2014 Off-Season Thread

[redsrule]

Re: 2014 Off-Season Thread

Blatt was my favorite when his name was announced, very glad to see the Cavs follow through on their coaching search to get who I think is the best coach.

Ironically, my list was something like 1) Blatt 2) Calipari 3) Lue. Pretty sure the Cavaliers had them as their top three candidates too.

Serious question, why did you want Calipari so much? Considering how much they offered him (essential being the highest paid coach in the NBA) I think they could have gotten someone better than him.

[OSUFan_88]

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Serious question, why did you want Calipari so much? Considering how much they offered him (essential being the highest paid coach in the NBA) I think they could have gotten someone better than him.

I think a lot of the NBA is all about who you know and recruiting guys to places. Calipari has some of the best relationships in the NBA and Cal is one of the best at both of those in basketball. He's also a master at getting guys to believe in themselves and seems to really know how to bring out talent in young players.

As an actual X's and O's guy, he's not that great. But the others? He's amazing.

[ojandpizza]

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Cal also knows when college players are NBA ready. I think he could benefit team scouts, as well as know any sleeper players who might go undrafted or fall late in a draft.


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[redsrule]

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I think a lot of the NBA is all about who you know and recruiting guys to places. Calipari has some of the best relationships in the NBA and Cal is one of the best at both of those in basketball. He's also a master at getting guys to believe in themselves and seems to really know how to bring out talent in young players.

As an actual X's and O's guy, he's not that great. But the others? He's amazing.

Fair enough. I think he's an above average X and O's guy but definitely isn't phenomenal there. He is very good at getting guys to mesh as well. Still don't think I would have given him that much money.

Cal also knows when college players are NBA ready. I think he could benefit team scouts, as well as know any sleeper players who might go undrafted or fall late in a draft.


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Ehh he just does a phenomenal job of making sure the players know what their options are after the year (for example he had Archie Goodwin in his office then put the phone on speaker and talked to a bunch of NBA guys who had no idea Goodwin was there, and they all told him he should go back another year.

[ojandpizza]

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So tough for me to know how good of an X's and O's guy he really is or isn't.. He does a good job of getting guys to play well together, but he always has 3 or 4 guys on his roster at a time who can pretty much do whatever they want at the college level.. So even when something good happens you can't ever tell if it's something that was designed or just a great player making plays against people he's better than.

Either way at that price I think he's over paid. But I'm all for over paying if it leads to wins. He might have been perfect for getting Kyrie/Waiters to mesh.



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[turty11]

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so at the least cal would be a better recruiting/motivating/inspiring scott brooks?

most definately overpaid, but i think he would make a good nba coach if he were in the right situation (team with good young talent, front office that doesnt try to get a new coach every year etc)

[OSUFan_88]

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so at the least cal would be a better recruiting/motivating/inspiring scott brooks?

I would probably call him Doc Rivers 2.0, myself.

[turty11]

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incase you missed it and want to listen, rondo hosted numbers never lie today, discussing love to boston, and lebrons future among other things http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=11107725

warriors give 3yr assistant deal to alvin gentry


and then i saw this ><

If they are unable to acquire Kevin Love, Boston Celtics are reportedly planning a longer and more methodical rebuilding process that likely would see Rajon Rondo get traded.
The Celtics have a taker for Jeff Green if they decide to move him, according to a source.
The Celtics are not giving up in their discussions with the Minnesota Timberwolves but have thus far been rebuffed in talks. Boston has offered the Nos. 6 and 17 picks in this year’s draft, Kelly Olynyk and one of their own future No. 1 picks for Love, according to a source.
Love has reportedly told the Timberwolves' front office that he will opt out of his contract and leave next offseason if he is not traded beforehand.

[cavsfan2]

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2103433-meet-new-cleveland-cavs-head-coach-and-euroleague-product-david-blatt

The more I hear about this guy the more I like him

[SPTO]

Re: 2014 Off-Season Thread

Very interesting move by the Cavs with the hiring of Blatt. It's nice that an organization is confident enough to look outside of the usual sources. This Blatt guy comes with a lot of pedigree but i'm not expecting success right away as the NBA game is a lot different than the Euro League. If the Cavs can be patient with him and there's signs of improvement than this could be a very astute hire.

I'll be keeping an eye on Cleveland to see how this all shakes out.

[wwharton]

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Denver trade has way more known quantities than the Boston one. Plus, Saunders doesn't really want to deal with Ainge due to how the KG deal went down. Faried, Afflalo (or 11th OVA) and Chandler > 6th OVA, Olynyk and Sullinger in my opinion. Boston could offer additional picks though.

If the Warriors offer up Thompson, I'd be all over it if I was Minnesota. He's a future all star in this league. If you're trying to get one wow-factor guy in return for Love, that would be the guy.

What was the problem with the KG deal. The center piece was Al Jefferson. Considering that, I think the short term/long term benefits make it pretty fair... not Ainge's fault Jefferson isn't still on the T'Wolves.

incase you missed it and want to listen, rondo hosted numbers never lie today, discussing love to boston, and lebrons future among other things http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=11107725

warriors give 3yr assistant deal to alvin gentry


and then i saw this ><

If they are unable to acquire Kevin Love, Boston Celtics are reportedly planning a longer and more methodical rebuilding process that likely would see Rajon Rondo get traded.
The Celtics have a taker for Jeff Green if they decide to move him, according to a source.
The Celtics are not giving up in their discussions with the Minnesota Timberwolves but have thus far been rebuffed in talks. Boston has offered the Nos. 6 and 17 picks in this year’s draft, Kelly Olynyk and one of their own future No. 1 picks for Love, according to a source.
Love has reportedly told the Timberwolves' front office that he will opt out of his contract and leave next offseason if he is not traded beforehand.

Warning: no more "news" posts without links. If you can copy the text you can copy the link that you pulled it from.

[cavsfan2]

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David Blatt officially hired by the Cavs, but there's nothing yet on the terms.

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2014/06/cleveland_cavaliers_hire_david.html

Edit: looks like 4 years and a little less than 20 million

[turty11]

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wwharton what if i dont have a link? i see stuff on updates during baseball games for specific teams alot

[wwharton]

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wwharton what if i dont have a link? i see stuff on updates during baseball games for specific teams alot

Then don't post it. I'm sure we'll all live.

Nine times out of ten, if something scrolls across the tv or is talked about on the radio, a quick google search can confirm it.

[Caveman24]

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Before anyone ask he's from Boston and has perfect English lol.

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