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Has there ever been a "carry job" in terms of coaching in the NBA? (alien.top)

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

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

Bill Russell, 1969 Celtics.

The entire team was completely worn out. Over the previous decade they'd played an additional season and a half relative to a bad team in playoff games alone. Lousy shoes, rattly floors, useless surgery, bad food - a 35 year old basketball player in 1969 pictured next to a 35 year old basketball player today looks like a father and son photo.

The coach also had to be the starting center. Surely they were just tanking for a high draft pick? That didn't work in the regular season, as they made the playoffs.

And then they stranded ten thousand balloons in the rafters in Game 7 of the finals.