Recent content by HolyBackboard

You don't honestly believe that do you? You do understand the uphill battle victims face when they speak out about sexual assault right? Speaking out against a professional basketball player amplifies that many times over. In these instances, everyone always thinks about the accused and how...

Oh god, where to start? Ime Udoka - Pop coaching tree, Portlander Becky Hammon - Pop Tree, actually coached a game Darvin Ham - Up & Coming coach, great D coach Charles Lee - Great up and coming coach Mike D'Antoni - would have made Dame into MVP, teams play good enough D to win Juwan Howard -...

There were so many better coaching candidates available, it's laughable ... Olshey is a fraud and is going to run this franchise into the ground.

Blazers are looking like the next Thunder/Rockets. What a stupid hire by an incredibly stupid GM.

BOOOOOO! Get Neil Olshey the fuck off my team.

the early 90's Blazers squads spoiled us

Such a great hire. The C's started later in the process and already hit a home run. I just really don't trust Olshey to make this decision ...

Carlisle only won 50 games once (2014-15) since the championship run in 2011 and never advanced past the first round. I've also held him in high regard but is that stat a product of his aging roster/re-build or his coaching?

I think there's a lot of overstating the importance of the head coach and understating the importance of the assistant coaches. A great head coach is nothing without their assistants. We should be judging this hire based upon the entire staff, not just the person in charge. For example: MDA can...

You absolutely go after Ben Simmons if you're Portland. There's a reason Simmons is available, just like there was a reason Butler was available a couple of years ago, and Kawhi the summer of 2018. If superstars were perfect, or had no flaws, their team wouldn't even listen to offers. Acquiring...

$10-12 M Centers who can't stretch the floor or defend the perimeter are just not necessary in today's ultra-talented NBA where everyone can make you pay from the outside. Factor in Nurk's history with injuries, inconsistent play, and struggles finishing around the rim, I'd be hesitant moving...

MDA is a great hire as long as the staff is stacked as well. I'd throw head coaching-type money at Udoka or Ham or Lee to be the lead assistant (likely MDA's successor in Portland as well).

If I was Philly, I'd play CJ at the 1. McCollum/Thybulle/Covington/Harris/Embiid Maxey/Curry/Korkmaz/Howard off the bench

Yeah, don't love this deal for either team ... Boston - Sells extremely low on Kemba, gives up a near Lottery Pick, and adds ... more (?!) depth at center with Brown and Horford. I get wanting to get off of Walker's contract, but this feels very panick-y from the first-time GM, Brad Stevens...

Yep. And like New Orleans, there's going to be pressure to win and win now with an imperfect and unbalanced roster. That Dallas roster is no where near title-contending, but because they have Luka, expectations will be through the roof.