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"stan van gundy" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"I want to get into this for a minute. I wrote on SI dot com on Tuesday about Westbrook's kind of evaluating where Westbrook is as a 6 man. I talked to a lot of people around the league about Westbrook coaches, general managers, talk to Stan van Gundy for a while, talk to Dwyane Wade, who is one of the few superstars who briefly successfully transitioned into a 6th man role in his final year in Miami. Westbrook has played 22 games off the bench this season with the Lakers. He's averaging about 15 points. He's handing out about 8 assists. You know, it's plus minus is still in the red. He's about minus two and a half, but that's an improvement over the -5.3 was in his three games as a starter. And more importantly, like he's sort of passing the eyeball test Howard. You're seeing a guy that when he gets on the floor is not, you know, kind of the liability he used to be. He's productive. I mean, I was watching the pistons game on Sunday comes in 6 minutes into the first quarter. He has 6 points. He has four assists. He's, you know, moving well. It seems to be working for Russell Westbrook in this rule. Give me your evaluation of kind of Westbrook as a 6th man and yeah, you'll start there. Like what are you seeing out of Westbrook as a 6th man? So as you noted, it's been like, how many games now 22? 22 games. 15 points, 5 and a half rebounds, 8 assists in a ventral. That's kind of what you want from him. The shooting is what it is, shooting 32% from three as a reserve and worse over. Which, by the way, when compared to his previous seasons, like 32% is sniper territory. I mean, just getting him up over 30% is a victory. He's only done it once since his MVP season. Yeah. You know, true shooting percentage is just over 500. It gets fine. It's not spectacular, but you know, whatever. His overall field goal percentage 42%. It's fine. I think the positive here is that he's accepted the role, embrace the role, functioned well in the role. And here I go being negative again, Westbrook is unchanged though. I mean, he has adapted and he has subsumed his ego for the sake of team goals, right? All credit to him for doing that. It's probably some self preservation in that too. Sure, and it's been good for the Lakers. Yeah, of course, definitely some self preservation because he knows he's a free agent next summer and he's got to be, he's got to show that he's going to be adaptable if he's going to continue in this league. But the rest of Westbrook remains the same, right? He's still not a good three point shooter, but he's still going to take those threes. He's still not a guy who's going to do much off the ball. So the ball has got to be in his hands when he's on the floor, which means he's still not great as a costar to LeBron. And he's still not going to defend. So all the flaws are still there.
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"stan van gundy" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"Right idea. So get out and vote. And Stan, thanks so much again, appreciate it. Thanks, Howard. Okay, that's it for today's show. My thanks again to Stan van Gundy. Thanks to our producer, Shelby royston. And thank you all for listening. Remember, you can hear Chris mannix and me every Tuesday on the crossover with all the latest NBA chatter. And then on Fridays, it's me and a guest. Don't forget to rate review and subscribe to the crossover wherever you get your podcasts and hit me with your feedback on Twitter at Howard Beck. When the world gets in the way of your music, try the new Bose quiet comfort earbuds too. Next gen earbuds uniquely tuned to the shape of your ears. They use exclusive Bose technology that personalizes the audio performance to fit you. Delivering the world's best noise cancellation and powerfully immersive sound, so you can hear and feel every detail of the music you love. Bose quiet comfort earbuds two. Sound shape to you. To learn more, visit Bose dot com. Share your team on live at the FIFA World Cup 2022 final in Qatar. Frito lay is giving you the chance to win two tickets by joining their past the ball challenge. Look for the golden world soccer ball, then find friends and score daily entries every time you pass the ball. Scan the QR code on specially marked bags of lay's, Cheetos, or Doritos, or visit Frito lay score dot com. Open to legal residents of 50 USD C 18 plus brain price entry deadline 1110 22 entries received after 1110 22 are only eligible for secondary prices. Rules at Frito lay score dot com. I'm Tai montagu, and I'm the host of calling bull the first podcast about purpose washing, where we dig into the difference between what companies say they stand for and the actions that they're taking. Join us as we investigate organizations like noom and Spotify, let's call BS on companies that deserve it, but also make some suggestions for cleaning that BS up. Listen to the calling bull podcast on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"stan van gundy" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"They're for real now. To me, Milwaukee at full strength is, even though the east is good and deep at, I just don't see anybody beating them if they're in the east if they're at full strength. I mean, let's face it. You know, they go 7 games with Boston last year who goes to the finals without Chris Middleton. So, you know, I am they've got more experience, but Cleveland's better than they were last year. There were legit top 5 defensive team. They were 5th last year. They're in the top 5 again. And they're offense has got more weapons now with Garland and Donovan Mitchell. So yeah, I think they're a legit team. I mean, I think they're there with, I put Philly into the top three myself with Boston and Milwaukee and then I think Cleveland is can certainly challenge those teams and is as good as anybody else besides those three. Yeah. No, I mean, if they crash the top four now, get home court advantage. It will no longer surprise me. If they somehow got made into the Conference Finals because a matchups or whatever else at this stage probably wouldn't surprise me. And it also is the Cavs will be a haunting reminder for the Brooklyn Nets who we talked about a lot earlier because Jared Allen has been fantastic for them, caris levert is there. Those guys are there because of that that James Harden deal that they got all of a year out of and yeah, if not 50 other things and hardens own injury with Brooklyn, who knows. Maybe it would have paid off, but I always felt like that was the one move too many. I liked Katie and kairi plus really good role players, which included Jared Allen and Karis levert and others. That was the moment where they almost went, I felt like the step two too far too overweighted towards stars and no depth. And those are guys that they certainly could use right now. There'd be a whole different team of Jared Allen as I said playing center right now. If they've got Jared Allen and caris levert right now, I mean, instead of Ben Simmons, they're a totally different team. There's no question about that. It's hard. I get it. It's hard to say no to James Harden. No, it's hard to say no to James Harden, but you know, they also had a little bit more balance before, you know, between offense and defense, you know, Jared Allen, could at least protect the rim. They had a little bit of balance there. Then they went totally into, we don't think defense matters at all. So we're going to try to outscore you in that sort of where they are now. I think that inaugural emphasis on the defensive end of the floor is probably what attracts them. To him, but going back to the whole Portland thing, it's still roster, you know, it's still you've got to have guys out there who will commit to that end of the floor and have the ability at that end of the floor. Yeah, no, it's always funny when people say this and they talk about we do this from various ends of it, but you talk about coaches who emphasize defense or a defensive minded, if you don't have the defenders to execute it, then you as coach are a little helpless with that, right? I mean, we saw tibbs was a defensive genius in Chicago and suddenly he couldn't, he didn't know how to think about defense anymore apparently in Minnesota because they were bottom third every year, but it's personnel people. Like it's not like you could skim all you want, and you guys are really smart, Stan, you and coaches are very smart, but you can skim all you want, but if guys can't execute it or don't want to. There's only so much Eddie coach could do. So I don't know what he means going to do with that nets roster to get them to play defense, but it seems kind of bleak. It's certainly does. And you're right. I mean, you know, I coached really good defensive teams in Orlando and the reason is we had Dwight Howard. And he's a defensive player of the year, three times, you know? You know, why was Utah so good defensively the last few years? Well, they had Rudy Gobert back there. And in Mike Conley, who's a really solid defender and smart guys. I mean, there is an aspect of the entire team and understanding their role and guys making a commitment and certainly the coach has something to do with that. But just like on offense, it be in personnel. It's personnel oriented on the defensive end to and particularly having people that can anchor your defense. I mean, to me, Boston was the number one defense in the league last year, primarily, first of all, they had a lot of they don't put a weak defender out there and they're starting 5. It's the best defensive personnel maybe in the league and Robert Williams was the anchor back there. I mean, you've got to have an anchor defensively. And so I trust the teams that are good defensively, particularly in a regular season because I think it takes care a lot of your ups and downs and makes you more consistent. I mean, when you're strictly an offensive team, like the ball's got to go in every night and it doesn't do that for anybody. Yeah. Let