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Re: Brad Stevens vs Rivers' Clippers who wins an NBA championship first
« Reply #60 on: December 13, 2015, 09:24:29 PM »

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Clips look terrible.

Some criticism I have of the Clips -

They use Deandre Jordan on offense like he's Kendrick Perkins.

Blake Griffin still has an awkward jump shot.

Doc Rivers over obsession with veterans turned this team into a sluggish and slow team.

Chris Paul starting to not look as sharp.

Clippers look awful and the Celtics look good yet they have the same record.  What happens when the Clippers start looking good?
They'll probably go make more commercials.

Re: Brad Stevens vs Rivers' Clippers who wins an NBA championship first
« Reply #61 on: December 13, 2015, 09:25:07 PM »

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Clippers have two stars in place.  They have a championship level head coach.  What they lack is championship level gm. 

Doc the gm is not good. 


But the Celtics still need NBA luck to get the stars needed to win the title.  Ainge has made the moves to put the Celtics in great position to get stars, but it still takes luck. 

Lotto luck.  Star available to trade for luck. 



So until the Celtics have the stars in place, the Clippers have the better shot.
I'll put Danny's luck and CBS' skill over Doc's skill as a GM and coach any day.  I don't even feel like it's fair. I just saw a slightly undermanned Celtics take a slightly more undermanned Warriors to double OT with some help from some one sided reffing helping the champs. The Celts are for real and the Clips aren't. They should go make some Kia and insurance commercials. It's what they're good at.


To me, the Celtics are the new version of the Wallace lead Bobcats.  They have talented players, but no stars.  Their coach have them playing playoff level intensity all season.  Come playoff time, they don't have that higher playoff kick other teams (mostly top teams) have to raise their level.

The difference between that Bobcat team and the Celtics is the management in place and the unused chips for improvement.


Oh and that Clippers team did beat the Spurs last year in the playoffs so I guess they did more than just make commercials.
Maybe they should get some sort of banner for that

What banner has this current Celtics team won? 


But yes, I have more faith in a team that can knock off the Spurs then the current Celtics.

When Doc arrived in LA, everyone looked at the Clippers as legitimate title contenders.  If the best thing you can say about them three years later is that they're a little better than a team without a single all-star, that does not reflect well on Doc.

Mike

Doc the GM is not good.  Ainge gave him pieces that could fit and Doc made it work.

Doc has not given himself the pieces that fit. 


Re: Brad Stevens vs Rivers' Clippers who wins an NBA championship first
« Reply #62 on: December 13, 2015, 09:26:59 PM »

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Clippers have two stars in place.  They have a championship level head coach.  What they lack is championship level gm. 

Doc the gm is not good. 


But the Celtics still need NBA luck to get the stars needed to win the title.  Ainge has made the moves to put the Celtics in great position to get stars, but it still takes luck. 

Lotto luck.  Star available to trade for luck. 



So until the Celtics have the stars in place, the Clippers have the better shot.
I'll put Danny's luck and CBS' skill over Doc's skill as a GM and coach any day.  I don't even feel like it's fair. I just saw a slightly undermanned Celtics take a slightly more undermanned Warriors to double OT with some help from some one sided reffing helping the champs. The Celts are for real and the Clips aren't. They should go make some Kia and insurance commercials. It's what they're good at.


To me, the Celtics are the new version of the Wallace lead Bobcats.  They have talented players, but no stars.  Their coach have them playing playoff level intensity all season.  Come playoff time, they don't have that higher playoff kick other teams (mostly top teams) have to raise their level.

The difference between that Bobcat team and the Celtics is the management in place and the unused chips for improvement.


Oh and that Clippers team did beat the Spurs last year in the playoffs so I guess they did more than just make commercials.
Maybe they should get some sort of banner for that

What banner has this current Celtics team won? 


But yes, I have more faith in a team that can knock off the Spurs then the current Celtics.
So today which team would the Warriors be more likely to lose to?  The Clips or the Celtics?


