He shut down Conley in the first round that year, too:
This season, he became the only player 5'2" or shorter in NBA history to have over 50 blocks in a season.... he can't run an offense, but defensively, he's insane when he actually gets minutes...
Good luck with that, Ainge, it's either gonna be the Clippers or NBA TV for Doc at this point.... might as well get this deal done, tbh....
tbh, Doc won CoY with a team full of scrubs (plus Ben Wallace before he was Ben Wallace). Not that that means much but just throwing it out there.
Bledsoe is overrated as tbh. If you can resign CP3 for this season, you can just go for another decent guard out there and a taller one to back up Paul. Getting rid of Monkeyball Jordan is the best part of this deal. They also get to have KG. Ancient KG>>>>>Jordan. If Celtics won't give up Rivers, then you can go for Shaw or Hollins.
Overall a very good situation for dem Clips right now.
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He shut down Conley in the first round that year, too:
This season, he became the only player 5'2" or shorter in NBA history to have over 50 blocks in a season.... he can't run an offense, but defensively, he's insane when he actually gets minutes...
Right, in one of the oddest COY selections ever. Doc was a rookie head coach and his team exceeded expectations. But they were still a .500 team that didn't even make the playoffs in a Eastern Conference. Over the past decade or so, the COY has proven to be one of the tiest indicators of how good a coach is. In fact, many times, it's shown within a few years that the COY is really a ty coach and he's fired. I'd say up to 90% of the time, the talent on a team's roster will rule how good or bad an NBA head coach is perceived.
Would be cool with a trade if we got something decent. It would give KG and Pierce a better chance to ring, and some good rebuilding blocks for the Cs.
Btw, very impressed with what Gary Sacks has been doing so far this offseason - interviewing very solid coaches like Brian Shaw, trying to make power moves, and putting Danny Ainge in a bind.... dude's earning every single one of those EoY votes, tbh....
They could've acquired him in February this year but is it gonna be a huge leap forward for Clippers, even if they can get the deal done?
Keeping CP should be their top priority this offseason, and I don't think the package of TOSB + top10 draft flop would bring anything significant to the Clippers squad. Spurs and OKC will still be the best two teams for the foreseeable future, and don't forget Dallas will also come back strong next season
I see Bledsoe is the new JJ Hickson...
I wouldn't do the deal for just Jordan and a first. They may as well just let Rivers go and let Garnett retire for that. They need a good young player, or at least more than one first and a salary albatross. , even Kurt Thomas was worth more than that.
KG is 37 years old.... Ainge is delusional if he thinks he's getting more than DJ + 2 picks max.....
Just to add to this, this year's COY wasn't even brought back by his team
It's a meaningless award that most of the time is given to coaches who emphasis regular season victories with gimmicky bull so their flawed roster overachieves.
It's just that the picks are essentially meaningless if the Clippers keep Paul and get Garnett and Pierce. Also, Nash was apparently worth four picks, and Camby was worth two picks (second-rounders, though) and three players. If the Celtics love Jordan, I guess him and two picks not a bad deal, but I've never cared for him myself, and he at least needs a good coach to take him to the next level.
Why would KG and Rivers want to go to the Western Conference? Does Rivers not know about KG's history in the playoffs when he played in the Western Conference? KG won 2 playoff series when he was on the Wolves. He's been to the Finals twice while he's been on the Celtics. They are just setting up themselves for future first round exits.
KG and Pierce are still productive players. Sure, they're old, but unless the wheels completely fall off they can help a contender. Sadly, I don't think the C's are contenders right now; only Rondo, Sully, Bradley and sometimes Bass seem to be real gamers. Lee wilted, Fab is still a raw mess, etc etc.
Clippers don't need Garnett tbh. Doc is a good coach but its not like he's a cut above the rest, he lucked out coaching KG, Pierce and Allen when all still had some juice left.
I'd be ok with Brian Shaw tbh. That's practically Phil Jackson's extension out there. I really don't like the idea of hiring the same recycled coaches out there, most are perennial losers without any impressive post season record. Clippers are a young team, lets roll with some fresh faces. But if we can get Doc without giving up any of our assets particularly Bled, then we're in business.
Granted, this is coming from that got Bill Simmons, but....
Is Simmons pulling that out his ass? would be an amazing deal for the Clippers to jettison Butler for Terry and then get rid of nothing but crap for Garnett.
I haven't seen more than two full games of the Clippers,but what's so bad about Jordan?? I mean yeah,he is a monkeyballer first,but he has some post game,is athletic as ,and has good chemistry with the team..All he needs is coaching imo..
He has no post game, no face-up game, can't shoot, he's one of the dumbest players in the league, and you can't have him on the floor at the end of games not only because of his severe mental handicaps, but also his 39% free throw shooting (which dropped to 22% this playoffs). On top of that he makes $11 million for next season and $11.4 million the season after.
Also, he's lazy as , feels en led to minutes, and pouts on the bench when he doesn't get them, tbh..... and in the playoffs, he gives Matt B
Oh well,I've been wrong before
Not sure why the Clips are insisting on Bledsoe so much. If this move happens cP3 stays. In the end, I'm guessing they do Jordan, 1st, Bledsoe/future 1st (but not both).
It has nothing to do with CP3, tbh..... Doc claims he wants to coach Bledsoe, the Clippers' front office wants to see what they could get for him in a separate trade.... not to mention, DeAndre AND Bledsoe is too much to give up, tbh....
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