celtics lineup, including our starters in the fourth quarter. The only explanation for it is that they had mailed it in before that thinking they were gonna win. Disrespected the game and they got what they deserved.
While it's obviously true that the Celtics were coasting, does the coach have no obligations? Isn't his job to identify what is going wrong on the floor, and to help his team respond to it? If not, why is he there at all?
Wonder If Warriors fans were asking the same of Steve Kerr after that loss the other night. Guess he didn’t call enough timeouts.
When a team loses by 50, it usually doesn't come down to coaching. That's why Joe really hasn't gotten a lot of criticism when we've been blown out this year, or even after the Lakers game, when the team clearly didn't show up to play.
That said, yes, Kerr was in fact criticized after their loss to the Celtics. They experimented with sagging off of Jaylen, and it turned out to be a bad call. People acknowledged that, rather than pretending that Kerr was infallible. That's something that Joe's super fans would never consider.
I'm not sure if he has super fans. Just people that call out nonsensical claims like he's a bottom 5 coach, he can't improve, and he's not competent. I don't think he deserves coach of the year and don't think he's incredible. I think he's a league average coach, which isn't bad for Year 2.
I didn't see last night's game, but it looked like a tough loss. If the regular season doesn't count, why are we drawing conclusions about Joe from a regular season game?