In a playoff scenario, the Clippers.   There is no one on the Celtics team that can do what Blake or Paul have done.  No one as clutch as Pierce.
I'll agree to disagree. Pierce isn't exactly our Grandpa's Pierce any more and Blake and Paul haven't done anything.

What have any of the current Celtics done? 

Meanwhile we can point to what Blake, Paul and even Pierce did last year in the playoffs.



I wish I could pick the Celtics at this point, but that is not where they are yet in the rebuild.  And there is nothing wrong with that.  The process is moving forward.
Well the Celts pushed the champions to double OT the other night.  And facts are that the Celts have generally beaten expectations and the Clips haven't.

And the Clippers knocked the defending champion out of the playoffs last year. 

Re: Brad Stevens vs Rivers' Clippers who wins an NBA championship first
« Reply #63 on: December 13, 2015, 09:28:16 PM »

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Clippers have two stars in place.  They have a championship level head coach.  What they lack is championship level gm. 

Doc the gm is not good. 


But the Celtics still need NBA luck to get the stars needed to win the title.  Ainge has made the moves to put the Celtics in great position to get stars, but it still takes luck. 

Lotto luck.  Star available to trade for luck. 



So until the Celtics have the stars in place, the Clippers have the better shot.
I'll put Danny's luck and CBS' skill over Doc's skill as a GM and coach any day.  I don't even feel like it's fair. I just saw a slightly undermanned Celtics take a slightly more undermanned Warriors to double OT with some help from some one sided reffing helping the champs. The Celts are for real and the Clips aren't. They should go make some Kia and insurance commercials. It's what they're good at.


To me, the Celtics are the new version of the Wallace lead Bobcats.  They have talented players, but no stars.  Their coach have them playing playoff level intensity all season.  Come playoff time, they don't have that higher playoff kick other teams (mostly top teams) have to raise their level.

The difference between that Bobcat team and the Celtics is the management in place and the unused chips for improvement.


Oh and that Clippers team did beat the Spurs last year in the playoffs so I guess they did more than just make commercials.
Maybe they should get some sort of banner for that

What banner has this current Celtics team won? 


But yes, I have more faith in a team that can knock off the Spurs then the current Celtics.

When Doc arrived in LA, everyone looked at the Clippers as legitimate title contenders.  If the best thing you can say about them three years later is that they're a little better than a team without a single all-star, that does not reflect well on Doc.

Mike

Doc the GM is not good.  Ainge gave him pieces that could fit and Doc made it work.

Doc has not given himself the pieces that fit.
I admit there is the distinct possibility that if in a different universe DA had gone to LA and been the GM then maybe Doc the coach would have achieved more with this team.
But that team has pieces that tons of teams would love to have and I have no doubt whatsoever that CBS would do a better job with the Clips than Doc and if Doc were in Boston the Celtics would be a horrible horrible team right now

Re: Brad Stevens vs Rivers' Clippers who wins an NBA championship first
« Reply #64 on: December 13, 2015, 09:30:01 PM »

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Clippers have two stars in place.  They have a championship level head coach.  What they lack is championship level gm. 

Doc the gm is not good. 


But the Celtics still need NBA luck to get the stars needed to win the title.  Ainge has made the moves to put the Celtics in great position to get stars, but it still takes luck. 

Lotto luck.  Star available to trade for luck. 



So until the Celtics have the stars in place, the Clippers have the better shot.
I'll put Danny's luck and CBS' skill over Doc's skill as a GM and coach any day.  I don't even feel like it's fair. I just saw a slightly undermanned Celtics take a slightly more undermanned Warriors to double OT with some help from some one sided reffing helping the champs. The Celts are for real and the Clips aren't. They should go make some Kia and insurance commercials. It's what they're good at.


To me, the Celtics are the new version of the Wallace lead Bobcats.  They have talented players, but no stars.  Their coach have them playing playoff level intensity all season.  Come playoff time, they don't have that higher playoff kick other teams (mostly top teams) have to raise their level.

The difference between that Bobcat team and the Celtics is the management in place and the unused chips for improvement.


