I fully expect Paul to be a head coach someday. You can tell he enjoys teaching. And I agree, this would be the perfect time with the perfect guard combination for Paul to get started
I could be wrong. I often am. But the way I remember it, Bowen developed his corner three because the Spurs determined it was the closest the line is, and doesn't require excessive athletic ability to camp there and punish double-teamers with either a direct or swing pass from the low post. The Rockets developed the three as a weapon from the post, but the Spurs focused specifically on the corners.
I don't think CP3 wants to retire. He wanted to start last season and play as many games as possible to show he can stay healthy. And he did. Is he really just going to retire now?
No athlete WANTS to retire. He could have a huge season coming off the bench & coaching the young guys.
I know he doesn't want to do the coaching thing, but Ginobili better be upping his 'consultancy' game now that we have two budding guards with star potential. Hopefully we see Manu more often around the practice facility and in both Harper's and Castle's ear..
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No athlete wants to sit on the Pine they want to play so he is not beating out Fox and not beating our second round pick either. If he is serious about minutes he should look at the Mavericks I would not hate him for doing that.
what makes you thing Manu hasn't been in Castle's ear?
See if Monty Williams is interested in an assistant position. He'd have to give up coaching his son's team.
It was Exstatic that explained to me, he's getting paid big money by Detroit. If he takes another job, he loses all that money.
Would you give up 10M a year to get paid less than 1M a year as a assistant? Coaches don't make that kind of money up. He'll likely never get a contract that big again. Same with Bud. There's no way those guys are taking lower paying jobs until their current contracts are paid out.
I’m pretty sure he still gets paid by the team that fired him. I think they just pay the difference between the two jobs salary wise. Bc Kliff Kingsbury is still getting paid by the Cardinals and he is the OC of the Commanders
Monty Williams has maybe done the worst coaching job i've seen this century in the last season in Detroit . Hard pass..
Yeah, that is what I initially thought (I'm just going by what I was told, could be incorrect?), but I wouldn't mind clarification from someone that knows. Maybe each contract is different for head coaches with different stipulations?
Coaches contract language isn’t controlled as the player contracts are.
literally any bum off the street is a better coach
So go and get the coach who lost the most games in a row and was so bad the owner decided to eat around 80 million dollars just to get rid of him
I should say, why do people say he stinks? Is it because of the last season he coached in Detroit? He has a 64-18 season as a head coach. I wouldn't have thought there'd be many coaches in NBA history that have guided their teams to a that record or better? Can't be a total scrub. I'm not saying he's great or anything, or that I want him, but I don't think he's complete rubbish.
I don't know, I could be wrong. Maybe it was the players on the teams he's had good records rather than his coaching. But yeah, his last impression wasn't a good one with Detroit.
Last edited by Ice009; 05-20-2025 at 04:45 PM.
Looks like any changes will be internal. Possibly promoting g league coach to the assistant roles.
I think the path for CP3 is pretty clear. He returns this season with a role reduced to about 15 min/gm, maybe 60 games. No matter how great Mitch Williams can become, I think he'll need all the help he can get developing and maximizing our three-guard rotation around Wemby this season, and who better than CP3 in this role? ... seriously, 2nd best is not close. I also think developing Fox into an elder statesmen is worth pursuing too.
So one, two more seasons tops for CP3, then retire John Elway style and move directly to asst coach gig where he'll start prepping to become a head coach - get some ojt and refine his style, learn how to work with FO, and in an upfront fashion start developing a coach or two to take with him to his head coach gig a year or two down the road. Hit the ground running!
All this speculation aside, maybe CP3 does not want to coach, but given the current state of coaching salaries and CP3's young age, he's almost assuredly sitting on an option to cash a check for $200M over the span of his would-be coaching career - doing what he loves.
Honestly, I think if CP3 just took an assistant coaching gig, if the Spurs have a good year and the 3-headed guard monster looks good... he could find himself a HC candidate very quickly. I'd rather see CP3 back with a clipboard in his hands that wearing a uniform.
I don't want CP3 back. He would be invaluable in helping Harper/Castle and other youngsters but there are too many rotational guards as it is. I would love him as an assistant coach but suspect he would not be interested in coaching here since his family stayed in LA during this past season. I suspect he is going to look for a team to get playing time on next season though rather than the jump to coaching.
Splitter ?
would love to have Splitter on the staff
Tiago come hoooooome
Tiago would be the perfect coach for Sorber.
Hope he comes back.
Four fried chickens, and a coke. Is that right, Tiago?
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