Horribly coached crunch time by the Assistant Coach. He essentially made a possible 1 possession game into a 2 possession game
I hate Jamie Brown's coaching. He seriously does not understand rotations
Well, he has learned from the best, lol 
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BLA, I tolerate and appreciate your out there opinions most of the time, but Brad Stevens is CLEARLY an upper echelon NBA coach. Were extremely lucky to have him, and that's not up for much debate.
Dude is a basketball savant. Just because he doesn't play the guys you want him to play as much as you want him to doesn't mean he's a bad coach. He's one of the best in the game. Everyone outside of GSW and SA would LOVE to have him.
Btw, how down are you on the Brown pick now? I think it's pretty obvious this kid has sky high potential.
I don't think that that's an unfair criticism of Stevens at all, in regards to rotations, as many on here have expressed that same view during nearly every game since he took over, lol, and it's not about guys whom I want him to play, it's just that I'd wish that he'd stop this musical chairs routine. You can't shuttle a guy back and forth from Maine during the season, have him sit on the bench most of the time, and then pull him after he misses the first 3 he's taken in weeks or chew him out for not being perfect on defense when he hasn't had the opportunity to get it down during actual games. I just think that that's incredibly unfair, but whatever #doitonyourowntime
. I also don't think he's anywhere near a 'basketball savant' on the sidelines. Give me a break. He's a good defensive coach, sure, but he doesn't adopt his approach to the game based on the players we have, imo. Surely, if he was some kind of 'genius' he'd figure out that taking 30+ 3s a game when we really only have Bradley who can consistently knock it down isn't a viable offensive strategy, but whatever, lol. I also wasn't impressed during a game this year when he had to ask Ed Lacerte how many fouls one of our guys had
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekQ_Ja02gTYI mean, seriously? That's unconscionable to me. Fwiw, though, I don't think much of coaches, today, anyway, as the last active great coach, imo, was Doug Collins. Pop was looking great until he blew game 6 in 2013. Twice. But for the most part, they all do the same things, to me. If you want to talk about coaches who were basketball savants, Red, Pat Riley, Bill Fitch, Jon MacLeod, Doug Collins, and Dick Motta are the first names that come to mind, and I'd put Bird in that group, as well. I'm sure that I've forgotten many great coaches and I apologize for that, as I wasn't around to see all of them. Should Jack Ramsay also be in there? Maybe, but in this era there aren't many good ones, let alone great ones, imo, although I'm sure that most would put Rick Carlisle among the best, and I guess that I kind of agree with that, maybe.
As for Brown, I was very concerned after the first 2-3 games, with that fadeaway being the only consolation prize, yesterday, iirc, and it's nice to see him playing better, sure, but I still have what I think are understandably serious reservations about his handle, inability to finish, decision making, jump shot (even though his form is fine, imo), and his defense is okay, I guess, but I do like that he can get to the line. A lot. My only question is will that carry over to real NBA games, if for no other reason than rookies are the Rodney Dangerfield's of the league, regardless of position, plus he's a Celtic, so yeah, lol.
Contrary to popular belief, I do want him to succeed - I really do - but there hasn't been much to be excited about, imo
. Hopefully, he proves me wrong
. Brb, finding crow recipes (sarcasm), lol
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