Milwaukee Bucks hired Jerry Sloan

[szkorhetz]

Milwaukee Bucks have hired legendary long-time Jazz Head Coach Jerry Sloan to a deal and will be their coach next season! Since beginning his coaching career with the Bulls in 1979, Sloan has posted a 1,221-803 record as an NBA head coach. Most of the time came with Utah, a team he led to back-to-back NBA Finals appearances in the late 1990's.

[DMC]

Great pick up by them. LOL Lakers taking Mike D when Sloan was floating around out there.

[AaronY]

Lol @ the thought of him coaching Monta Ellis..det negro gots to go fa sho now..

[D-Wade]

Backcourt is still a mess but I can see Sloan doing good things with Ersan, making him into a jack of all trades like AK47.

[Thebesteva]

Great pick up by them. LOL Lakers taking Mike D when Sloan was floating around out there.

Seriously WTF Jim Buss?!!! I thought the official story was Sloan didnt want to ever coach again

[Killakobe81]

Lol @ the thought of him coaching Monta Ellis..det negro gots to go fa sho now..

He will hate that backcourt tbh

[Killakobe81]

Backcourt is still a mess but I can see Sloan doing good things with Ersan, making him into a jack of all trades like AK47.

Ersan and Sanders are Sloan type guts luc Richard too

[Killakobe81]

Seriously WTF Jim Buss?!!! I thought the official story was Sloan didnt want to ever coach again

Luv Sloan, but LA is a bad fit ...shitty fit for Mike D too

[DMC]

Jerry Sloan would have won at least one game in the opening round, and not struggled with the respect issue. His team would have made the playoffs hands down.

[HarlemHeat37]

Sloan is overrated, but still better than 90% of the coaches in the NBA, just by having a reliable system, tbh..

Milwaukee has a nice frontcourt, tbh..Sanders, Ilyasova and Henson is a trio with a lot of potential and a good balance of style..

Jennings is gone, and there's a decent chance that Ellis is gone, too..if they can eliminate both, they'll be in good shape..

[baseline bum]

Great pick up by them. LOL Lakers taking Mike D when Sloan was floating around out there.

Sloan coaching Kobe Bryant :lol

[KoolAid Mans Brother]

Sloan is overrated, but still better than 90% of the coaches in the NBA

So basically you're saying he's overrated but then throw out a statistic that you think he would be the 3rd best coach in the NBA. (better than 90% x 30 NBA coaches = Sloan is better than at least 27 NBA coaches). Yeah that makes sense :lol

[Clipper Nation]

I'm not a huge fan of Sloan - his system is really outdated compared to the modern NBA... that being said, the Bucks will still be a better team for this, I'm sure he'll force at least one of the Jennings/Monta duo out of town after all....

[baseline bum]

I'm not a huge fan of Sloan - his system is really outdated compared to the modern NBA... that being said, the Bucks will still be a better team for this, I'm sure he'll force at least one of the Jennings/Monta duo out of town after all....

You mean the system that had people thinking Deron Williams was better than Chris Paul?

[Clipper Nation]

You mean the system that had people thinking Deron Williams was better than Chris Paul?
The system that didn't win shit in the weak mid-2000's West, led by a coach who hates three-pointers and encourages his players to foul a lot...

Plus he quit on his teamPERIOD

[Findog]

I don't know if a guy like Sloan can succeed in today's NBA. He only lasted as long as he did in Utah because he had the backing of the Miller family. Your modern rich athlete doesn't want to get screamed at.

[AaronY]

I don't know if a guy like Sloan can succeed in today's NBA. He only lasted as long as he did in Utah because he had the backing of the Miller family. Your modern rich athlete doesn't want to get screamed at.
Sloan really needs chuckers kept off his team..the thought of him watching some team run his motion offense with all kinds off picks, back screens, and off ball movement and then it just ending in some Monta type scrub hacking up a 20 footer..he wouldn't be long for that..

[HarlemHeat37]

So basically you're saying he's overrated but then throw out a statistic that you think he would be the 3rd best coach in the NBA. (better than 90% x 30 NBA coaches = Sloan is better than at least 27 NBA coaches). Yeah that makes sense :lol

Pop is the best coach in the NBA, but he's overrated as fuck IMO..

Being good/great doesn't mean you can't be overrated..many people consider Sloan to be on the same level as the elite coaches in NBA history, which is why I consider him to be overrated..


NBA coaching is the worst of any sport, tbh..they rarely give new coaches a chance, despite the success of inexperienced HCs of the past few years having great success(Thibs and Vogel, for instance)..NBA GMs are afraid of giving a chance to unknown names, tbh, which is why they continue to recycle shitty coaches..

NBA front offices should be looking into hiring Euro leagues and college coaches more often, tbh..

[outmap]

Knowing Sloan, Sanders and Henson might start with Ilyasova at 3. Ellis might come off the bench with Jennings and Reddick starting.

[whitemamba]

This is good news, that means nate mcmillan is comin to the lakers

[DMC]

Nate McMillan on the Lakers would be worse than Mike Brown tbqfhwy

You're fucked and unfuckable, a leper, no one wants anything to do with crip and the bastard creator. That team will be soon be the place where hopefuls avoid in fear of losing their career at the hands of a crippled rapist.

[Killakobe81]

Pop is the best coach in the NBA, but he's overrated as fuck IMO..

Being good/great doesn't mean you can't be overrated..many people consider Sloan to be on the same level as the elite coaches in NBA history, which is why I consider him to be overrated..


