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Has there ever been a "carry job" in terms of coaching in the NBA? (alien.top)
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The team doesn't even have to have won the championship, but has a team in NBA history overachieved notably due to coaching? How did the coaching impact the team's rotations, player roles, defensive schemes, etc?

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[–] Greaves624@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Brad Stevens felt like he was coaching circles around everyone in the league in 2016/17. IT and Bradley were the smallest back court in the league, then Jae Crowder who's 6'5 at SF and they had Zeller starting lol

Finished 1st in the East somehow

[–] Vegetable-Tooth8463@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why'd they get destroyed by Cleveland?

[–] Greaves624@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because IT was ignoring injuries all season long and by the Finals he couldn't even stand anymore. And LeBron.

[–] gardenofoden@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cavs had an improved version of a team that had upset a 73 win team to win a title the year prior and would've repeated if not for the Warriors assembling the best roster of all time...

[–] Vegetable-Tooth8463@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But why weren't the Cavs the 1 seed then?

[–] c0wpig@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

why weren't the 1 seed

Those Lebron Cavs teams were notorious for slacking off in the regular season