With Doc Rivers’ departure from the Celtics imminent, the question needs to be asked: Who will be the next coach for Boston? With Danny Ainge taking out the dynamite, looking to trade or buyout Paul Pierce and then deciding what to do with Kevin Garnett (no-trade clause) and Rajon Rondo (head case), the Celtics are going to be a rebuilding team for the forseeable future. You think George Karl or Lionel Hollins want any part of that? I do not. [Read more…]
Doc Rivers is out that door, and he isn’t coming back … at least not until the Clippers make their one and only visit to Boston next season. What will the Celtics look like when the Clippers come calling? [Read more…]
We have been listing Alex Len as the No. 1 choice of the Cleveland Cavaliers in our last two Mock Drafts. Almost every other draft prognosticator has Nerlens Noel at No. 1. So why does Joe Kotoch of SheridanHoops.com feel differently? Because he is more plugged in than some of the “experts” previewing the draft. The Len prediction was one topic of discussion in this interview with WNST in Baltimore. (RELATED: MOCK DRAFT 6.0) Listen to internet radio with Sheridan Hoops
One piece of information that has not come out during the alive/dead/alive/dead Celtics-Clippers trade talks is Rivers’ motivation in wanting to leave the Celtics. It isn’t just that he doesn’t want to be a part of a rebuilding situation; it is because he has an intense dislike for point guard Rajon Rondo. [Read more…]
Chris Bosh scored zero points in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. He was outplayed in the Eastern Confernce finals by David West and Roy Hibbert, depending on whether Chris Andersen or Udonis Haslem was playing alongside him. He appears to be a shell of the alpha dog who resided in Toronto until 2010. [Read more…]
Seems like all I am doing with my Friday is interview after interview bashing Gregg Popovich. Now, don’t get me wrong. I like Pop. I’ve covered him with the Spurs and Team USA since 2002. When he is chippy with the media, he is never directing that chippiness at me (you have to know HOW to ask a proper question, or you are dead meat). But he is open to some serious second-guessing, and that’s what I did in this
You do not leave your best offensive player on the bench for the most important offensive play of Game 6 and Game 7. You do not leave your best defensive player on the bench for the most critical rebounding opportunity of Game 6. Congratulations, Gregg Popovich. You deserved to lose the NBA Finals. More on that, plus a Nixon v. McGovern reference, in this interview from Friday with Bob Valvano of ESPN680 The Zone in Louisville. [Read more…]
The next time someone refers to Gregg Popovich as a “genius” they should include the qualifier “part-time.” The haters can feel free to use the word “idiot” — although in my opinion that’s taking it a little too far. [Read more…]