Oh and that Clippers team did beat the Spurs last year in the playoffs so I guess they did more than just make commercials.
Maybe they should get some sort of banner for that

What banner has this current Celtics team won? 


But yes, I have more faith in a team that can knock off the Spurs then the current Celtics.
So today which team would the Warriors be more likely to lose to?  The Clips or the Celtics?


In a playoff scenario, the Clippers.   There is no one on the Celtics team that can do what Blake or Paul have done.  No one as clutch as Pierce.
I'll agree to disagree. Pierce isn't exactly our Grandpa's Pierce any more and Blake and Paul haven't done anything.

What have any of the current Celtics done? 

Meanwhile we can point to what Blake, Paul and even Pierce did last year in the playoffs.



I wish I could pick the Celtics at this point, but that is not where they are yet in the rebuild.  And there is nothing wrong with that.  The process is moving forward.
Well the Celts pushed the champions to double OT the other night.  And facts are that the Celts have generally beaten expectations and the Clips haven't.

And the Clippers knocked the defending champion out of the playoffs last year.
And this year they'll probably regress.

Re: Brad Stevens vs Rivers' Clippers who wins an NBA championship first
« Reply #65 on: December 13, 2015, 09:30:50 PM »

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Clippers have two stars in place.  They have a championship level head coach.  What they lack is championship level gm. 

Doc the gm is not good. 


But the Celtics still need NBA luck to get the stars needed to win the title.  Ainge has made the moves to put the Celtics in great position to get stars, but it still takes luck. 

Lotto luck.  Star available to trade for luck. 



So until the Celtics have the stars in place, the Clippers have the better shot.
I'll put Danny's luck and CBS' skill over Doc's skill as a GM and coach any day.  I don't even feel like it's fair. I just saw a slightly undermanned Celtics take a slightly more undermanned Warriors to double OT with some help from some one sided reffing helping the champs. The Celts are for real and the Clips aren't. They should go make some Kia and insurance commercials. It's what they're good at.


To me, the Celtics are the new version of the Wallace lead Bobcats.  They have talented players, but no stars.  Their coach have them playing playoff level intensity all season.  Come playoff time, they don't have that higher playoff kick other teams (mostly top teams) have to raise their level.

The difference between that Bobcat team and the Celtics is the management in place and the unused chips for improvement.


Oh and that Clippers team did beat the Spurs last year in the playoffs so I guess they did more than just make commercials.
Maybe they should get some sort of banner for that

What banner has this current Celtics team won? 


But yes, I have more faith in a team that can knock off the Spurs then the current Celtics.

When Doc arrived in LA, everyone looked at the Clippers as legitimate title contenders.  If the best thing you can say about them three years later is that they're a little better than a team without a single all-star, that does not reflect well on Doc.

Mike

Doc the GM is not good.  Ainge gave him pieces that could fit and Doc made it work.

Doc has not given himself the pieces that fit.
I admit there is the distinct possibility that if in a different universe DA had gone to LA and been the GM then maybe Doc the coach would have achieved more with this team.
But that team has pieces that tons of teams would love to have and I have no doubt whatsoever that CBS would do a better job with the Clips than Doc and if Doc were in Boston the Celtics would be a horrible horrible team right now


And we have actual proof Doc coached a team to a title. 

That is an actual fact vs. the coach switch dream.

Re: Brad Stevens vs Rivers' Clippers who wins an NBA championship first
« Reply #66 on: December 13, 2015, 09:32:58 PM »

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Clips look terrible.

Some criticism I have of the Clips -

They use Deandre Jordan on offense like he's Kendrick Perkins.

Blake Griffin still has an awkward jump shot.

Doc Rivers over obsession with veterans turned this team into a sluggish and slow team.

Chris Paul starting to not look as sharp.

Clippers look awful and the Celtics look good yet they have the same record.  What happens when the Clippers start looking good?
They'll probably go make more commercials.


I can't wait to see the Celtics have a player worthy of national commercials like the top stars in the league like LeBron Curry, Blake, Harden and Paul.

