NBA 2014 Playoffs and Offseason

[Vic Vega]

Melo isn't the problem. The problem is lack of other players.

Amare - old and broken down
Smith - headcase
Felton - fat
Shumpert - young and inconsistent, but there's potential
Chandler - solid, but injury prone recently
Hardaway - young and has potential
Bargnani - he might work out in the right system, but he's not even a solid starter at this point of his career, lest we forget he's a number 1 pick
Prigioni - he's fine as a backup, but Knicks are asking him to do too much

So out of that, you have maybe 3 other solid contributors. Melo isn't the problem.

I don't even see that many there.

Chandler is busted up most of the time and is always busted up by the playoffs.

[byc]

Random question of the day!

If OKC fires Scottie Brooks, should they hire Mike D'Antoni?

[Vic Vega]

Random question of the day!

If OKC fires Scottie Brooks, should they hire Mike D'Antoni?

I want this to happen only to see the look on Dwight Howard's face.

[ExcelsiorPrime]

Random question of the day!

If OKC fires Scottie Brooks, should they hire Mike D'Antoni?

I hope the Pistons hire Scott Brooks if he is let go.

[kalorama]

I hope the Pistons hire Scott Brooks if he is let go.

Good god, no! If he wasn't able to rein in Russell Westbrook, I shudder to think of the carnage if he has to try and control Josh Smith.

The rims, man! Think of the rims!

[byc]

Good god, no!

Brooks can coach young players and defense, but Detroit's offense would be even worse. If that was possible.

"Brandon, bring the ball up, dish it to Josh. Josh, create a shot!". He takes a 21 footer, clank. lol

[CrimsonEchidna]

legoheat

But in all seriousness, I'm predicting a Heat/Spurs Finals Rematch at this point.

[JaggedFel]

Brooks can coach young players and defense, but Detroit's offense would be even worse. If that was possible.

"Brandon, bring the ball up, dish it to Josh. Josh, create a shot!". He takes a 21 footer, clank. lol

Coach D? They are getting outscored by the Grizz with the Grizz running out multiple 20 point leads. And lets face it the grizz are hardly a dynamic offense. Hard nosed Defensive team but Brooks relies on athleticism and youth.

[Manchuto]

Mike D'Antoni has resigned as Lakers HC...per ESPN and Adam Schefter

jeez that dude knows everything

It's not that much of a surprise and in my opinion he should not have been coaching the lakers to begin with. His style and play just could not fit with the personnel he had there. In his only defense though I will say that Mike D'Antoni never really had a healthy Kobe or Nash to try to make things work.

[byc]

It's not that much of a surprise and in my opinion he should not have been coaching the lakers to begin with. His style and play just could not fit with the personnel he had there. In his only defense though I will say that Mike D'Antoni never really had a healthy Kobe or Nash to try to make things work.

He did have a healthy Kobe. Kobe averaged 38.6 minutes a game while playing for D'Antoni 2 years ago. He suffered the Achilles tear in April, near the end of the season. And then this year, Kobe came back, and then injured his knee and was out rest of this year.

[byc]

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...artner=ya5nbcs

The sad story of Greg Oden continues. He looked bad against Hibbert, and now that Indiana is probably not going to make the next round, Oden is done. There's not a center left with the possibility of Tim Duncan that require Oden's services. Personally, Duncan would DESTROY Oden. His skill, his ability, his knowledge; these would overwhelm Oden in seconds. I knew once Haslem started playing again late in the season that the Heat just couldn't rely on Oden. Oden is truly the 12th man at this point. If a big man somehow started dominating the Heat, Spoelstra would turn to Haslem and Battier to figure it out, along with Birdman Andersen.

Oden will probably win a ring, but his career still would be on hold.

[HUTHAIFA]

Fill in the Blank for this coaching merry go round.


LAKERS
KNICKS
WARRIORS
THUNDER
PACERS

[byc]

The Pacers at Hawks game on NBATV already bugs me. The crawl is the All D-League players and awards...

The D-League... I can't un-see it.

-sigh-

[Eli.C]

I don't want to watch anymore.

[Jonah Weiland]

This has been a busy year in L.A. between the fall of the Lakers, the rise of the Clippers. Kobe, Blake Paul.

The Donald Sterling mess. And nwo this.

I was talking with an ESPN LA reporter about this crazy week of basketball news and asked her if it's ever been this busy before in her tenure and she said once: December, 2011.

Yup -- Chris Paul trade, Dwight Howard trade, Steve Nash trade, NBA lockout, restart of the season on December 25th.