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Who ends up on the bench with Billups?

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Mediocre Man said:
Shocking
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really wonder why we haven't brought him along yet. i dunno if it's a personnel clash with him/billups/brooks about who gets the front seat or if it's a $ issue (reported earlier that we apparently cheap out on paying for quality assistants)
 
illmatic99 said:
really wonder why we haven't brought him along yet. i dunno if it's a personnel clash with him/billups/brooks about who gets the front seat or if it's a $ issue (reported earlier that we apparently cheap out on paying for quality assistants)
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I can assure you Brooks wasn’t cheap.
 
Scalma said:
weird, I think Billups and Brooks alone bring more credibility to the staff than I’ve seen since...idk...well before Stotts’ time. Billups will have every players respect from day one. That’s not an easy thing to accomplish, especially as a new coach. Players also love Brooks, shit he might be the only coach Westbrook ever truly respected.

Rogers and Hetzel also have good reputations although I’m not as familiar with them.
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Billups is a great hire & I agree that he'll have player's respect.

But again, I said SUPPORT staff (meaning all the assistants). Brooks should be good, but the others are still underwhelming.
Billups will need a lot more experience on that bench than he currently has.
 
Scalma said:
He was one of the hot coaching candidates ESPN highlighted last year.
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Steve Hetzel- Orlando
Praised for his work with Kemba Walker in Charlotte and this season with Markelle Fultz, Hetzel carried his reputation as a teacher and communicator into an interview for the Cleveland vacancy last summer. Having come up as a video coordinator, Hetzel has always had a knack for detail. In recent years, players and coaches have admired his ability to establish trust with players through sweatequity -- he tells them the unvarnished truth and furnishes them with information that will make them better.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...rospects-tyronn-lue-tom-thibodeau-chris-finch
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I go from bright siding to doomsdaying a lot this off season. With all of these big name player development specialists... I feel like they're preparing for a rebuild. Is that reading to far into it?
 
blazerkor said:
I go from bright siding to doomsdaying a lot this off season. With all of these big name player development specialists... I feel like they're preparing for a rebuild. Is that reading to far into it?
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To get this team the way it is constructed (Because Neil is gonna run it back again) to play solid defense they will have to re-develop pretty much the entire team?
It's RE-Develop not RE-build.
 


How was this missed??? Two guys from our staff and one former staffer all going down to Orlando.

This makes a ton of sense, player development was the strongest aspect of our staff and Orlando is the perfect situation for that.
 
B-Roy said:


How was this missed??? Two guys from our staff and one former staffer all going down to Orlando.

This makes a ton of sense, player development was the strongest aspect of our staff and Orlando is the perfect situation for that.
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“They aren’t our coach anymore” so we aren’t supposed to care and/or follow them.
Sound familiar Mr. HCP?
 
JoshuaHall said:
But you did post this reply which is a far cry from “They aren’t our coach anymore. Who cares.” which is essentially your response to anything Stotts.

Why you changing energy, pal
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I don't think he's changing energy. He seems generally positive towards our former coaching staff. He is happy for the guys with new jobs and makes fun of people in here still hoping for Stotts to fail. Pretty consistent.

I also think it's a little different since most of us hadn't met these guys or traveled with them or had the same source of income. I think his camaraderie with the personnel of this team is understandable. It gives him extra insight into how good they are but at the same time makes him biased towards giving them the benefit of the doubt.
 
blazerkor said:
I don't think he's changing energy. He seems generally positive towards our former coaching staff. He is happy for the guys with new jobs and makes fun of people in here still hoping for Stotts to fail. Pretty consistent.

I also think it's a little different since most of us hadn't met these guys or traveled with them or had the same source of income. I think his camaraderie with the personnel of this team is understandable. It gives him extra insight into how good they are but at the same time makes him biased towards giving them the benefit of the doubt.
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When is the staff getting filled out?
 
Just an observation, but there are A LOT of player development coaches on staff
 
tester551 said:
Agreed.

For as good as I think Billups will be - this staff doesn't feel that strong. I hoped that they would've brought in 1 more former NBA head coach (in addition to Brooks).
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Brooks will clearly have a lot of influence, which I don't know is a good thing or not. First year head coaches generally have more than one guy with head coaching experience behind them. Like Nash (with MDA/Vaughn). But Kerr had just Gentry on his staff in 14/15 so it's not unfathomable that Chauncey has a successful staff. I think it matters more how roles are defined and if the players buy in more than anything.
 
tester551 said:
Agreed.

For as good as I think Billups will be - this staff doesn't feel that strong. I hoped that they would've brought in 1 more former NBA head coach (in addition to Brooks).
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some of you really think Billups is some novice huh? He knows the NBA game, probably better than most as he’s played it, analyzed it, and now coached it.

Brooks is a better assistant than the blazers have had in recent memory. There’s nothing someone else could offer Billups’ transition to head coaching that Brooks couldn’t offer himself. If they thought they needed to surround Billups with multiple former head coaches, maybe he wasn’t the right choice to begin with. Because ultimately game plans and schemes are gonna be fall on his shoulders, and we’re gonna live and die by him.
 
Scalma said:
some of you really think Billups is some novice huh? He knows the NBA game, probably better than most as he’s played it, analyzed it, and now coached it.

Brooks is a better assistant than the blazers have had in recent memory. There’s nothing someone else could offer Billups’ transition to head coaching that Brooks couldn’t offer himself. If they thought they needed to surround Billups with multiple former head coaches, maybe he wasn’t the right choice to begin with. Because ultimately game plans and schemes are gonna be fall on his shoulders, and we’re gonna live and die by him.
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How is it any different than Steve Nash? They gave him MDA/Vaughn...

I agree that it will all fall on Billups shoulders, but it's always helpful to have different perspectives that you can utilize for a sounding board.
 
tester551 said:
How is it any different than Steve Nash? They gave him MDA/Vaughn...

I agree that it will all fall on Billups shoulders, but it's always helpful to have different perspectives that you can utilize for a sounding board.
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Yeah I agree, but only former nba head coaches can provide different perspectives?
 
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