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Re: Around the League

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 11:15 pm
by crazy-canuck [enjin:18955461]
Call me crazy, but i think joerger has been doing a great job in sacramento, so hed be my frontrunner for COY. The vets have bought in and allowing the kids to play in joergers system.

Re: Around the League

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 11:40 pm
by Camden [enjin:6601484]
crazy-canuck wrote:Call me crazy, but i think joerger has been doing a great job in sacramento, so hed be my frontrunner for COY. The vets have bought in and allowing the kids to play in joergers system.


COY is quite clearly Mike Malone so far.

Re: Around the League

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 11:53 pm
by khans2k5 [enjin:6608728]
Camden0916 wrote:
crazy-canuck wrote:Call me crazy, but i think joerger has been doing a great job in sacramento, so hed be my frontrunner for COY. The vets have bought in and allowing the kids to play in joergers system.


COY is quite clearly Mike Malone so far.


Wouldn't it be Doc? 0.5 game back with no real All-Stars on that team. Just a bunch of solid players. Denver has Jokic popping off and they get a home court advantage nobody else in the league gets in altitude.

Re: Around the League

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2018 12:02 am
by kekgeek
khans2k5 wrote:
Camden0916 wrote:
crazy-canuck wrote:Call me crazy, but i think joerger has been doing a great job in sacramento, so hed be my frontrunner for COY. The vets have bought in and allowing the kids to play in joergers system.


COY is quite clearly Mike Malone so far.


Wouldn't it be Doc? 0.5 game back with no real All-Stars on that team. Just a bunch of solid players. Denver has Jokic popping off and they get a home court advantage nobody else in the league gets in altitude.


I would also say Bud, bickerstaff and Nurse are in the running

Re: Around the League

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2018 12:10 am
by khans2k5 [enjin:6608728]
kekgeek1 wrote:
khans2k5 wrote:
Camden0916 wrote:
crazy-canuck wrote:Call me crazy, but i think joerger has been doing a great job in sacramento, so hed be my frontrunner for COY. The vets have bought in and allowing the kids to play in joergers system.


COY is quite clearly Mike Malone so far.


Wouldn't it be Doc? 0.5 game back with no real All-Stars on that team. Just a bunch of solid players. Denver has Jokic popping off and they get a home court advantage nobody else in the league gets in altitude.


I would also say Bud, bickerstaff and Nurse are in the running


I just find it hard to give it to coaches who have MVP candidates on their teams. I think of it more of who's team is both good and greatly overachieving. I would put Doc 1 and Malone and Bickerstaff behind him just because they have legitimate all-stars and he has a team full of borderline ones. It's definitely close though.

Re: Around the League

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2018 12:50 am
by crazy-canuck [enjin:18955461]
Joerger is taking a team that was expected to fight for the first pick in ther draft, but instead are fighting fir a playoff spot. They've also been one of the better road teams in the league this year.

Re: Around the League

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2018 1:09 am
by khans2k5 [enjin:6608728]
crazy-canuck wrote:Joerger is taking a team that was expected to fight for the first pick in ther draft, but instead are fighting fir a playoff spot. They've also been one of the better road teams in the league this year.


Ya, but if they don't get a playoff spot he's just not getting it. And the season is still young. He's got an awful lot of young players to keep this up for 82 games. I just think they are gonna run out of steam once everyone hits their stride in the next month or two.

Re: Around the League

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2018 6:44 am
by Q12543 [enjin:6621299]
Is it me or are injuries down this year? Some of what might make the West even more competitive than usual is that most teams seem relatively healthy. Last year Denver was missing Milsap and the Clippers were missing Gallinari. These two guys are really, really good players.

Re: Around the League

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2018 7:44 am
by Duke13
Actually Dever has had multiple injuries, Barton, Harris, Jarred Vanderbilt, rookie who they were thinking would be in the rotation, and of course Porter, who they drafted knowing he'd likely sit. Good teams sustain a high level of play through injuries. This makes Denver's start even more impressive. They have a very very nice roster.

Re: Around the League

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2018 11:54 am
by 60WinTim
Duke13 wrote:Actually Dever has had multiple injuries, Barton, Harris, Jarred Vanderbilt, rookie who they were thinking would be in the rotation, and of course Porter, who they drafted knowing he'd likely sit. Good teams sustain a high level of play through injuries. This makes Denver's start even more impressive. They have a very very nice roster.


Milsap broke a toe last night, and Gary Harris has been ruled out for 3 to 4 weeks with a hip injury. Those are a couple of tough losses.