Comments on: All-Decade Teams: Coaches of the 2000s http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Ricardo http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069&cpage=1#comment-12065 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:50:35 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069#comment-12065 Unfortunately, Okafor can't emulate 7'2" or a low-post repetoire featuring an unstoppable skyhook.

]]> By: Dave http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069&cpage=1#comment-11234 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:06:13 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069#comment-11234 Exhibit A in why Larry Brown is not in the Pop / Jackson category -

Bobcats coach Larry Brown led some to believe he wasn't crazy about Okafor's game when the coach joked that he'd give Okafor an A in stretching and pilates, but wanted him to get an A in basketball.

"That kind of got, I felt, a little bit out of hand," Okafor said, laughing. "I'd missed games previously and my mindset was, 'OK, I don't want to miss any games, so I'm going to do everything possible to stay on the court.' So I have a stretching routine 15 minutes before practice, 15 minutes after practice."

Okafor said he also practices pilates a couple times a week to strengthen his core in an effort to avoid back problems. It's tough to question the results. He hasn't missed a game in two seasons.

Hmm, let's see, which C had a strong stretching ethic, oh yes Kareem we should fully ridicule Okafor for trying to emulate him.

]]> By: GMO http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069&cpage=1#comment-11181 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:02:16 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069#comment-11181 Not a bad system, but winning a the title should have more weight.

]]> By: Justin Kubatko http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069&cpage=1#comment-11154 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:31:57 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069#comment-11154 My apologies for taking so long to reply to some of the issues brought up here. I don't think this system undervalues the playoffs, as 50% of the points are related to the playoffs. Yes, Jackson won one more title and had three more Finals appearances than Pop, but he also had two very mediocre seasons (2005-06 and 2006-07) while Pop didn't have any. Regardless, I think we can all agree that these two coaches were the class of the decade.

Eddie Jordan finished 23rd with a score of 6.1. Nate McMillan and Lawrence Frank (7.1) were directly ahead of Jordan and Maurice Cheeks (5.6) was directly behind him.

]]> By: Kaveh http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069&cpage=1#comment-11123 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:35:35 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069#comment-11123 I absolutely agree with Gary C. PJ went to the NBA finals 6 times and won 4 championships while Pop went 3 times and won it 3 times. By the way, freakin WOW that these two are in the same conference, thus only 1 team from the West outside of the Lakers/Spurs made it to the NBA finals for the ENTIRE decade (mavs). That's amazing.

Either way, PJ is the best NBA coach of all time and Pop is up there in the top 4-5 in my opinion.

]]> By: TSW http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069&cpage=1#comment-11095 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:40:17 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069#comment-11095 What does your system say about Eddie Jordan over the past decade?

]]> By: Jason J http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069&cpage=1#comment-11094 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:23:05 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069#comment-11094 It's hard to find a definite value for coaching for the same reason that it's hard to find a definite value for players - the rest of the team has such an impact on winning and losing. But it's actually worse because they don't have any data except wins and losses to work with, since they don't actually have measurable production like players do. In terms of strategy and motivation and keeping players focused, it's hard to argue against Pop or Phil, and clearly the results are there.

Now I hate "what if" questions in sports, but with coaches I think you almost have to wonder if Brown or SVG or JVG or Adelman or Saunders or D'Antoni happened to coach Shaq, Kobe, Gasol, Duncan, Robinson, Parker, and / or Manu... who knows? They might have at least similar success.

Henry Abbott over at Truehoop ran an interview with a professional gambler who had some secret mathematical formula that did a reliable job of calculating the impact of coaches on wins and losses (to the point where it effected his wagering). If I recall he had Pop and Phil out front as well.

]]> By: Gary C http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069&cpage=1#comment-11089 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:12:46 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069#comment-11089 I think you're undervaluing championships, finals and deep playoff advancement here. Hard to see how 3 titles and 3 conference champs trumps 4 titles and 6 conference champs no matter what happened in regular seasons (even ones missed).

]]> By: KneeJerkNBA http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069&cpage=1#comment-11087 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:32:40 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3069#comment-11087 Joe Dumars just read this and cried.

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