Minnesota Sports Forum

<r><QUOTE author="lipoli390"><s>[quote="lipoli390"]</s>Williams is a poor comparison to Bennett. The only things they have in common are the position they play and a disappointing rookie season. Bennett is far more skilled than Williams - a better ball handler and much better passer. To say that Ben...

<r><QUOTE author="khans2k5"><s>[quote="khans2k5"]</s>I don't see how trading a former #1 overall pick in year 2 of his rookie deal for a possible 1 year rental on a non-playoff team is smart in any capacity. Even if Bennett is just a role player, you lose that trade if Young leaves after 1 year beca...

<r><QUOTE author="longstrangetrip"><s>[quote="longstrangetrip"]</s><QUOTE author="kms789"><s>[quote="kms789"]</s><QUOTE author="longstrangetrip"><s>[quote="longstrangetrip"]</s><br/> Basically, I want my starting PF to do three things...score efficiently, rebound, and play solid defense. And advance...

<r><QUOTE author="longstrangetrip"><s>[quote="longstrangetrip"]</s><br/> Basically, I want my starting PF to do three things...score efficiently, rebound, and play solid defense. And advanced stats show Thad is substandard in all three areas. His TS% of .512 ranked him 55th among PF's last year, and...

<r><QUOTE author="sjm34"><s>[quote="sjm34"]</s><QUOTE author="kms789"><s>[quote="kms789"]</s>Just to be clear...first LeBron is the reason the NBA sucks because Lance Stephenson blew in his ear. Now you're personally calling him out for not responding to James Johnson domestic abuse charges.<br/> <b...

Just to be clear...first LeBron is the reason the NBA sucks because Lance Stephenson blew in his ear. Now you're personally calling him out for not responding to James Johnson domestic abuse charges.

I'm not sure what LeBron did to you, but the fixation on him is pretty weird.

<t>LeBron's response:<br/> "I'm just here to play basketball, man. All the extracurricular activities, I don't really get into," said James, who scored a playoff career-low seven points in the game due mostly to foul trouble. "I'm just trying to win. We need one more win to get to the...

<t>He went .500 the next season and then was fired for starting 8-9 in '08-'09 (replaced by Jay Triano, who went 25-40). I'm just saying making the playoffs 2 out of 4 years in Toronto and winning Coach of the Year once is not a disaster, so I'd like to know more about him. There's not a coach in th...

<t>I keep hearing mediocre guy, decent motivator, but I don't know anybody who has actually broken down the types of offensive/defensive sets he's run that are successful/unsuccsessful, how his in-game coaching adjustments were, what kind of practices he ran, what kind of rapport he had with players...

So Mitchell gets 47 wins out of a team who's top-5 scorers were: a 22 year old Bosh, rookie Bargnani, Anthony Parker, TJ Ford, and Juan Dixon...and we're convinced he's no good?

Seems like management blamed him to keep Bosh happy, but that team looks terrible on paper.