the record reflect people that Stan van Gogh did not forget how to coach defense when he left Orlando for Detroit. He just lost Dwight Howard. Well, you'd already lost him. Yeah, it was a big part of it. I mean, those guys certainly, you know, make a huge difference in terms of how you look as a coach. I know Dwight is not the Dwight that you had once upon a time. The nets could use Dwight right now. He's a free agent. I don't know why they don't just sign him. You're not going to put him out there for 40 minutes, 35 or even 30, maybe 15, but my gosh it'd be something at least, but. Well, I'm sort of surprised, you know, as you bring that topic up, I'm a little surprised with some of the guys that are out there still. Like, I look at a team like Brooklyn, who needs big guys. Why not? Dwight Howard, or even Cody zeller. You know, who's got mobility in the whole thing. And then the one that's really surprised me to be quite honest is Carmelo Anthony. Like, I'm looking at a Laker team that never makes a shot. He played really well for them was when there was reliable offensive guys a year ago, they don't want him. You know, they'd rather have a bunch more guys who can't shoot. I've been a little surprised that some of those guys have not found a home. Yeah, and I know carmella doesn't really play much defense and even in his prime didn't play a ton and certainly doesn't know, but yeah, he absolutely can make shots and make open threes and there's a place for those guys in the league where there's plenty of shooting specialists in this league who don't play much defense. So I hope we see Carmelo back sometime soon. I hope we see Dwight's sometime soon and I definitely think there's teams that could use both of them. So Stan, this has been fantastic again. Thank you so much for spending the time. I'll let you get back to what looks like a gorgeous day there in the greater Orlando area and see you on the tube sometime soon when TNT comes back folks to quick note, no Tuesday night games, so no stand on Tuesday because that is election day. The NBA for the first time ever, no games that day because they want us all to be thinking civic minded, which I think is the
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"stan van gundy" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"Yeah, I mean like players never tank. Coaches never tanked. Organizations tank in terms of how they put their roster together, but yeah, this team in Utah is playing really well and I don't expect the west is strong. I don't expect them to be able to hold on to that, but they're competing really, really well. And it would be a great story if they could hang on. Okay, so in a year though, that does have Victor women, Yama, and scoot Henderson atop the board. And given that the jazz did just trade there too, all stars over the summer and are supposedly will say rebuilding instead of taking, I know you do not endorse taking. You said that at the top of the show, but as a practical matter, shouldn't the jazz be looking to move Clarkson Conley, whomever, whatever it takes to, I mean, this is not their new young core, right? This is, you know, Conley's an older player. This is not a team that they are marketing, obviously, has been fantastic early on. This is not a team they're necessarily going to consider as their new core. I don't think. And small market teams only have so many avenues to get a start a build around. Part of why I don't think that they're going to sustain this is because it feels inevitable to me that they're going to try to sell off some of those pieces, right? Absolutely. I mean, I think that, you know, I think Connolly and Clarkson will be gone at some point. You know, I think that they have set very high prices on their players, obviously great return. If you want to rebuild great return on Gobert, great return on Donovan Mitchell and trying to get those kind of returns for Clarkson and Conley, but I think they're not looking to sell guys off for less than what they think they're worth and so I think they're going to hold out. For quite a while, but eventually, yeah, I expect they'll be gone. And, you know, a bench scorer like Clarkson and a veteran point guard like Mike Conley are going to be valuable guys to teams that are missing those kinds of pieces to make a run in the playoffs. So I think it'll be really interesting to see where they end up, but I'm with you. They're not going to end up on that team. Yeah. Quick question about each of the other two teams we discussed. My question on the spurs obviously not sustainable and obviously this is not a team that was trying to win this year after trading digit Murray and they're trying to figure out what their next era is going to be about. As they do that and what you've seen are the spurs so far, any individuals that are standing out where you're thinking, you know what? Things are going to be kind of bleak for the foreseeable future. Maybe they get webinar in the lottery. Maybe they don't, maybe they get scooped, maybe they don't. But this player, these two guys, anybody who's stuck out that you think, okay, these guys are going to be a key to whatever this next spurs era is. Well, I think they've got guys who are good players and will develop into good players, obviously pop does a great job, coaching them, you love the way they play. But they're going to need an opportunity to draft pie because there's not there's not a star on that team going forward that they can build around. There's no palo Bond Ben Carroll. There's, you know, there's not that guy that can be the centerpiece of a team, even down the road. I don't see anybody on that roster that I look at and say, that guy could develop into the guy you can count on for 20 plus every night. I don't see that. So to me, it's a roster of complimentary players and role players. Now, I don't think they're probably done making moves and the guy to me that should draw a lot of interest from like a Brooklyn or the Lakers if they're going to go forward and try to win is Jakob bertler. I mean, that guy is a good NBA center and I think anybody who's looking for a big and wants to make a run, that guy can help you a lot. Now it's a matter of what people would be willing to give up for him. But he's a marketable guy, obviously killed in Johnson. I mean, good player. But they're not giving him up. He's one of their real building blocks. But he's probably your best young guy. That's not going to get a can't be. I don't see 5, 6 years down the road. That you're going to feel the really, you know, a contending team with Kelvin Johnson. As you centerpiece, there's centerpieces coming sometime in the next two or three years in the draft, yeah. No, Johnson is off to a phenomenal start though. He's averaging almost 24 points a game, 5 rebounds, four assists, been scorching from three. So he's going to score on every team in the league. The hardest guys to me to evaluate in the league are the guys who score a lot of points on really bad teams. I mean, really hard to evaluate them because, you know, somebody's going to score. I mean, that's just the way it goes. You know, can they do that on a good team? Can they help a good team? He can help a good team. There's no question. But not as their centerpiece got. All right, my last kind of pseudo pleasant surprise. And I say pseudo pleasant surprise because everybody knew they'd be good, but so far they've been awesome and that's despite missing one key player for a lot of this. The Cavs, it's 6 and one. Darius Garland has played just two games as you and I record this, but they're 6 and one. Donovan Mitchell has been playing just out of this world. I had the Cavs as a, okay, you had a breakthrough season, you're looking good, maybe you're a top 6 team in the east, but you're second to third tier. You're not up there with Milwaukee in Boston. Small sample size, but they're playing out of their minds. They've been fantastic and Garland is still now just getting back in the mix. Should we reconsider are the Cavs now a legit contender or are they still just a young team on the rise? Yeah, that's going to have to play out, but I think they've got a chance to be a contender. I mean, when you look at their roster, it makes sense. You know, they a little bit like Boston have embraced playing two big guys together that have mobility that can get out on the floor and defend like a mobile and also protect around the rim. And then they greatly beefed up their offense with the move to Donovan Mitchell in the summer. They've still got caris levert. They've got some depth. Yeah,
