All those games FVV struggled with his shot and Nick Nurse stuck with him? That paid off didn't? Nick is smarter than the guys in here calling for Nick's head.
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Apollo wrote: View PostAll those games FVV struggled with his shot and Nick Nurse stuck with him? That paid off didn't? Nick is smarter than the guys in here calling for Nick's head.
For pretty much everyone, it's always been a "what have you done for me lately.""My biggest concern as a coach is to not confuse winning with progress." - Steve Kerr
"If it's unacceptable in defeat, it's unacceptable in victory." - Jeff Van Gundy
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Truth Teller wrote: View PostAnother thing to give NN credit: Raptors are sending 4 guys back on defense and leaving only 1 big to crash the glass. They are not letting the Bucks get points in transition.
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I love everything about Nick Nurse as a head coach. He's a born leader, he relishes the competition and the moment when things get tough, he gives his guys the freedom TO succeed, he empowers everyone on the roster, and most importantly, he makes it fun. At the end of the day, these guys are playing basketball, and he does a great job of reminding the guys that this is supposed to be fun. The experimenting costs him sometimes but I believe the outcome is a net positive because as I said it empowers guys. And of course, he understands basketball very, very well. If we still had Casey, we probably would have lost in the second round to Philly after a tough 6 or 7 game series against Orlando.
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The pattern of Nurse discovering (too slowly for my taste but still) the key to success in each series, then implementing it more and more as the series goes on, continues. Figured out how to score against the Magic, figured out to hard match Gasol to Embiid (and weirdly forgot in game 6, but remembered in time for 7), now has been matching Kawhi to Giannis about half of each game. Move that up to like 60-70% of Giannis' possessions, and it's probably over, barring a wild outlier shooting game from one team or the other. Huge change from the Casey years.
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DanH wrote: View PostThe pattern of Nurse discovering (too slowly for my taste but still) the key to success in each series, then implementing it more and more as the series goes on, continues. Figured out how to score against the Magic, figured out to hard match Gasol to Embiid (and weirdly forgot in game 6, but remembered in time for 7), now has been matching Kawhi to Giannis about half of each game. Move that up to like 60-70% of Giannis' possessions, and it's probably over, barring a wild outlier shooting game from one team or the other. Huge change from the Casey years.
I think it can be deliberate.
He is empowering his players, giving them the chance to figure their games out.
Like what happened to Kyle, and what is happening with Fred.
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Kagemusha wrote: View Post
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I think it can be deliberate.
He is empowering his players, giving them the chance to figure their games out.
Like what happened to Kyle, and what is happening with Fred.
So, with the Raps, you can say, hey, Leonard on Giannis works, he should guard him more. But is there a consequence to that? Does that burn out Kawhi? Does it affect other guys psychologically? Does the time he spends on other players take them out of their rhythm? Etc. I think the Raps staff has been wise in how they've effected changes.
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Kagemusha wrote: View Post
'Too slowly' -
I think it can be deliberate.
He is empowering his players, giving them the chance to figure their games out.
Like what happened to Kyle, and what is happening with Fred.
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Kagemusha wrote: View Post
'Too slowly' -
I think it can be deliberate.
He is empowering his players, giving them the chance to figure their games out.
Like what happened to Kyle, and what is happening with Fred.
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He has had his issues as a rookie coach, but man he is a good coach. Whenever Raptors needed key adjustments, he did it and they worked. Threw Kawhi on Butler when necessary, played Ibaka, Gasol and Pascal together against the Sixers and it worked, had Green guard Augustin after Game 1 and he shut him down, threw Kawhi on Giannis and played zone and shut him down. Raptors have the best defense in the Playoffs and hats off to Nick Nurse for making great adjustments.
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