Who are the good Big Man coaches out there??

[Harry's Raincoat]

Kim Hughes had good experience and good results in his past. It also looks like he did a great job turning Meyers Leonard into an NBA player. With his firing (let's not discuss the why here), WHO ARE THE BEST CANDIDATES TO REPLACE HIM??

 

[BrianFromWA]

Hakeem. 100k/week, iirc.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Grgs?

 

[magnifier661]

Hakeem. 100k/week, iirc.

Imagine Hakeem's footwork on Leonard?!?! That would be fun to watch!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

If I were king, I'd hire Bill Laimbeer to coach our guys; long-bombing red-ass is exactly what I want out of Leonard.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Denny and I were discussing this the other day in another thread. Laimbeer was my first pick. He also brought up Kareem and Cartwright.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I wonder if Pryzbilla and/or Laimbeer would be interested.

 

[riverman]

I picked Laimbeer as my first choice in other threads and I'm going to say I think Sheed is another guy worth looking into. Hakeem is working for Houston I believe. Cartwright, Kareem, Ewing...there are a lot of big man coaches out there

 

[ripcityboy]

Get Laimbeer at any cost.

 

[riverman]

I'd consider moving Kaman into that role as well

 

[DryHeat]

Arvydas Sabonis

 

[riverman]

Arvydas Sabonis

never happen, he's the commissioner of Latvian basketball operations and loves his home there.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

never happen, he's the commissioner of Latvian basketball operations and loves his home there.

but he might want to come to portland when his son plays for the blazers in 2016-2017

 

[riverman]

but he might want to come to portland when his son plays for the blazers in 2016-2017

Zags will go nuts if this happens

 

[Rastapopoulos]

For Meyers Leonard I would kill to get Holger Geschwindner.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

For Meyers Leonard I would kill to get Holger Geschwindner.

Ooh, that'd be fun.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Gonzaga's Donny Daniels

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

BTW....per Olshey at news conference 7/9/15.....Blazers promoted Jim Moran who had served as video guy to Big Man coach.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

BTW....per Olshey at news conference 7/9/15.....Blazers promoted Jim Moran who had served as video guy to Big Man coach.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Moran_(basketball)

6'7", 225 lbs. Played college ball at William & Mary, then spent 10 years in Spain at Gran Canaria (isn't that where Joel Freeland played?). Worked for the Maine Red Claws (isn't that where Tim Frazier played?) before coming to the Blazers.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

6 foot 7 seems a little small for a big man coach. Of course size doesn't matter as much as skills in teaching but most of the guys doing this are former Centers.

 

[jlprk]

Jim Moran the video coordinator was my first choice all along. Right after HCP.

Is this yet another old Clipper friend?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

6 foot 7 seems a little small for a big man coach. Of course size doesn't matter as much as skills in teaching but most of the guys doing this are former Centers.

Yeah, checking out his profile and highlights, he definitely appears to have been a swingman who played on the perimeter. I guess it's premature to make judgments, but I'm also surprised we didn't get someone more experienced in playing a post position.

Jim Moran the video coordinator was my first choice all along. Right after HCP.

Is this yet another old Clipper friend?

No--no connection with the Clippers at all, from what I can see.

 

[jlprk]

After a 6-month national search, Moran survived 5 levels of tough, exhausting interview panels to become the guy who will finally teach Meyers Leonard a feel for the game! I am excited!

This great new hire will shut up all those posters who asked for years, "Why don't we hire a big-man coach?" not knowing the invisible Kim Hughes was making stars out of Leonard and Thomas Robinson.

 

[ripcityboy]

Just curious. Are they fitting a square peg into a round whole?

 

[damianlillard]

should of gotten laimbeer, sheed, Mutombo, or David Robinson

 

[ripcityboy]

should of gotten laimbeer, sheed, Mutombo, or David Robinson

I don't know. But what experience does this guy have with bigs? Just wondering.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I don't know. But what experience does this guy have with bigs? Just wondering.

Not a lot from what I can see. He was still playing as recently as 2011, and the articles I can find about his coaching experience seem to talk most about his time with the Portland Red Claws, primarily his player development work with guards Chris Babb and Frank Gaines.

Then again, maybe that's the direction the Blazers want to go, teaching their bigs to play like guards.

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

I don't know Jim Moran or his abilities. But, I was hoping for a more well known and splashy coaching name!

 

[Boob-No-More]

For Meyers Leonard I would kill to get Holger Geschwindner.

Ooh, that'd be fun.

This has my vote just for the comic relief of listening to Mike Rice repeatedly trying to pronounce Geschwindner.

BNM

 

[lawai'a]

is Clifford ray still young enough? was considered the kine in his day for developing young bigs