Best Coach Leading A Team Lacking Star Power

jirojan · Post #16 » by **jirojan** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 9:51 am

its mike "sit the f*** down" dantoni

RutgersBJJ · Post #17 » by **RutgersBJJ** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 10:07 am

there is no other coach in the league that would take the Knicks roster and have them even 10 games near .500. No one. He isn't the best coach in the league, but he certainly is the best at taking less talent and making them competitive. Now that he is gone in Phx people are seeing the real amare, and realizing that Steve Nash is the same exact player he was on Dallas. A pg with a good shot, but that is turnover prone when he has to actually run a proper half-court offense.

prekazi · Post #18 » by **prekazi** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 11:08 am

timdunkit wrote:To be honest, the most underappreciated coach in the NBA has to Mike Brown ... just for managing Lebron for all these years, I mean he even has the guy convinced to play defense and when nobody gives you credit and you have the best player in the league and your team playing the best ball ever ... that says something ...

LeBron James is one of the most coachable superstars ever.

Clangus · Post #19 » by **Clangus** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 11:30 am

Jerry Sloan.

He has injuries coming out of his ears and the Jazz are still a hard beat.

Mahoney_jr · Post #20 » by **Mahoney_jr** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 11:41 am

Larry Brown

Just like D'Antoni he needs a specific type of player. I just think that Brown's type of players are typically NOT stars. And as he's a good coach without question, he was the first to come to my mind.

nba_addict · Post #21 » by **nba_addict** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 1:08 pm

Had the thread been titled "Worst coach leading a team stacked with Star Power".

Terry Porter.. LOL.

667Club · Post #22 » by **667Club** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 1:09 pm

Larry Brown, Mike D'antoni.

jokeboy86 · Post #23 » by **jokeboy86** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 1:26 pm

Scott Skiles

timdunkit · Post #24 » by **timdunkit** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 1:38 pm

SwiLL2432 wrote:
timdunkit wrote:To be honest, the most underappreciated coach in the NBA has to Mike Brown ... just for managing Lebron for all these years, I mean he even has the guy convinced to play defense and when nobody gives you credit and you have the best player in the league and your team playing the best ball ever ... that says something ...

Not really. What is says is you have the second best player in the league with Mo and Z and are winning games that you are suppose to win. O and you got to one NBA finals and got the broom

So wait, you managed to take what most people call "Lebron + scrubs" team to the finals 2 years ago ... You have the greatest chemistry team built ... and try having a job where everyone is saying that Lebron is leaving and how much pressure that puts on you ... Lebron has Mike Brown respect, even when his offensive schemes sucked ... to me that is a big accomplishment ... I am not saying he is a top coach but he does deserve some respect ... the Cavs have been a top defensive and rebounding team for years ... give some credit to Mike Brown ....

amcoolio · Post #25 » by **amcoolio** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 5:04 pm

The Bobcats are starting Juwan Howard. Give me a break. Brown has coached the Bobcats into a top 5 defensive team in the NBA. All the other teams in the top 10 have superstars.

Knicksfan1 · Post #26 » by **Knicksfan1** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 5:26 pm

amcoolio wrote:The Bobcats are starting Juwan Howard. Give me a break. Brown has coached the Bobcats into a top 5 defensive team in the NBA. All the other teams in the top 10 have superstars.

The knicks start Jared Jefferies, Mike D>Brown
I have seen both, both are future HOFers

Hendrix · Post #27 » by **Hendrix** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 5:33 pm

Scott Skiles, Larry Brown. and Sloan are some of the best at utilizing non-superstar talent imo. As long as the players buy into what they're sayin'.

kinda weird they're all on small market teams too.

Rasho Brezec · Post #28 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 5:34 pm

Jared Jeffries is better than Juwan Howard. Yep, I said it.

meatball sub · Post #29 » by **meatball sub** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 5:55 pm

Larry Brown was the first name to come to mind.

BiggMann · Post #30 » by **BiggMann** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 6:25 pm

Clangus wrote:Jerry Sloan.

He has injuries coming out of his ears and the Jazz are still a hard beat.

Only one shout out for Jerry??

Wow!

Deron misses first part of the season with a severe ankle sprain.

Then Boozer goes down with knee injury (Also a swollen vagina has halted his recovery process).

AK is now out because of foot surgery.

I mean the list goes on and on, and they are still in the hunt for the playoffs.

...once Boozer and AK come back, hopefully shortly after the all star break, we'll have our full starting lineup for the first time ALL SEASON! I dont think anyone will want to face Utah in the first round! BRING ON L.A..!

Storm Surge · Post #31 » by **Storm Surge** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 6:28 pm

Rick Adelman...won 22 in a row with a non-star in T-Mac and a bunch of role players last year, won 55 games in the tough West in that season.

Is 29-19 with only 1 all star in Yao Ming and a bunch of questionable players.

A lot of the teams ahead of him in the West have more than 1.

Lakers - Kobe/Gasol
Spurs- TD/Parker
Nuggets - Billups/Anthony
Hornets - West/Paul

Post #32 » by **Miller4ever** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 6:58 pm

Magic All The Way wrote:Rick Carlise I think makes the most of the talent. He kept the Pacers competitive even after the Detroit brawl, and the mass suspensions.

Agreed. Even though the Mavs aren't doing well, it's not Rick Carlisle's fault. He got stuck with an aging J-Kidd, and a messed up player in Josh Howard. Any coach that coaches the Mavs are going to face ridiculous problems.

icat2000 · Post #33 » by **icat2000** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 7:06 pm

Scott Skiles

doc.end · Post #34 » by **doc.end** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 7:23 pm

amcoolio wrote:lol at all these answers.

You know who the best coach leading a team with no stars is, why even ask the question

Agreed. Larry Brown teaches. D'antoni just needs to have his type of players. And technically Knicks have Marbury :lol:

Yao_noodle · Post #35 » by **Yao_noodle** » Mon Feb 2, 2009 7:47 pm

It is Adelman:
Yao: soft, slow like a grandma.
Scola: scrub.
Battier: scrub.
TMAC: ballhog, worse than a scrub.
Rafer: worst starting PG in NBA.

Artest: his layup shooting percentage is 40%.

They are a team that have been lost to New York, Wizard, Indiana(twice), 76s (twice), Toronto , Grizzlies,Clippers. They constantly have 4th quarter collapses. They look like a lottery team.

but their record is 29:19, 60%. a fluke or a miracle?