Nate McMillan, next head coach of the Miami Heat?

[SlyPokerDog]

If the Heat don't win it all this year I can see Nate being a top candidate for the Heat job. His ISO heavy offense seems almost perfect for Miami.

Thoughts?


"Gentleman, start your flaming!"

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

That team is almost uncoachable. They have a lot of arrogant egos and I doubt they listen to their coach now. I doubt they'll listen to Nate, either. I think they would respect Riley or maybe Doc. It'd be a job for a ring or two, but he'd be a puppet coach.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

"Coach wants to work, we want to chill" - Chris Bosh

Yes, that's a real quote from Chris Bosh.

 

[ABM]

If the Heat don't win it all this year I can see Nate being a top candidate for the Heat job. His ISO heavy offense seems almost perfect for Miami.

Thoughts?


"Gentleman, start your flaming!"

Not so fast, my friend. PJ's agent has already been in contact with Pat. Besides, Nate told me a while back that many, many aspects of LeBron James game/life are what's wrong with today's NBA.

 

[Nikolokolus]

"Coach wants to work, we want to chill" - Chris Bosh

Yes, that's a real quote from Chris Bosh.

Maybe there's hope for the rest of the league after all.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Best chance to win a ring or two or three or four of any coaching job in the NBA. The coaching job of the Heat is a HOF opportunity. If offered, who wouldn't accept, including Nate.

It would be funny if Phil Jackson retires and suddenly Nate is caught in a bidding war between Lakers and Heat.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

"Coach wants to work, we want to chill" - Chris Bosh

Yes, that's a real quote from Chris Bosh.

Wade will cure that problem. He knows what it takes to be a champion and has the drive to put his foot up Bosh's ass when the playoffs approach.

 

[ABM]

Wade will cure that problem. He knows what it takes to be a champion and has the drive to put his foot up Bosh's ass when the playoffs approach.

And I thought, all this time, Bosh was a sparkplug.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

And I thought, all this time, Bosh was a sparkplug.

He's a something plug, just not spark.

 

[KingSpeed]

Wade will cure that problem. He knows what it takes to be a champion and has the drive to put his foot up Bosh's ass when the playoffs approach.

Wade is deluded. He called them the greatest threesome ever before they even played a single game. The Heat are going nowhere. They'll win some games. Obviously, they won't go 75-7 like some in here predicted and they will go nowhere in the playoffs if the Celtics are healthy. I can't wait to watch the Lakers rout them on Christmas Day.

 

[ABM]

I can't wait to watch the Lakers rout them on Christmas Day.

Then you're not a pure Blazers fan.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Wade is deluded. He called them the greatest threesome ever before they even played a single game. The Heat are going nowhere. They'll win some games. Obviously, they won't go 75-7 like some in here predicted and they will go nowhere in the playoffs if the Celtics are healthy. I can't wait to watch the Lakers rout them on Christmas Day.

And why do you think I said there will be a coaching vacancy at the end of the season?

 

[KingSpeed]

Well Pat Riley will likely take over by Christmas and then he'll probably re-sign himself for next season.

 

[Natebishop3]

Pat Riley, next head coach of the Miami Heat.

 

[jlprk]

Riley greatly overrates himself. He doesn't have Kareem Abdul-Jabbar now. He disappears when his team loses its best players and he'll look bad.

Now we appreciate what Raptor coach Sam Mitchell went through while he was on the hot seat for a couple of years before being fired.

McMillan would bring that team up to the 55-win glass ceiling and then say, "I keep telling them to fast break and they won't."

 

[Mediocre Man]

Please let this happen

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Well Pat Riley will likely take over by Christmas and then he'll probably re-sign himself for next season.

That's my theory as well.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Riley greatly overrates himself. He doesn't have Kareem Abdul-Jabbar now. He disappears when his team loses its best players and he'll look bad.

Ya know, that's a real interesting observation. But I'm going to disagree with these thoughts...

Most coaches (but not all) have their niches. That is, the better coaches are really good at something particular. maybe it's taking sub quality talent and coaching them up to be a better team than the talent level suggests (Nellie, Nate), but can't win titles. Some coaches are brilliant at X's & O's. Some are good at coaching great players others cannot coach. To me, that's Riley (and also Phil Jackson). Riley gets the respect of great players and they listen and play hard for him. He leaves when the great players are gone as he can't coach mediocre players to be better. His specialty is coaching great players and bringing them together. That's why he'd be as perfect coach for that team.

 

[jlprk]

Yeah, that agrees with what I said. So you're absolutely wrong saying you disagree with me, and absolutely right in what you said. It shows you're good with facts like me, but bad at judgements unlike me.

I wrote this in the paradoxical style I like to see in my signature.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Yeah, that agrees with what I said. So you're absolutely wrong saying you disagree with me, and absolutely right in what you said. It shows you're good with facts like me, but bad at judgements unlike me.

I wrote this in the paradoxical style I like to see in my signature.

Hmmmmmm.......

Is that what you said?

 

[ABM]

And I thought, all this time, Bosh was a sparkplug.

Oops, that's Bosch.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Oops, that's Bosch.

Geeze, learn to spel, will ya.

 

[ABM]

Geeze, learn to spel, will ya.

Well, I think my facetious play on words flew over most people's heads on the first attempt. Therefore, a self-deprecating response on my part was in order. I mean, just to keep the world consistent in here.

 

[jlprk]

Hmmmmmm.......

Is that what you said?

I see. You are paid not just by the post, but also for each post you provoke.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I see. You are paid not just by the post, but also for each post you provoke.

For obvious reasons you are so stating, I used to have you on "ignore". I think it's time to go back to that.

 

[BGrantFan]

Well, I think my facetious play on words flew over most people's heads on the first attempt. Therefore, a self-deprecating response on my part was in order. I mean, just to keep the world consistent in here.

If Bosch went to play for Milwaukee, the world as we know it would end. Perhaps DeWalt Williams could make a comeback as a three point specialist on that team?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

If Bosch went to play for Milwaukee, the world as we know it would end.

 

[ABM]

If Bosch went to paint for Team Netherlands, the world as we know it would flourish with triptychs.

 

[jlprk]

For obvious reasons you are so stating, I used to have you on "ignore". I think it's time to go back to that.

You should be ashamed, putting a character of my quality on ignore. You should seek to walk in my footsteps. I will try to slow down so you can catch up. A special glint of light is reserved in my shadow just for you.

At least two nonindustry-funded studies have shown that those who don't read my posts lose an average of 1.3 IQ points per month.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Here’s Riley’s best play: Wait until the summer when there are two possible free-agent coaches – Boston’s Doc Rivers and Portland’s Nate McMillan – on the market. Rivers is a long shot because he’s inclined to re-sign with the Celtics, but McMillan – who has worked with the Heat stars on Team USA – is the kind of tough-minded, defensive coach these Heat could use. McMillan’s candidacy with Los Angeles Lakers also won’t be hurt because Kobe Bryant(notes) is such an admirer.

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