Comment on [Game Threads] 08 NOV 2023
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 10 months agoNurse is going down his list of priorities for 6ers season: slow starts to season, check with Colorado training camp. Beat the bogeys of the playoffs - check off Celtics. He is having less than adequate defensive roster play more than adequate defense. Both Tatum and Brown were stopped and that’s not an easy feat. Nurse built that 10 point lead and managed it to the end game.
Tatum the First team All-NBA MVP candidate did NOT show up in this game. Much of the game he played like an irrelevant role player, entirely disinterested in making an effort on the offensive end, disengaged from being discouraged by Philly’s defense. Joe M. didn’t come up with adequate solutions to this issue, despite this being a close game throughout. He was hoping he can win against a rival without production from Brown nor Tatum. I don’t think that’s ever worked.
rezz@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Mazzulla ain’t it. I’ve said this since last season. They’re going nowhere with him at the helm. I seriously think his anti-emotional disposition will never work. Basketball is a passionate game. He lacks passion. So he cannot inspire.
I feel the same about Darvin Ham for the Lakers. I like Ham a lot more as a person, but his unfortunate life I think has also led him to closeted/inauthentic seeming passion, and thus it doesn’t translate down to players.
Contrast him to Ime for the Rockets and Daigneault for the Thunder, respectively. Guys just buy in so hard to them as coaches, them as trustworthy, them as passionate, them as on their side.
It takes high level X-and-O’s and high level empathetic passion, to win in this league.
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
I agree. We saw Joe Mazzulla struggle in the playoffs. Agree with last sentence. It’s rare to find that though. Nurse is crap relating to people. I think that’s why Raptors hired Adrian Griffin as assistant head coach to balance him out when they were there. AG is infinitely more likeable and relatable.