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"stan van gundy" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"Championships one on paper, but they're not. I mean, and you've got to wait and see how everything works out. In retrospect, nobody would say this in retrospect going back to 2019. If they knew what they knew now and could get a do over, they're not signing both of those guys. Have to have to agree. And nobody could foresee a once in a lifetime pandemic and bubbles and vaccines and vaccine mandates and the foot on the arc, as you referred to, alluded to with Durant in that buck series. I mean, it's a thousand little things, but regardless, the results, the result. It's a freaking disaster. When the world gets in the way of your music, try the new Bose quiet comfort earbuds too. Next gen earbuds uniquely tuned to the shape of your ears. They use exclusive Bose technology. The personalizes the audio performance to fit you. Delivering the world's best noise cancellation and powerfully immersive sound. So you can hear and feel every detail of the music you love. 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Whether you're an entrepreneur, a business leader considering purpose led transformation or just looking for advice from companies that are actually getting it right, listen to the calling bull podcast on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. I mentioned earlier Kyrie and everything else an unpleasant week. So I wanted to try to spin this forward to something a little more positive with pleasant surprises. I'm moving from the unpleasant to the pleasant. So pleasant surprises early in this season, we have the trailblazers who people just kind of left for dead. And then the jazz and the spurs, all these teams out west, of course, who were supposedly going to be tanking for wembanyama, but all three of these teams are off to really nice starts. Lillard's injury notwithstanding. Of those three Stan, Portland, Utah, San Antonio, who do you have the most belief in because we're playing with small sample sizes here. It's early in the season. But who do you have the most belief in to actually be able to sustain this and be a relevant team in April? Oh, Portland easily because Portland is the only one, first of all, it's got star. I mean, they've got Damian Lillard who they can run at the offensive, and then they went out and got over the last from the trading deadline last year to now. They got some really important veteran help in Jeremy grant in Josh Hart. Not only good solid players, but tough guys that elevate what has for a long time been a really bad defensive roster. In Portland, I remember when Neil little Shay famously said when, you know, he fired Terry stotts after very good success, you know, this isn't a roster that should have been 29th defensively. And I said, you know what? That's very true. That roster should have been dead last. I think the kings were the only ones keeping them from that. And I think they finally realized there, right? Joe cronin saying, if we're going to get better defensively, well, we got to get guys who have a chance to guard. I mean, Bill Belichick, I love it. He said a few years back, if you want a smart, tough football team, you better go out and get smart, tough football players because you're not going to change them. And I think the trailblazers realize that, instead, if we're going to defend better, this is radical, but let's go get a couple of guys who can defend. And they have done that. I don't know that they're depth, you know, can hold up, but I thought at the beginning of the year that was a team that had a very good chance to be a playoff team, so I'm not really all that. I'm not really all that surprised now. They're not going to play 700 basketball the whole year. I'm not saying that, but I think they're going to be pretty good. I think Santa Antonio will fall and fall here pretty quickly. They're already starting to show signs of, okay, we're really not that good. But Utah has shocked me. I mean, shocked me, like, you know, they took a team there were four teams last year in the NBA that were in the top ten offensively and defensively. Utah was one of them. They had a coaching change in got rid of most of their players and here they are playing really, really well. Now, they've also been able to win every close game. They've been great. Those things as we know are going to even out as the season goes on. I don't expect them to be a playoff team, but they're start has shocked me and not just by the numbers, but the eyeball test when you watch them, that team plays well. They are playing good basketball and, you know, Lowry marking in is your main guy offensively and you're playing really, really good basketball. So that's been a fun story there. Yeah, and it's a reminder of a couple of things. One is that while teams might try to structurally take, set themselves up where they get rid of all their best talent, go with youth and all this. And so structurally they're set up to lose a lot because they want to get a high pick. There's things we can not account for. One of which is that players have pride and want to win and coaches have pride and want to win. And sometimes funny things happen just in terms of chemistry, right? Like chemistry is this thing we talk about that's completely undefinable. You can't manufacture it. You can't predict it sometimes. But people have compared this jazz team. You'll remember this too, Stan. The Phoenix Suns were supposedly taking back in 2013, 14. Ended up winning 48 games and just missing the playoffs because the 8th seed that year was the Mavericks at 49 wins, but that sun's team ruined what was supposed to be a tank job because they had this incredible chemistry love playing together, played their butts off and all of us who talked about them being a tanking team were just made to look
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"stan van gundy" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"In Boston, like it's almost like they want drama there. Like they don't want to focus on basketball. They haven't been able to focus on basketball for a couple of years here. And there's nothing indicating that they're going to be able to focus on basketball. Now. So, I mean, I don't know that I've seen a franchise have two years of turmoil like this franchise has, especially with the talent that they have on hand, it's really amazing and makes it very, very difficult. To think that this team can get it together on the court. I thought Stan that the most dysfunctional season I had ever witnessed up close as a beat writer back during my beat writer days was the Nixon 2005 6 that was the Larry Brown year, and you had Larry Brown warring with Stephon marbury. Larry Brown warring with Isiah Thomas, who was team president, and then Isaiah Thomas and marbury also at odds. So you had between the franchise star, the head coach, and the president of basketball operations, any two of the three of them are all three of them. We're all fighting with each other. And I thought I could never possibly see anything as dysfunctional as chaotic as toxic as that. And what the nets have done over the last couple of years, is at least on par with its different, it's so fundamentally different because Kyrie's chaos as you describes it is a whole different brand of chaos, right? It's not even about basketball. It's about everything but the basketball at least marbury Larry Brown and Isaiah were fighting about mostly basketball things. So this is even as you listed down the things that have happened over the last year or so or two years, it's exhausting just thinking about, oh my gosh, oh yeah, and they did this and then there was this and there was this. Do you think that's part of the, there are two and 6 is you and I speak is that part of this rough start. Is that more about personnel and do you think that we don't know when the suspension for Kyrie will end, but is this still salvageable? Is there enough talent and enough, I don't know, can they just get through all this stuff? Or are these the kind of things that just kind of wreck a team because it's beyond basketball? This is weighing on the entire franchise. Yeah, I don't even know if it's so much that Kyrie thing. I think one of the things that I would guess has been weighing on them and maybe the coaching change will take care of some of that is like Kevin Durant basically, you know, pulled the chair out from under Steve Nash in the summer. And so they go into the season and I'm not even talking to fans or the media or anybody else. I'm talking in their own locker room. You know, they've got a built in excuse. And so they were just waiting for the first bad stretch saying, okay, Steve's going to be gone at some point. I mean, you know, that I'm sure was certainly on people's minds. It's just been hard there to focus on basketball. Now, is it salvageable? They're certainly will get better, I think. You know, you've got guys like, I mean, assuming Kyrie Irving does what he needs to do in their minds to come back from this suspension. And assuming he doesn't sabotage things again with some other, you know, issue coming out of nowhere because he's certainly, you know, has a propensity to do that. But assuming those things they'll get better, but it's not a great roster. I mean, you know, it's just not a great roster. They never went out and got a, you know, real high quality big man, and I like claxton, but they've really got nothing behind him up front. Been Simmons does not look like Ben Simmons. When he plays, he was one of my favorite guys before the whole saga in Philly. You know, I thought he was the best defensive player of the year, high energy, always on the push in the attack. I know it's going to take time, but he just doesn't look like himself at all. I don't know. I mean, I certainly can't see them in the same realm with Boston, Milwaukee, Philly, if Billy's fully healthy, let probably not Cleveland and, you know, I mean, yeah, they'll get better. Where do they fit? They're not a contender. Yeah. No, they look right now like a team that on paper had the potential to be a contender, but the way they're playing and the frailties that we've already seen, it feels like, yeah, they're second to third tier team at this stage, right? And functionally they're probably not going to fix some of the roster issues during the season. They'll get Seth curry and Joe Harris healthy, presumably, and maybe that extra shooting out there will prop up the offense a little bit, give them a little bit more firepower, more spacing. But it's not going to fix their defense. And that's one of my questions here to stand is that, okay, let's assume it's email DOCA and granted, there are a whole host of issues that come with hiring somebody who's been suspended a full season by another team. Again, another thing that unprecedented in the time that I've been covering this league and probably your time as well, email, as a coach, we know what he the results he was able to get with Boston, galvanize a team that really needed a different voice perhaps or just kind of his approach. And it worked very well in Boston. I don't know that the nets are salvageable by coaching alone. And I don't know how you felt about the job that Steve Nash did, but again, trying to find an optimistic view here or just wondering whether there's a pivot that they can make, does going from Steve Nash style coach and obviously he had been a rookie coach to emu DOCA with the track record he has and the results we've seen, what impact does that have on them? I don't know. I don't think coaching was their problem. I mean, what people forget about Steve Mann. She is two years ago, he was an inch from literally an inch from advancing. I mean, we're all celebrating Milwaukee, the NBA championship. They were one inch from knocking Milwaukee out of the whole thing. And now everyone's perception of Steve Nash would change with that. I don't know if anyone has ever had less of an opportunity over a couple of years than Steve Nash. I mean, with the injuries with kairi city, I mean, as we've talked about it enough, dysfunctional, like, I don't know who gets who gets through all that. We make a big midseason trade and here comes Ben Simmons and nope, I'm not ready to play. I mean, it's been absolutely insane. I think that email udoka had a really strong vision for his team in Boston. He got guys to buy into it, but that was also, you know, Boston Celtics have a strong foundation as an organization. They have a great deal of stability, a 180° from what he's coming into in Brooklyn, which is chaos. And so can he get some focus back on basketball, can Kyrie just do basketball? And nothing else to distract everybody. You know, I mean, maybe, but
