You should edit your post first..
I completely disagree with this. D-Will is a tremendous player. Jerry Sloan is a HOF coach, but the days of "my way or the highway" are gone. Williams is sick of seeing the team continually depleted of talent and he's going to voice his displeasure. I'd take him on the Blazers in a heartbeat!
seriously .. hows dis team gonna play, they aint got D especially in da middle, and their 3pt shootin is lacking... its like attack the paint and run and this wont cut it for wins even if team got talent.
Only thang sloan need 2 learn is dat a double team is a good tactic cuz he NEVA doubletemin.
Deron, you're a stud player, but you shut the up and listen to Jerry Sloan.
+1 First thing I thought. Sloan's telling the Jazz to go themselves, gonna go coach for a team that wants to be better than mediocre.
Kobe may love Sloan, but I just don't see Sloan as the type of guy who would be interested in the laker circus and everything that goes with it. Especially not at 68 years old. TBH, I think Sloan calls it a career.
Harlem you are trippin' ...Paul may have regained his top PG spot but Dwill can ball. I wont make excuses for last night but in otehr games I have seen him clearly frustrated with dudes not being in the right spot. The effort he gave on the second night of a b2b against the Spurs was typical Dwill ...
Sloan is a great coach but not ever coach and player see eyetoeye ...
Dwill is probably not staying regardless but dont blame Jazz FO for doing what tehy can to keep Dwill ...but they must be careful though he is no Lebron look what that strategy got the cavs Sloan could of kept them afloat sans Dwill they won 2of3 recently when Dwill was hurt ...
Great news for the Jazz. They lose a stubborn, HUGELY overrated coach who refuses to change a system that repeatedly fails in the playoffs while always throwing away the chance to get talented players because he'd rather have talentless honkies who "fit his system".
Sloan's 23 year resume with Utah might as well be led "mediocre". He's written the book on winning 50 games and losing in the playoffs.
I'm not denying Williams' talent..however, he's clearly a diva that has been complaining all year, instead of focusing on playing..he has displayed poor leadership and drama queen behavior, all year..
Ah, Sloan's a fighter. You might be right (and LA is not the first thing you think of when you hear the name Sloan.), but I bet he comes back swinging- at Deron, at management and at ownership. LA gives him the best chance to do that. And yeah, he and Kobe are simpatico.
The Jazz sell out almost every game. Their in state TV rating are through the roof. The Millers own half of Utah. We're small market, but we got money. They didn't have to let all his talent walk. Particularly Wes.
And like all Jerry Sloan teams, the PG gets to play by his own rules and isn't held accountable at all. John Stockton loved passing up wide open layups and rifling passes out to Hornacek for a 20 footer because racking up assists was his #1 priority, and Sloan never did to change his at ude.
I completely agree that Sloan is overrated, been saying it for years..
He's a great system coach, his strategies are good GOING INTO the game, but he's absolutely terrible at making adjustments, particularly in-game adjustments..I've seen him get out-coached during a game many times, particularly the last few seasons..
+1. I never really understood the whole "Best PG in the game" argument....
Yup, he's also terrible at adjusting his system. After 23 years of his "run everything through the PG where he holds the ball 95% of the time" offense, you'd think a good coach would change his approach and maybe lessen the amount his offense relies on the PG.
Deron shouldn't be blamed for this. Surely Sloan has had difficult players in the past. Deron needs to separate himself from this but quick, because the last thing he wants on his impressive resume is that he caused Sloan to retire.
Whatever. Deron's been a whiny, disgruntled all season. Maybe management was right to sign with Deron, but he's been as passive-aggressive and difficult and disgruntled as it gets. i.e. Not professional. To pretend this isn't on Deron is more than naive.
That said, Deron has a longer career ahead of him than Sloan does. Mostly, this just makes me hate the NBA.
what's so impressive about his resume? Sloan's system is extremely PG friendly. not saying he couldnt put up big numbers on another squad but Sloan helped him develop into the player he is today, whether he knows it or not.
not sure how the Utah fans will react to Deron after this, even if he's only half black.
If Deron was up for trade right now, he would demand a lot of attention. You cannot say that about many many other players. Deron isn't the best there is, not even close, but he's one of the best PGs in the league. He doesn't want a Sprewell moment.
This is what I'm saying..
Obviously, from a Jazz front office perspective, you have to pick Deron over Sloan..this is the NBA, a franchise player means a lot more than the coach, regardless of whether it's Sloan, Pop, Phil Jackson..you always go with the franchise player..
I also agree that Utah's front office made some horrible decisions during the off-season, which is why I said they would be a 7th/8th seed(which a lot of people criticized me for), so Deron does have the right to be upset, but he's handling the situation in an inappropriate manner IMO..
I dunno. If Sloan's leaving Utah because he's sick of Deron's ego and upset that mgmt took Deron's side, I just can't see him agreeing to subject himself to Kobe's ego when there's no doubt whatsoever what side laker mgmt would take if they ever had a spat.
Yep. The Jazz FO have really messed things up. That's where Deron should be focusing his anger. But I guess it's a little harder to get upset at the guys signing your 8 figure paycheck.The Jazz sell out almost every game. Their in state TV rating are through the roof. The Millers own half of Utah. We're small market, but we got money. They didn't have to let all his talent walk. Particularly Wes.
Marc Spears was just on the radio and said it is solely on Deron that Sloan is gone
of course he would, he's a very good player. but Sloan and his system have a lot to do with his success.
im just sayin that its pretty ty for Deron to throw his coach under the bus like that. And even tier when he stills end up leaving. bushleague move.
ESPN News right now. It is pretty heart breaking to watch.
It's a very old (like 15 years) joke from the Jim Rome show.
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