Re: Brad Stevens vs Rivers' Clippers who wins an NBA championship first
« Reply #67 on: December 13, 2015, 09:33:54 PM »

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Clippers have two stars in place.  They have a championship level head coach.  What they lack is championship level gm. 

Doc the gm is not good. 


But the Celtics still need NBA luck to get the stars needed to win the title.  Ainge has made the moves to put the Celtics in great position to get stars, but it still takes luck. 

Lotto luck.  Star available to trade for luck. 



So until the Celtics have the stars in place, the Clippers have the better shot.
I'll put Danny's luck and CBS' skill over Doc's skill as a GM and coach any day.  I don't even feel like it's fair. I just saw a slightly undermanned Celtics take a slightly more undermanned Warriors to double OT with some help from some one sided reffing helping the champs. The Celts are for real and the Clips aren't. They should go make some Kia and insurance commercials. It's what they're good at.


To me, the Celtics are the new version of the Wallace lead Bobcats.  They have talented players, but no stars.  Their coach have them playing playoff level intensity all season.  Come playoff time, they don't have that higher playoff kick other teams (mostly top teams) have to raise their level.

The difference between that Bobcat team and the Celtics is the management in place and the unused chips for improvement.


Oh and that Clippers team did beat the Spurs last year in the playoffs so I guess they did more than just make commercials.
Maybe they should get some sort of banner for that

What banner has this current Celtics team won? 


But yes, I have more faith in a team that can knock off the Spurs then the current Celtics.
So today which team would the Warriors be more likely to lose to?  The Clips or the Celtics?


In a playoff scenario, the Clippers.   There is no one on the Celtics team that can do what Blake or Paul have done.  No one as clutch as Pierce.
I'll agree to disagree. Pierce isn't exactly our Grandpa's Pierce any more and Blake and Paul haven't done anything.

What have any of the current Celtics done? 

Meanwhile we can point to what Blake, Paul and even Pierce did last year in the playoffs.



I wish I could pick the Celtics at this point, but that is not where they are yet in the rebuild.  And there is nothing wrong with that.  The process is moving forward.
Well the Celts pushed the champions to double OT the other night.  And facts are that the Celts have generally beaten expectations and the Clips haven't.

And the Clippers knocked the defending champion out of the playoffs last year.
The Spurs would sweep them right now. Clips got a ways to go to figure things out.

Re: Brad Stevens vs Rivers' Clippers who wins an NBA championship first
« Reply #68 on: December 13, 2015, 09:34:01 PM »

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Clippers have two stars in place.  They have a championship level head coach.  What they lack is championship level gm. 

Doc the gm is not good. 


But the Celtics still need NBA luck to get the stars needed to win the title.  Ainge has made the moves to put the Celtics in great position to get stars, but it still takes luck. 

Lotto luck.  Star available to trade for luck. 



So until the Celtics have the stars in place, the Clippers have the better shot.
I'll put Danny's luck and CBS' skill over Doc's skill as a GM and coach any day.  I don't even feel like it's fair. I just saw a slightly undermanned Celtics take a slightly more undermanned Warriors to double OT with some help from some one sided reffing helping the champs. The Celts are for real and the Clips aren't. They should go make some Kia and insurance commercials. It's what they're good at.


To me, the Celtics are the new version of the Wallace lead Bobcats.  They have talented players, but no stars.  Their coach have them playing playoff level intensity all season.  Come playoff time, they don't have that higher playoff kick other teams (mostly top teams) have to raise their level.

The difference between that Bobcat team and the Celtics is the management in place and the unused chips for improvement.


Oh and that Clippers team did beat the Spurs last year in the playoffs so I guess they did more than just make commercials.
Maybe they should get some sort of banner for that

What banner has this current Celtics team won? 


But yes, I have more faith in a team that can knock off the Spurs then the current Celtics.

When Doc arrived in LA, everyone looked at the Clippers as legitimate title contenders.  If the best thing you can say about them three years later is that they're a little better than a team without a single all-star, that does not reflect well on Doc.