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"stan van gundy" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"Writer, for Sports Illustrated, what a week in the NBA. Troubling week and exhausting week. A week where it was often about everything but the actual basketball and I don't want to belabor the Kyrie Irving saga. If you do want to hear all the latest there, Chris manix and I broke it all down, discussed it at length in a bonus edition of the crossover that posted earlier today. You can find that in your feed. I did want to discuss some actual basketball today and some of the more positive stories of the early season. And so for that, I was happy to bring back TNT's Stan van Gundy and we get into some of the pleasant surprises so far. I'm talking about the Cavs, the blazers, the jazz, the spurs, just some of the fun, surprises of the early season, we did discuss some unpleasantness to regarding the nets and Kyrie, but more from the basketball standpoint. Where do they go from here? Is this season salvageable or is it time as I believe to blow it all up? 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Okay, my conversation with Stan van Gundy is coming up next. So stick around. This is the crossover, an NBA show hosted by Sports Illustrated's Chris mannix and Howard back. It's a whole new level for you and me, Chris. This relationship. Like and subscribe for the best weekly NBA content these two are capable of. What does that mean? Could be the best duo ever. I don't see how you can beat that. Here they are. Chris mannix, and Howard back. Now very pleased to welcome back to the crossover Stan van Gogh. Stan, how are you, sir? I'm good, how are you? Doing well. Been a strange week in the NBA strange start to the season overall and kind of a stressful week. Kind of an unpleasant week overall between the Kyrie Irving saga, the Josh primo situation San Antonio miles bridges, I don't think I've seen a week quite like this in the NBA. And certainly on the Kyrie front, this is all new and troubling territory. So we will get to as many basketball related basketball things as we can on this conversation today. But real quick, overview. I mean, it has been a really strange week. Anything that has stuck out to you struck you just thoughts that are still kind of percolating in your head about what we've seen on all fronts. Well, I think the big thing is, is where we 8 or 9 games in, you know, lead sort of by the Kyrie thing. We've just seen so much drama going on. I mean, we've got all these stories. I mean, you know, it sort of started off with, you know, he may do and coaching change there. Now we've had our first in season coaching change already, Kyrie just primo. I mean, it's everything. It's hard to get people get fans to just focus on the basketball right now. Yeah. Yeah, and there's some great basketball being played, which we will get to, but yeah, I mean, listen, we are used to and we use the broad heading of drama and some of these are more serious things than others. Sometimes it's just a team in fighting. Sometimes it's coach firing or whatever. But in terms of NBA stories that are not about the basketball, this flood of them early in this season is something that in my 25 plus seasons I don't think I've seen and they're all troubling in their own way. So let's talk about Kyrie real quick and not we've all talked a lot and Chris mannix and I folks, if you haven't listened already, mannix and I have kind of an emergency pod that we put up earlier today about all of the latest goings on there. The suspension and where things go from here, Kyrie's apology, everything. So Stan, what I wanted to ask you broadly about is this. And I'm going to use the word distractions that I do not mean to diminish anything about the Kyrie situation because this is not the average NBA distraction. But we talk about things that take away from the teams focus, things that take away from the mission on the court. And this is a pretty large one and with ramifications that go so, so far beyond basketball. But I want to put it not to trivialize it, but I do want to put this in basketball terms. You've been a coach in this league and an executive in this league and you've been around this league of very long time. When something like this arises, controversies both big and small, both weighty and not so weighty. What does this do to a locker room to team spirit when we in the media talk about, oh, it's a distraction, how much does this actually permeate the day to day? What do you imagine the nets are going through right now as they try to also overcome a terrible start to the season while this is all now hanging over them? Well, I look at the nets and the first word that comes to my mind is chaos. I mean, and it's not just right now. I mean, it's like disorganization since the day they signed Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, a day that Brooklyn fans celebrated and was going to lead them to championships. It's been chaos ever since. And so, you know, we had James Harden wanted to get there. They trade for him. Oh, now we're definitely a championship team. You know, to, you know, harden once out. He goes, kairi won't get vaccinated and so he can't first they said they weren't going to have him play at all. Then they let him play on the road. You know, and then we go through in the summer Kyrie doesn't want to come back, you know, and then he found out no one else wanted him. So he wanted to come back and then Kevin Durant supposedly wanted to go, but he came back, but he wanted Sean marks and Steve Nash fired. And then when Ben Simmons first came to the nets, he didn't want to play. Then he plays for the beginning of the year and now he's hurt again. And then the Kyrie saga from, you know, look over the last few years, you know, the earth is flat, anti vax, support Alex Jones, and now support a movie that, I guess, has a lot of anti semitic stuff. Now I'll admit I haven't watched the movie. So, but it's just, and then we're going to fire Steve Nash. You know, right into the season. And by the way, supposedly higher, he may do who was suspended for
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"stan van gundy" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
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"stan van gundy" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"But it's kind of ridiculous. Was it O who said that Yanis could have survived back in the day? Like, that's insanity to me. Like Yanis would have killed in any era, I think. Like 7 feet and could put the ball on the floor and shoot drive past guys like that to be kind of taken it too far. Yeah, I mean, but that's just the way the game of basketball works, man. That's just how it worked, you know, it's always going to be like what if who's the goat or who's the best disc, who you think, you know, because it's just with basketball, it just easy to look at, you know, two guys and say, wow, this guy played today. He'll do this. He'll do that. But you don't judge about how he played, you know, years past. You know, when I came into the league, you know, when in the late 90s, you know, the guys that had retired say the same thing about us. These guys so, you know, they don't know how to play the game, you know. You know what I mean? And then when we retire, we turn back and take a peek at the guys now and say the same thing. All these guys solved. They would have made it like we were playing. You know, it's just all going trend with that. It made great conversation. It was me basketball has always going to be exciting sport and there's always going to be sort of talk about. Your look back in the day with the fro was iconic, right? Like fear the fro was one of the great slogans too. Hard to imagine you without it, but you are now without it, I believe, even with the hat off or you got the baseball hat on right now, but it's like right now like I can not imagine James Harden without his beard. I've gotten so used to James like when you find when you look back at like see his draft photo or college, whatever it's kind of freaky. So I was curious, how long after retired? Did you say, you know what? All right, the look was cool. It was great and it was like, we didn't talk about brand as much back then for players, but like that was your brand too, and it was part of the persona. Was it hard to decide to, okay, careers over, we're going to move on, new look, how long after retiring did you did you ditch the fro? Well, actually, I cut it off before I retired. I cut it off. When you were at the bulls? My last year in Cleveland. Oh, and Cleveland. And then I came back to Detroit to retire. All right, I forgot about that. What the decision was pretty much made that, you know, that Sean used to do my hair and we just had had a daughter we just had Bailey and, you know, I was like, I.
