Joe was on the staff, has a wealth of knowledge of the game from his time as a player in college ,and I believe his father was a coach I believe. Your right Ime came up as a NBA player and under pop in SA for many years. Wins and losses are what your judged by in overall view as a coach. But if Joe doesn't get it done this season I can see ownership pulling a mark Jackson on him.
Yeah it was dumb, but could have been handled differently. Wasn't like it was a Harvey weinstein or Bill Cosby type ****.
Was consensual.. but anyway... on the player's.. do you see the kid from Minnesota Edwards?.. he has what tatum doesn't a killer instinct. Tatum is a fantastic player and a even better man off the court. But he's not a dog! All the greats had that Trait in them.. bird, Jordan, magic, to name a few. That is what is missing from his personality as a player.
I really like Edwards.He's on his way to being a top 5 player.
After Jokic and Embiid, who are both head and shoulders better than everyone else( Jokic clearly #1), Tatum is as good as anyone else...
until crunchtime. Compared to the best players in the nba he sucks in crunchtime.
That is where the all-time greats, MJ,Magic,Bird,Russell etc really shined.
Tatum will never be close those guys until he starts producing consistently in the clutch.
A good start is for only allowing DWhite,Jrue or Pritchard to be bringing the ball up inside of 5 minutes left.
Tatum and Brown are not good ballhandlers. Tatum is for his size but he's a far cry from the 3 pgs.
They will get the ball across half court faster,leaving more time on the clock and will get the team into the right play-that could be Tatum- but all 3 of those guys will get Tatum the ball in a better position than he could himself- same with Brown. It drives me absolutely nuts when I see Tatum or Brown trying to dribble the rock up inside of 5 minutes in a close game.
Mazzula needs to stop that. And the J's don't like it, sit their asses down.
It also gives them both more rest- Tatum has looked gassed a lot of times in the 4th qtr.
Get players and the ball moving and Tatum is likely to get the ball in a one on one situation not 25 feet out- that gives him an advantage over pretty much everyone- he can drive, hit a higher pct non3 jump shot, back down and overpower a smaller defender,etc.
Point us,he'll have more options than heaving up a prayer 5' behind the 3pt line