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How good would the Clippers be with Greg Popovich as their coach? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by lilb1190@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Say they have a full season together to learn, scheme, and mesh. How good would they be in their second season?

I am assuming that Pop would do a better job of reigning in all the iso play that the Clippers currently live and die by. He would also be better at finding which rotations work.

I would also hope that the stars respond better to his coaching? Either they will play as a team or they will implode. I suppose both possibilities are likely considering the players.

Are they a playoff team? A contender? Would everyone clash with his coaching style and end up rebuilding by the end of the season?

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[–] Bwahehe@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Funny how so much of the blame goes on the coach. Remember all the articles about how Lue was a genius mastermind who remembers every play?

GMs escape so much blame. Clips roster is pretty hilarious. Not only are they full of ISO heavy offense, their defensive players always specialized in ISO defense. Without a premier defensive big, it's pretty much doomed.

The Lebonbon Heat had difficulty getting just three stars to mesh, but they at least had a clear totem pole with Lebron as the head and Bosh being humble enough to focus on chemistry.

[–] WeezingTiger@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Heat are a great example. I remember them at like 9-9 or sub .500 after 20 games the first year. It came together. Not even saying this will work out for clips, but that the growing pains are normal.