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"stan van gundy" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"Like you could be great on the perimeter when you know you got somebody behind you. So maybe I don't know. Maybe it still is about the Biggs more than the guards. Yeah, I mean, that's one thing I always told my guys is, you know, I know how tough it is to go out of a guard on the perimeter the way they handle the ball in ways shoot the ball. You know, so, you know, I always just told them, you know, hey, I got you back. I'm right here, you know, force them here for us in there, you know, let me help you. Let me show you why I'm out here, you know? So, you know, I was, you know, pretty good at convincing my guys that, you know, that as good as anybody is on the offensive being on the floor, I'm just as good or defensive in. So let's take it better than my talent on defensive end of the floor and make some things happen. So it worked out. Your career was at the same time as obviously some of the all time great bigs. And of course, you know, Shaq notably because you guys went up against each other in the 2004 finals. You know what it's like to be battling guys bigger than you taller than you and everything. You played way beyond your size. And then the center's kind of went away for a while, at least the offensive centers, and now we've got this renaissance going, right, going on right now, right? Yo kitchen embiid, both among leading candidates for MVP. Giannis, not a center, but he's 7 feet and he's a something. I don't know, Giannis is just Giannis. They call him the Greek freak for a reason. But still, these are all 7 footers who are highly skilled and highly effective. If I'm now transporting prime Ben Wallace to the present. Who are those three is giving you the biggest nightmare? I mean, man, they all tough, man. You know, like you said, the game has evolved position on the big man has evolved into more of a stress for, you know, a guy that can step out and knock down a tray ball and put the ball on the floor. So, you know, I hear people talk at all the time if, you know, if he played back in the day or I played him now, you know what I'm saying? There's two different games. It's two different styles of basketball. You know, just like any great athlete, we're gonna adjust to the style of the game that we play with. You know, maybe if I get a little time to get out there to adjust and get warmed up and used to the style of the game that they're playing now, then yeah, I have no doubt that I'd be affected. But, you know, to just say, take my past out of play and bring it to the present, you know, it might not work. Always a different game right there. You might be looking for something different. And so, but if I came into the game with the style to play that they planned to date, then I would say that would be a different story. But it's hard just take one way that you used to plan and try to come out here and think that you could, you could play with these with these guys and the way they the way they get after it. So, you know, but you were, I mean, you were athletic mobile big yourself, right?.
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"stan van gundy" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"A lot of shooting. And a lot of shooting. A lot of shoes. You know, that's the thing. Butler and at a bile are both guys who can make plays. They play through them. And then you've got Tyler hero who's the best bench player in the league, can really score. And then you've got Robinson stress, Vincent. Martin, I mean PJ Tucker is shot the ball real well. Kyle Lowry and now they're toughness is just, that's the physically probably the toughest team in the league. I still think Milwaukee's probably better. Everybody at full strength. I still like Milwaukee, brook Lopez looks good to me. You know, he can still play the role that he's played all these years. They needed him back to have some size. I'd still probably pick them if I had to pick it, I'd pick them and Phoenix to be right back in the finals again with a different result this time. Well, and by the way, since you mentioned Jimmy Butler's reputation or his past, there's also one of the all time greatest game of zones episodes featuring Jimmy Butler and that Timberwolves team that he was part of. That one's also worth looking up. I'll send you both links. This has been a, this has been a blast folks. Stay tuned because after Stan, we still have Hall of Famer Ben Wallace coming up for the latter part of the episode. Stan, this has been great, man. Thanks so much. We'll have to do it again during the playoffs..
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"stan van gundy" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"The team that surprised us the most, right? So the Taylor Jenkins Memphis Grizzlies scenario and you were talking about that earlier. But we also have a bunch of those kinds of teams this year. The other category is occasionally a Greg Popovich actually wins it for being a great coach of a great team that one 60 plus games or something. But more often than not it goes from somebody who the team made a big leap and we couldn't see it coming. They made the most out of the least that that kind of category. And so drawing from both of those categories, there's some overlap too between the two, I came up with like 11 guys the other day, which is ridiculous. It's a third of the league. But that's where I'm sort of at. To me, the two hardest ones Howard this year, when I was looking at it, somebody had questioned me and I started looking at it. We're coach of the year and most improved player. I can do the other ones all pretty, pretty quickly and easily, at least get it narrowed down to a couple guys. But most improved in coach of the year to me are hard and I had a long list on coach of the year also. So this was my list. I'm sure they're similar. Taylor Jenkins, emea doka Mani Williams taron, JB bickerstaff, Mike Malone. Perennially underrated and underappreciated, I think, for what he's done there. We give jokic a lot of credit rightfully for what the nuggets have done with no Jamal Murray and Michael Porter junior, but Mike Malone keeping that thing together and getting the most out of the rest of the cast should be noted. Billy Donovan, Jason Kidd, Chris Finch, Steve Kerr, Eric spoelstra, all for different reasons or some similar reasons. Some of those I'm going to be able to knock out quicker than others, right? It's like, it's a three man ballot. Steve kerner exposed to probably won't be there at the end. I think I'm leaning pretty heavily toward Jenkins, you DOCA, I feel like ty Lou has to be on there. I voted for money Williams last year, thought he should have won. He actually had the most first place votes, but lost on points to tibs. I'm tempted to get money back in there again. But this is a really tough one this year. Stan, when you look at it, do you see it the same way that we in the media do at your part media now too, but you have the coaching background, do we lean too far sometimes toward the, oh wow, that team really surprised us so that guy's coach of the year, or do you kind of see it the same way? Yeah, no, sort of the same way. I think, again, I started with a long list to me, what Monty's done has been incredible. I mean, you know, 61 wins was still 7 games to go. And really impressive going 11 and four without Chris Paul. I thought that was an impressive streak and just how complete that team is and how disciplined that team is. I think it's been incredible. The thing with Taylor Jenkins and why putting at the top is I just haven't seen teams this young do this. Yeah. I mean, to be so good at both ends of the floor, you might get a yum team and you see their talent and their great offensively and their defense breaks down. But they're a top 5 or 16 at both ends of the floor..