Mike

Doc the GM is not good.  Ainge gave him pieces that could fit and Doc made it work.

Doc has not given himself the pieces that fit.
I admit there is the distinct possibility that if in a different universe DA had gone to LA and been the GM then maybe Doc the coach would have achieved more with this team.
But that team has pieces that tons of teams would love to have and I have no doubt whatsoever that CBS would do a better job with the Clips than Doc and if Doc were in Boston the Celtics would be a horrible horrible team right now

This x 100

Balmer will soon realize the bill of goods he has been sold by Rivers, and he will send him packing. He did not pay 2 billion dollars to be schmoozed by the ever political and charming Rivers.

Re: Brad Stevens vs Rivers' Clippers who wins an NBA championship first
« Reply #69 on: December 13, 2015, 09:34:02 PM »

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Clippers have two stars in place.  They have a championship level head coach.  What they lack is championship level gm. 

Doc the gm is not good. 


But the Celtics still need NBA luck to get the stars needed to win the title.  Ainge has made the moves to put the Celtics in great position to get stars, but it still takes luck. 

Lotto luck.  Star available to trade for luck. 



So until the Celtics have the stars in place, the Clippers have the better shot.
I'll put Danny's luck and CBS' skill over Doc's skill as a GM and coach any day.  I don't even feel like it's fair. I just saw a slightly undermanned Celtics take a slightly more undermanned Warriors to double OT with some help from some one sided reffing helping the champs. The Celts are for real and the Clips aren't. They should go make some Kia and insurance commercials. It's what they're good at.


To me, the Celtics are the new version of the Wallace lead Bobcats.  They have talented players, but no stars.  Their coach have them playing playoff level intensity all season.  Come playoff time, they don't have that higher playoff kick other teams (mostly top teams) have to raise their level.

The difference between that Bobcat team and the Celtics is the management in place and the unused chips for improvement.


Oh and that Clippers team did beat the Spurs last year in the playoffs so I guess they did more than just make commercials.
Maybe they should get some sort of banner for that

What banner has this current Celtics team won? 


But yes, I have more faith in a team that can knock off the Spurs then the current Celtics.

When Doc arrived in LA, everyone looked at the Clippers as legitimate title contenders.  If the best thing you can say about them three years later is that they're a little better than a team without a single all-star, that does not reflect well on Doc.

Mike

Doc the GM is not good.  Ainge gave him pieces that could fit and Doc made it work.

Doc has not given himself the pieces that fit.
I admit there is the distinct possibility that if in a different universe DA had gone to LA and been the GM then maybe Doc the coach would have achieved more with this team.
But that team has pieces that tons of teams would love to have and I have no doubt whatsoever that CBS would do a better job with the Clips than Doc and if Doc were in Boston the Celtics would be a horrible horrible team right now


And we have actual proof Doc coached a team to a title. 

That is an actual fact vs. the coach switch dream.
Yeah Doc managed to win one whole ring with 3 Hall of Famers and an all star. Really pulled off a miracle. I put it in the same category as Peyton Manning-wins-ring-vs-Rex-Grossman. 

Re: Brad Stevens vs Rivers' Clippers who wins an NBA championship first
« Reply #70 on: December 13, 2015, 09:35:16 PM »

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Clips look terrible.

Some criticism I have of the Clips -

They use Deandre Jordan on offense like he's Kendrick Perkins.

Blake Griffin still has an awkward jump shot.

Doc Rivers over obsession with veterans turned this team into a sluggish and slow team.

Chris Paul starting to not look as sharp.

Clippers look awful and the Celtics look good yet they have the same record.  What happens when the Clippers start looking good?
They'll probably go make more commercials.


I can't wait to see the Celtics have a player worthy of national commercials like the top stars in the league like LeBron Curry, Blake, Harden and Paul.
I totally agree. Give those players to CBS and see what happens.

Re: Brad Stevens vs Rivers' Clippers who wins an NBA championship first
« Reply #71 on: December 13, 2015, 09:35:44 PM »

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Clippers have two stars in place.  They have a championship level head coach.  What they lack is championship level gm. 