NBA coaching is the worst of any sport, tbh..they rarely give new coaches a chance, despite the success of inexperienced HCs of the past few years having great success(Thibs and Vogel, for instance)..NBA GMs are afraid of giving a chance to unknown names, tbh, which is why they continue to recycle shitty coaches..

NBA front offices should be looking into hiring Euro leagues and college coaches more often, tbh..

I agree with some of this, but think Pop is only slightly overrrated. Kinda like PJ before he coached without MJ ....
We never seen Pop without Duncan for very long ... but in those stretches he has did well ...just not sure he can sustain it ...
But that is ALL he has left to prove. He still has a good team but the record he has led the Spurs to with all of the injuries the past 3 seasons
is probably his greatest coaching stint ... at least close to his title years ...few coaches get the wins Spurs had last few years.

Sloan would coach Achilles well ...he is borderline dirty and Jerry loves that ...

[Phillip]

Congrats to the Lakers, for pulling off a trade of sending a 2nd rounder and Andrew Goudelock to Milwaukee in exchange for Monta Ellis, Larry Sanders, and Ersan Ilyasova. :toast

[JamStone]

Coaching at the NBA level is overrated in general. Talent trumps coaching every time.

Some people still think Spoelstra is a horrible coach. Doesn't matter. He has LeBron. Larry Brown was widely considered one of the greatest coaches ever and he didn't win shit for like 40 years. Before the KG and Ray Allen acquisitions, Doc Rivers was starting to gain the reputation as one of the dumbest coaches in the league. Soon as he got KG, Pierce, and Allen together and won a title, he's all of a sudden perceived as a great basketball mind.

Talent trumps. Does coaching help? Sure, to an extent, but only to a limited extent. Sloan ain't turning the Bucks into legit title contenders. Phil Jackson wouldn't turn the Bobcats into a playoff team. And LeBron's mom can coach the Heat and that wouldn't hurt their chances at another title. NBA coaching is overrated.

[Clipper Nation]

Coaching at the NBA level is overrated in general. Talent trumps coaching every time.
Actually, you need both.... talent will usually lose if there's an idiot like Vinny Del Negro, Mike D'Antoni, Scott Skiles, Byron Scott, etc. at the helm who can't run plays or make adjustments....

Sure, it's very hard to win without star players, but coaching and talent are more of a symbiotic relationship than people think it is, tbh...


Some people still think Spoelstra is a horrible coach.
And those people are idiots, Spoelstra is a great coach.... just look at the ball movement and the system they're running....

[HarlemHeat37]

Spoelstra was a horrible coach for 2 years, tbh..all he ran was iso and he was afraid of the 3 Kings..he has developed nicely, he's still a young guy, which actually benefited him, since he wasn't too stubborn like most old coaches..

This is the first year where he has implemented a system and evolved as a coach..Miami's ball movement and attention to detail has changed dramatically, such as Spoelstra's system emphasizing corner 3s and focusing on efficient locations on the floor..

[Thebesteva]

OP, Jerry Sloan HAS NOT BEEN HIRED as of now. He is considered for the job though.


Report: Bucks mulling Jerry Sloan
Updated: May 13, 2013, 7:55 PM ET
ESPN.com news services



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The Milwaukee Bucks (http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/mil/milwaukee-bucks) are seriously considering hiring Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan as their next coach, according to a report by USA Today Sports.
The newspaper reported that the 71-year-old Sloan, who has not coached since his abrupt resignation from the Utah Jazz (http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/utah/utah-jazz) in February 2011 after 23 seasons, already has met with the Bucks about their vacant job.
Sloan, who has 1,221 career wins to rank third all time, turned down an offer from thePortland Trail Blazers (http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/por/portland-trail-blazers) last offseason and also was in the running to take over the Charlotte Bobcats (http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/cha/charlotte-bobcats) before removing himself from consideration.
The Bucks have been in the market for a new coach after not retaining Jim Boylan (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/1464/jim-boylan). Milwaukee, which made the playoffs despite its third straight losing season, was swept in the first round by the Miami Heat (http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/mia/miami-heat).

In addition to Sloan, the Bucks also have reportedly met with Los Angeles Lakers (http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/lal/los-angeles-lakers) assistant Steve Clifford.

[HI-FI]

props to Sloan for getting another gig, though he's getting pretty much up there in age. i wonder if we'll ever see a Bucks championship in our lifetimes.

[lefty]

lol OP not posting a link and pretending Sloan got hired

[Jacob1983]

Maybe this can get the Bucks some love on TNT and ESPN next season.

[Latarian Milton]

sloan is a great coach but i don't think he's the right one for this team tbh. dude has to make some drastic moves in order to assemble a brand new squad, and make the team play the style game that he feels familiar with. personally i believe teams like pacers and bulls would be better fits for him imho

[AchillesHeel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meGgSOl8470

[~O~]

The.....Bucks? He going to have a nightmare dealing with Monta Ellis and his "show up when I want to" mentality. I feel he won't be in the league i a couple more years.

[TDMVPDPOY]

they need to not resign ellis if they are gettin sloan, he needs to build from top to bottom...system players, not ballhogs

[ezau]

This is what I've been saying all along. Sloan hasn't been in the NBA for three years yet Lakers decided to go for _Antoni.

[slick'81]

Nice get Milwaukee but r they keeping Jennings

[Clipper Nation]

The Bucks hired Larry Drew weeks ago, Sloan wasn't even considered :lol

[jeebus]

The Bucks hired Larry Drew weeks ago, Sloan wasn't even considered :lol
Nice job opportunity here for Sloan; it's a solid job for him but he still won't get that elusive championship with the Bucks.