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"stan van gundy" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"So if you go back to the beginning of the year, they started the year, they were 9 and ten. And they were last in the league defensively. And they're under 500. So jaw goes out and they go, I believe ten and two in that first stretch with him out and they go from last defensively to first defensively with him out. That was the turnaround. Then the defense when he came back dropped a little, but has been very, very solid. Even with him in the lineup all year, so it's not just that jaws a great player. He's unselfish. Guys love playing with him. I mean, I really struggle to figure it out. And a lot of Memphis fans like when I've tweeted about it in things, get upset. Like, oh well, they haven't played anybody when Josh out. I mean, they try to make excuses and I'm not ripping on John Moran. I love John Moran. I can't understand how this is even possible, but yes, they're scheduled has been a little weaker with him out. But they've still beaten good teams also, and they have destroyed people with him out. I mean, they're winning by 2030 every night. Their margin of victory is off the charts. It's hard to explain. Now, Titus Jones has had a remarkable year as a backup point guard. Perennial leader in assisted turnover ratio be a shot the ball better. You know, they get good shots and they're defense they can lean on in that attack mentality on both ends of the floor. So we talked about it on offense. They also lead the league in steals, blocks, turnovers forced. I mean, they are coming at you all the time and Taylor Jenkins has just done a fabulous job. I mean, there have been several, I think, sort of over the top coaching jobs this year, but Taylor Jenkins would be my choice for coach of the year based on what he's done with his team and with a guy that quality of John Moran being out 20 games and being able to win 90% of those. He's got my vote. I don't have a boat, but he would have my vote if I had one. We'll get to coach of the year later too. I definitely have a stupidly long list that I wanted to go through with you. At target, we come in for black owned coffee and leave with change in our hands..
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"stan van gundy" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"Going to make the playoffs or play in and now house poll George. Is this going to be the proverbial team? None of the first top seeds want to see in the first round. Do you give them a shot of actually winning a series as they are assuming no Kauai? Well, I think a lot of it depends on that first play in game, right? I mean, so they're going to get Minnesota probably maybe Denver Dallas, but probably Minnesota. If they can win that with Memphis being a very good but inexperienced team and John morant going through some health problems right now, I would definitely give them a chance because they're also I think very optimistic they're going to get Norman Powell back, which gives them another big weapon. Then I think they would have a chance in a first round series, but if they lose the first play in game and they even say when the second one and have to play Phoenix, no. I just Phoenix is too good. Like the narrative has been. Oh, there's no dominant teams this year. It's wide open. And then I keep looking at the standings and looking at the numbers and saying, you can't dominate a league much more than Phoenix has this year. And I just don't see without Kawhi Leonard. I don't see the clippers being able to get through a series against, you know, against Phoenix. You've perfectly previewed one of my other topics on my notes list about the sun. So I'm gonna put a pin in that though, we'll get back to it. You touched on something or made a remark about the grizzlies that, you know, I believe this after covering the league for 25 years, there are certain almost immutable laws of the NBA of the playoffs in particular. And occasionally they get broken, but one of them is young teams that are just making their breakthrough don't usually win at a high level in their first year, right? Even if you're the second seat as the grizzlies are now, typically you got to take your lumps. And we all believe in that because we've seen it happen so many times over it feels like that's in a immutable law of the NBA postseason. But the grizzlies have been really good. And I know, as you mentioned, is banged up right now. So let me just do the truth test here, Stan. Is it really that hard for a young team that and they were in a playoff series last year granted, but that has not even won a single playoff series together yet. Is it really the case? And why is it? Is it, I mean, it's an easy thing to say, well, they're inexperienced at that level. Is it as simple as that that the grizzlies are going to get hit with some things? Let's say against the clippers if they make it or whoever it may be in the 7 spot that they're just not used to seeing is the adjustments that are going to be thrown at them, that they're not used to. Like what is it that makes it so difficult for the young inexperienced team, especially when they've had a regular season like this. Like it feels disrespectful when we say this about the grizzlies almost, but I believe it also. Well, right, first of all, though, I would say, you know, they were in the playoffs, as you noted last year. So they have a little better idea of what to expect. And then they're also as far behind as they are in Phoenix. I mean, they're 5 full games ahead of,.
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"stan van gundy" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"Yeah, I've got two guests for the second week in a row. We're very generous here at SI. First, I've got the Hall of Famer Ben Wallace, former NBA champion with the pistons, of course. Ben has launched a new cannabis venture, it's called undrafted, a nod to his own career, of course, which you can learn more about at BW as in Ben Wallace, BW undrafted dot com. We discussed that new venture, as well as a bevy of NBA topics. Of course, having to include had to include defensive player of the year because Ben Wallace won four of those tied with to kimbi matumbo for the most ever. Ben Wallace actually second, I should say, in the pod because first up, I've got Stan van Gundy of TNT and NBA TV. We had a ton to discuss, of course, at this late stage in the season, we get into the sun's title hopes why he thinks that Phoenix is absolutely the favorite. How far the grizzlies can go, what the Celtics can do now without Robert Williams, how far can the nets get after their weird jagged season? Plus, Stan gives us his picks for coach of the year and defensive player of the year and lots, lots more, never any shortage of strong opinions when you have Stan van Gundy on the pod. Before we get to all that, a reminder, please rate review and subscribe to the crossover wherever you get your podcasts. If you got feedback for me, please hit me on Twitter at Howard Beck. Okay, Stan van Gundy followed by Ben Wallace all coming up next so stick around. Now very pleased to welcome Stan van Gundy Stan. How are you,.
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"stan van gundy" Discussed on Skip and Shannon: Undisputed
"So the reports are the david griffin. Ge of the pelicans is not willing to match. Whatever might be offered for lonzo. And i told you. I don't think he ever bought completely into lawns. Lonzo is gettable through busy restricted. Free agent there's also a possibility signed trade. So the lakers have to give up starting with coups mma probably and then go from there and they're gonna want t h t and you're going to say no but we'll see it what they would were kube a i tell you what david griffin better get on the ball because where he might not be bought into lonzo. I'm not so sure how much they've been buying into him. Because you fi- to coaches and you haven't made the playoffs you blame. The onus is starting to fall on the date. Alvin gentry you blade stan van gundy. Okay now you just you buy the high another coke now. How many coaches are you going to hire and fire before they hold on. Wait a minute. The guy is doing all the hiring firing. He keeps blaming the coach. But he's been pretty important. Willie green seems like he's the next in line because he had so much to talk about scale remember. When the broncos went the la weight lebron tries to build a team. The foundation is just unrealistic. Brought you realize you've got the job. Because lebron bra he did and he may be strictly creation..