Doc the gm is not good. 


But the Celtics still need NBA luck to get the stars needed to win the title.  Ainge has made the moves to put the Celtics in great position to get stars, but it still takes luck. 

Lotto luck.  Star available to trade for luck. 



So until the Celtics have the stars in place, the Clippers have the better shot.
I'll put Danny's luck and CBS' skill over Doc's skill as a GM and coach any day.  I don't even feel like it's fair. I just saw a slightly undermanned Celtics take a slightly more undermanned Warriors to double OT with some help from some one sided reffing helping the champs. The Celts are for real and the Clips aren't. They should go make some Kia and insurance commercials. It's what they're good at.


To me, the Celtics are the new version of the Wallace lead Bobcats.  They have talented players, but no stars.  Their coach have them playing playoff level intensity all season.  Come playoff time, they don't have that higher playoff kick other teams (mostly top teams) have to raise their level.

The difference between that Bobcat team and the Celtics is the management in place and the unused chips for improvement.


Oh and that Clippers team did beat the Spurs last year in the playoffs so I guess they did more than just make commercials.
Maybe they should get some sort of banner for that

What banner has this current Celtics team won? 


But yes, I have more faith in a team that can knock off the Spurs then the current Celtics.
So today which team would the Warriors be more likely to lose to?  The Clips or the Celtics?


In a playoff scenario, the Clippers.   There is no one on the Celtics team that can do what Blake or Paul have done.  No one as clutch as Pierce.
I'll agree to disagree. Pierce isn't exactly our Grandpa's Pierce any more and Blake and Paul haven't done anything.

What have any of the current Celtics done? 

Meanwhile we can point to what Blake, Paul and even Pierce did last year in the playoffs.



I wish I could pick the Celtics at this point, but that is not where they are yet in the rebuild.  And there is nothing wrong with that.  The process is moving forward.
Well the Celts pushed the champions to double OT the other night.  And facts are that the Celts have generally beaten expectations and the Clips haven't.

And the Clippers knocked the defending champion out of the playoffs last year.
The Spurs would sweep them right now. Clips got a ways to go to figure things out.

Maybe, but I wouldn't be surprised come playoff time the Clippers knocked them out.

Re: Brad Stevens vs Rivers' Clippers who wins an NBA championship first
« Reply #72 on: December 13, 2015, 09:36:45 PM »

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Clippers have two stars in place.  They have a championship level head coach.  What they lack is championship level gm. 

Doc the gm is not good. 


But the Celtics still need NBA luck to get the stars needed to win the title.  Ainge has made the moves to put the Celtics in great position to get stars, but it still takes luck. 

Lotto luck.  Star available to trade for luck. 



So until the Celtics have the stars in place, the Clippers have the better shot.
I'll put Danny's luck and CBS' skill over Doc's skill as a GM and coach any day.  I don't even feel like it's fair. I just saw a slightly undermanned Celtics take a slightly more undermanned Warriors to double OT with some help from some one sided reffing helping the champs. The Celts are for real and the Clips aren't. They should go make some Kia and insurance commercials. It's what they're good at.


To me, the Celtics are the new version of the Wallace lead Bobcats.  They have talented players, but no stars.  Their coach have them playing playoff level intensity all season.  Come playoff time, they don't have that higher playoff kick other teams (mostly top teams) have to raise their level.

The difference between that Bobcat team and the Celtics is the management in place and the unused chips for improvement.


Oh and that Clippers team did beat the Spurs last year in the playoffs so I guess they did more than just make commercials.
Maybe they should get some sort of banner for that

What banner has this current Celtics team won? 


But yes, I have more faith in a team that can knock off the Spurs then the current Celtics.

When Doc arrived in LA, everyone looked at the Clippers as legitimate title contenders.  If the best thing you can say about them three years later is that they're a little better than a team without a single all-star, that does not reflect well on Doc.

Mike

Doc the GM is not good.  Ainge gave him pieces that could fit and Doc made it work.