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NBA Rumors: Pelicans Plan to Hire Former Sixer Willie Green as Head Coach
"Head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans. So David Griffin has his next man to lead Zion Williamson. Last year. It was Stan Van Gundy the year before that it was Alvin Gentry. It's just now going to be the third head coach that Zion Williamson is going to have his third year in the league. Now, when you look at Willie Green Clearly has an extensive basketball background was in Philly, the Hornets in New Orleans. Atlanta. Play with the Clippers was with Orlando as a player the last few years, though, because just because you're a former player doesn't mean that you're going to be a great coach. You want to see what experience? Yes. Sometimes guys have a lot of experience. Sometimes guys have no experience. Willie Green was on the Golden State Warriors staff 2016 2019. And Is on the sun staff, too. Currently So this is someone That has been around the league now for a while. And Yeah. I don't know how
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Van Gundy, Brooks Both Out as Coaches for the Pelicans, Wizards
"Two more NBA head coach is a party company with their teams Scott Brooks won't be returning to the wizards who made the playoffs three times in his five years at the helm Washington one is playing game this year and was promptly knocked out by the seventy Sixers in five games the wizards were one eighty three in two oh seven under Brooks Stan van Gundy was given just one season to coach the pelicans before the two sides mutually agreed to part New Orleans went thirty one and forty one to finish eleventh in the Western Conference two games out of a plane birth the pelicans had the eighth worst defense in the league this season following a truncated training camp I'm Dave Ferrie
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"stan van gundy" Discussed on KDWN 720AM
"71 of six, the final their nuggets beat up on Miami Boy The heater really struggling of late one of 1982 game, never had a chance to go over that to 14.5, which was bent down from 2 20 a half So some players missing there. And ah, a lot of people taking advantage of that news nuggets minus 6.5, but up from five Get the easy cover as they roll by 27 points. 1092 82 wizards BTR pelicans Beat the Wizards in knowledge 1 24 1 of six game going up and over. The total to 30 Total is 2 28.5 but down 2 to 27 a half He went the wrong way there. Pelicans minus eight. No problem with it by 18 Spurs. Nice win at home over Boston 4.5 Point dogs. That line was actually better. Boston from 2.5 to 4.5 total was to 24 a half games days. Well under 1, 10 1 of six. San Antonio outright W. Jazz make it 10 in a row. 1 16 1 of four Without Donovan Mitchell didn't matter. All the money went on the Mavs line one from the Jazz 4.5 down to 1.5. But it's the jazz that wanted by 12 1 16 1 of four games still stays under the total of 2 21, which never moved despite Mitchell not being in there, stays under by a 210.1 16 1 of four Utah thunder have knocked off the Sun's know Devin Booker and that one He needed him. Phoenix dead as they lose one or 2 to 97 sons, eight point favorites in that game and surprise there with Booker out to 15 was told unless maybe he came in. He was supposed to not play. But that line jumped up. So maybe he did get in. I'll try and check that box score before we get out of here. Warriors 179. They lead the T Wolves fourth quarter up there. In the bay Area. 100 to 79 up by 21 Steph.
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How Will Stan Van Gundy Fit With the Pelicans?
"Was a few weeks ago in the ringer NBA show that at the very tail end of the show I recall you saying. Keep an eye out for Stan van Gundy and New Orleans and since we last spoke That came to fruition Stan Van Gundy was hired by David Griffin and the New Orleans Pelicans I think when this all started with the pelicans ouster of Alvin gentry. Through the. Face Tyler had a former relationship with David. Griffin, we talk about my Tony possibly because he had a former relationship via the Phoenix Suns with David Griffin but they do land on Stan van, Gundy as their next head coach when you saw that news come across the wire, would you think great I'm happy I think he could bring some accountability to the team in terms of how much they need it on the defensive end of the floor they were horrific. On defense this season in San Andy. Of course, infamously famously I'm not sure once said build an effing wall and that the Pelicans need to do and I look forward to see what he can do now that he's back in the NBA but by the way like he failed in Detroit because he was coach. Angie 'em now he's just a coach right and he was always a good coach. He was good basketball coach and it was one of those cautionary tales of. It is two different skill sets number one it also in many cases can be two different motivations right if I am if I am the general manager and the coach now let's say I make a poor signing or a poor usage of money will sometimes I may want to use that guy to prove that I was right about this guy right and I know that you Still get into that with with a front offices and coaches anyway, right in in everybody wants to be responsible everybody wants to be right about the move they made. But when you then you're not doing the scouting of every other team on a regular basis, I know you have scouts you're certainly not doing that with college, but it's just a very hard job to do twofold and. Another cautionary tale of taking that over I mean everybody wants that power but I think we've seen two of these guys. Now fact three of these guys. Now, all of which I think you would say were subpar to very below average in that role but. We respect them as guys that are on the sidelines as basketball coaches. That is their expertise in that is doc rivers who took on that role Tom Thibodeau who took on that role and Stan Van Gundy who took on that role and yet got hired as coaches though it didn't go well at their last stops. I mean doc better than the other two but we thought. Hires because these guys are good basketball coaches who were miscast trying to run everything for sure absolutely and ultimately it's another good opportunity for him when New Orleans area there even though they have Zion, they have ingram granted these a restricted free agent. He'll likely back matched any offer sheet or whatever This is still sort of A. Team right now that can go in many different directions depending on how David Griffin wants to build it out and I look forward to seeing the ways in which Van Gundy, Utilize Zion and the ways in which he tries to get him going off because remember you know before all the three point shooting, we've seen the last ten years or so that has. Exploded with the warriors and the rockets and all these teams shooting lot of threes, the magic, Dwight Howard at center and four shooters around him in the late two thousands with anti head coach and they went to a finals. We're going to be lost to Kobe and the Lakers The had some good run they some really strong teams and in with Williamson. With the New Orleans Pelicans, I know they want to add another they don't want to go like all small Wall. With Zion at the five all the time it's it's just went to work but I, think van Gundy's pasts and what he could do now with this roster, it's kind of exciting to think about the possibilities with the different ways in which they can use ion but most importantly though and again, this is like with all the coaching hires we talk about I am more interested in the personnel changes who they draft, who do they try to trade for? Who Do they try to sign I am WHO's coaching the team, but you know I'm excited to see if they're able to get. Zion, going and creative ways that they weren't able to do as much during the season despite his success he posted up a lot man I. WanNa see some more pick and roll with Zion I wanNA see some more creativity with him, handling the ball and running pick and roll, and that will largely come from other personnel changes that come to the roster that allow that to happen. But Hey, man SVG had success with some different types of teams in the past and I look forward to seeing what he can do here with him, and that team has a good roster they under performed badly. Made sometimes teams underperformed because you look at their roster and you go man aol have the goods like that team underperformed I. Think so too. I think of course it I mean look I mean Lonzo I think Lonzo hit one shot in the bubble well, even though they're young that defense was bad even though they had good individual defenders, they've jrue holiday one of the best perimeter guard defenders, Ingraham and Lonzo. They were good defenders of the Lakers. They were the last two years. They were good. They were not good defenders last season with New Orleans. And Zion I, mean he was horrific. He was so bad on defense. It was it was really sad to watch. This is the guy who is blocking three point shots closing out from the opposite side of the paint at Duke just a year prior, which is why people wonder how much of it was fatigue coming back but season how much of it was the injury limiting him how much of it was effort I? Don't know I don't know what it was but regardless. He stunk on defense, and all of this needs to change next season for this team to be anything that have any chance of actually getting into the playoffs it can't be all