Doc has not given himself the pieces that fit.
I admit there is the distinct possibility that if in a different universe DA had gone to LA and been the GM then maybe Doc the coach would have achieved more with this team.
But that team has pieces that tons of teams would love to have and I have no doubt whatsoever that CBS would do a better job with the Clips than Doc and if Doc were in Boston the Celtics would be a horrible horrible team right now


And we have actual proof Doc coached a team to a title. 

That is an actual fact vs. the coach switch dream.
Yeah Doc managed to win one whole ring with 3 Hall of Famers and an all star. Really pulled off a miracle. I put it in the same category as Peyton Manning-wins-ring-vs-Rex-Grossman.


Name the coach that won without talent? 

Re: Brad Stevens vs Rivers' Clippers who wins an NBA championship first
« Reply #73 on: December 13, 2015, 09:36:46 PM »

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Clippers have two stars in place.  They have a championship level head coach.  What they lack is championship level gm. 

Doc the gm is not good. 


But the Celtics still need NBA luck to get the stars needed to win the title.  Ainge has made the moves to put the Celtics in great position to get stars, but it still takes luck. 

Lotto luck.  Star available to trade for luck. 



So until the Celtics have the stars in place, the Clippers have the better shot.
I'll put Danny's luck and CBS' skill over Doc's skill as a GM and coach any day.  I don't even feel like it's fair. I just saw a slightly undermanned Celtics take a slightly more undermanned Warriors to double OT with some help from some one sided reffing helping the champs. The Celts are for real and the Clips aren't. They should go make some Kia and insurance commercials. It's what they're good at.


To me, the Celtics are the new version of the Wallace lead Bobcats.  They have talented players, but no stars.  Their coach have them playing playoff level intensity all season.  Come playoff time, they don't have that higher playoff kick other teams (mostly top teams) have to raise their level.

The difference between that Bobcat team and the Celtics is the management in place and the unused chips for improvement.


Oh and that Clippers team did beat the Spurs last year in the playoffs so I guess they did more than just make commercials.
Maybe they should get some sort of banner for that

What banner has this current Celtics team won? 


But yes, I have more faith in a team that can knock off the Spurs then the current Celtics.

When Doc arrived in LA, everyone looked at the Clippers as legitimate title contenders.  If the best thing you can say about them three years later is that they're a little better than a team without a single all-star, that does not reflect well on Doc.

Mike

Doc the GM is not good.  Ainge gave him pieces that could fit and Doc made it work.

Doc has not given himself the pieces that fit.
I admit there is the distinct possibility that if in a different universe DA had gone to LA and been the GM then maybe Doc the coach would have achieved more with this team.
But that team has pieces that tons of teams would love to have and I have no doubt whatsoever that CBS would do a better job with the Clips than Doc and if Doc were in Boston the Celtics would be a horrible horrible team right now


And we have actual proof Doc coached a team to a title. 

That is an actual fact vs. the coach switch dream.

More like Doc got gifted a title by DA and Bynum going down to injury. When he had his chance with a healthy Laker team he lost the chip after going back to Boston ahead 3-2.

He was so lucky in that 2008 final he just kept backing into forced adjustments he would never had made if folks didn't get injured or in foul trouble.

Re: Brad Stevens vs Rivers' Clippers who wins an NBA championship first
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Clips look terrible.

Some criticism I have of the Clips -

They use Deandre Jordan on offense like he's Kendrick Perkins.

Blake Griffin still has an awkward jump shot.

Doc Rivers over obsession with veterans turned this team into a sluggish and slow team.

Chris Paul starting to not look as sharp.

Clippers look awful and the Celtics look good yet they have the same record.  What happens when the Clippers start looking good?
They'll probably go make more commercials.


I can't wait to see the Celtics have a player worthy of national commercials like the top stars in the league like LeBron Curry, Blake, Harden and Paul.
I totally agree. Give those players to CBS and see what happens.
 

I am hopping so.  Good coach.  Let's see what happens when he has top talent.