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Anthony Davis, New Orleans And STAN Van Gundy discussed on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"STAN Van Gundy is with us and we have been remiss. Okay. And I'm sorry standing Gundy is not said anything anywhere on any of ESPN's one million platforms about the Anthony Davis situation. I don't know what he thinks. So let's begin their stand. You saw that happen. And you thought what? Well, a few things I think first of all I think fans and everybody else can be assured that nothing like this will ever happen again with a player publicly requesting a trade that fifty thousand dollar fine on Anthony Davis will only makes twenty three and a half million year, the deterrent value there. So sick so strong. This'll be the last time this happened. So I think you can be assured of that. I it's sort of amazing me the the resentment that's out there by a lot of people both fans and media about this whole issue of the players are controlling where they wanna play in who they wanna play with. And he's forcing his way to LA in the whole thing. And I'm just wondering why it it's so upsetting to people that someone would try to take control of their own careers. I mean, most people do that. But for some reason with players, and I think we know in the NBA that a big part of it is race. But people get very upset about the players controlling this thing. And then I love the the last thing is I just love all the trade talk because people want the super teams, and so the trades they propose like Boston. You would get either Jason Tatum or. Jalen Brown in Marcus smart in a in a pick. That would be great. And then the guy right? Imagine what Boston would have. Yeah. But New Orleans isn't going for that, you know, and that the Lakers might have to throw in Brandon Ingram with with Lonzo ball, and Kyle Kuzma might this guy's one of the players in the league. And then my favorite line from one of the articles is he wrote about some tradenet forget, which one that New Orleans would be well within their rights to ask for player. A and b New Orleans can ask through over the hill. I want to ask for their within their rights. It's almost like people have this idea that New Orleans has an obligation to accommodate Anthony Davis. Look what Anthony Davis did in Rich, Paul? I have no problem with as a matter of fact think it helps the teen in a way because they let them know right away. New Orleans can trade him to anyone they want to trade him to he's got this year and next year. They don't have to limit themselves to anywhere that he wants to go and they're going to make the best deal for themselves. And I personally don't think they'll probably make it by the trade deadline. They increase relaxing yesterday. They should ask for LeBron. Well, you know, what that's where you would start him. I think people talk about Boston you'd start with kyri. And then and then if not basically for Anthony Davis, you if you're going to protect one guy, you basically have to offer up everything else, particularly now at the trade deadline.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 3: Stan's Nuggets
"Stan Van Gundy has had theme related nuggets. The last couple of weeks is this theme related or is this just a hodgepodge of free flowing. Doug it. No, it's theme related again. Then. All right. Well, what are the three nuggets? Well, our theme today is NBA centers. And we'll start with a blast from the past the four fifty point games already this season from NBA players. Got me looking at the history of fifty point games in the NBA. Michael Jordan is second in NBA history with thirty one fifty point games. But the man who is I will Chamberlain had forty five fifty point games in one season. Hundred eighteen in his career, the still. Thanks for being useless as number two. Stan. Nikola yokich. The Denver Nuggets center is currently tagged with LeBron James for seventh in the NBA in assists at seven point seven a center has not been in the top ten in assists. Since Wilt Chamberlain was second in the league fifty one years ago. That joker wilt this stilts that and the number one nugget from STAN Van Gundy this week is I'm gonna go with one of my former guys here last year. Andre Drummond became only the second player in the past twenty six years to average fifteen points and fifteen rebounds in season. Now, he is on pace to become the first player to do it in back to back seasons. Since Moses Malone forty years ago.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Montgomery, Aaron Rodgers And Mike Silver discussed on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"Rodgers had Bill Belichick he would throw for seven thousand yards in a season. Tom Brady was hyperventilating. In his praise for how Aaron Rodgers inspires him and tie Montgomery hosts to God's right when he says he's been an unselfish player, but he according to Mike silver of NFL dot com. Mike silver was saying that that was an act. Insubordination that Montgomery was upset before that series. He was told not to come out of the end zone and he came out of the end zone anyway, Andy fumbled. And here's time Montgomery with what sounded like a reasonable explanation to us. He might be lying about being in subordinate. But this sounded reasonable kicked the returnable where was it? At that point in time.
Colorado's Morning News
This Texas Stars goal was the result of a comical sequence of events – ProHockeyTalk
"Game to get a win so we have to talk should be phone with mike trout albert pool halls and that otani guy in town john gray gets the call tonight he'll go against the andrew heaney rockies ondeck starts our coverage at six on koa nba playoffs cavaliers off to the eastern conference finals they blew out toronto won twenty eight ninety three to complete the sweep stars for the raptors not very good demar derozan just thirteen points meanwhile king james twenty nine eight and eleven for the cavs ten straight losses the raptors have suffered to the cavaliers seventy sixers still alive after beating the celtics in game four one three ninetytwo philly though trails three games to one rockets and jazz tonight game five in houston with the rockets up three one warriors up three one on the pelicans heading into game five in oakland detroit fire head coach stan van gundy nhl no three pete for the penguins they lose to the capital two one in overtime caps win the series four to nashville forces game seven they beat the jets for nothing that was up in canada game seven will be thursday in nashville the carolina panthers hired rod brindamour as their new head coach guys i need some help.
Frank Beckmann
Winnipeg, Texas and Nashville discussed on Frank Beckmann
"And the headquarters of pal detroit wwl news time ten three here's steve courtney sports tuesday morning once again my friends well after the pistons disappointing season another season which they did not make the postseason owner tom gores sat down with stan van gundy discussed some changes well yesterday we find out that those changes do not include stan van gundy moving forward the four year van gundy era comes to an end he had one year and seven million dollars left on the original fiveyear deal according to reports jeff power will continue to operate as the gm as the search goes on for a new head coach meanwhile in the nba last ninety philadelphia seventy sixers taking advantage of the home floor they beat the celtics won all three ninetytwo boston still up in the series three games to one the cavaliers indeed earned the sweep over the toronto raptors via the one twenty eight ninety three win cleveland advances stanley cup playoffs the capital's finally get past the pittsburgh penguins too one the final that game in pittsburgh capture win the series four to alex ovechkin and company advanced to face the tampa bay lightning western conference meanwhile the predators get a four nothing win over the jets in winnipeg that series tied at three the exciting game seven eight o'clock thursday night in nashville the tigers got off to a five one lead in texas over the rangers last night but they would fall seven six michael fulmer five runs four hits and five and two thirds tigers and rangers.
Cj Anderson, Bloomberg and Carolina discussed on
"Quarter past the hour now time for check of sports from around the world here's dan schwartzman thanks bryan spain international fernando torres could be joining the chicago fire after the thirty four yards and let it go but your contract ends this summer steam officials including general manager nelson rodriguez are in spain to talk with towards his representatives chicago i write to the spanish star with the belief striker prefers to the chinese super league barcelona midfielder andreas in yesterday's supposed moved to the chinese super league is on hold after chongqing lifan said it wouldn't pay an outrageous salary to the thirtythreeyearold the chinese club is cast out under report del mundo saying that in yesterday three you're eighty one million euro deal after taxes on the table from chongqing great news for the san francisco giants starter johnny cueto does not have torn ligaments will not have surgery on his cellphone will instead rest for six to eight weeks cc sebastian has told the new york post he will retire if the new york yankees win the world series this year the soon to be thirty eight year old signed a one year ten million dollars contract and is to the one point three nine era on the season six time all star cy young award winner has two hundred thirty nine career wins the detroit pistons and president of basketball operations and head coach stan van gundy at parted ways after four years a team failed to make the playoffs last two seasons under van gundy who had one year remaining on his contract carolina panthers have signed former denver broncos running back cj anderson to a one year contract to be the complementary back last year's firstround pick christian mccaffrey i'm dan schwartzman that's your bloomberg nbc world sports update move news twenty four hours a day at bloomberg dot com.
The Jim Rome Show M
Pittsburgh, Hockey and Sixers discussed on The Jim Rome Show M
"The national association of realtors get a home to get home to get a realtor it's been a tough week for starting pitchers with clayton kershaw jacob degrom on the disabled list and johnny cueto joins them though the good news is he doesn't need season ending surgery on his ailing right elbow however he will miss six to eight weeks to rested heating the recommendation of dr james andrews the pistons are headed a new direction parting ways with head coach and head of basketball operations stan van gundy he had one winning season at a four in detroit the knicks will make it official tomorrow introducing david fidel as their new head coach the cavaliers have a chance to sweep the raptors for the second straight year this was supposed to be a different year for toronto after finishing with the top seed in the east but it's looking very much like deja vu after two previous defeats in a potential sweep this year it becomes fair to ask the question of whether this team will get another chance once again also tonight the sixers host the celtics look miss dave off elimination down three games to none hockey a pair of games as pittsburgh tries to stay alive hosting washington down three games to two in the jets are up three two on the predators and host tonight's game six i'm rich ackerman this is jim rome have a strong take that i.