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People in Beantown are going to pissed tonight ... *puts away his Cleveland hoody*
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Agreed I liked the adjustment of Parker sagging into the lane and giving him the jumper. I'll live with Rondo shooting 18 footers all day.
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I really noticed D West tonight. He played well, our bench played well on the road which is always nice. This tone was all set by LBJ. Great game tonight.
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Agreed I liked the adjustment of Parker sagging into the lane and giving him the jumper. I'll live with Rondo shooting 18 footers all day.
Same thing with KG ... you sort of let him and Rondo take those shots, and if they make them, they make them.
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screw getting shaq involved off the bat, he don't have any game left anyways, lebron needs to get his game off, the rest will follow. Just about everyone contributed. Except Mo of course, but I don't think anyone expects him to now that the playoffs are here.
Good gawd ... we smoked Boston by 30, and you're still ragging on players. 
By the way, "non-contributing" Mo put up 12-7 ... pretty much the same thing as West "the destroyer" who put up 14-3. Shaq and Parker also put in a healthy dose of double digit points, and were factors throughout. (All starters were +20 or more) One of the reasons we kept the score out of reach was because Shaq was finally hitting those 5 foot bunnies, and Parker was hitting his wide-open looks (100% shooting tonight!)
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What would be spectacular then? We scored the most points of any Cavs team EVER in the playoffs (and didn't even go into overtime) ... and also gave Boston it's worst playoff loss ever.
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by the way, is anyone else laughing at the fact that alvin gentry is doing what mike dantoni couldn't do with this phoenix team?
just more proof that dantoni's system is complete garbage. you can't win playing like that, i hope he's the knicks coach for the next 20 years.
this phoenix team on paper isn't any better than the teams of 3-4 years ago...
they still aren't great defensively, but they are far improved from what they were.
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screw getting shaq involved off the bat, he don't have any game left anyways, lebron needs to get his game off, the rest will follow. Just about everyone contributed. Except Mo of course, but I don't think anyone expects him to now that the playoffs are here.
Good gawd ... we smoked Boston by 30, and you're still ragging on players.
By the way, "non-contributing" Mo put up 12-7 ... pretty much the same thing as West "the destroyer" who put up 14-3. Shaq and Parker also put in a healthy dose of double digit points, and were factors throughout. (All starters were +20 or more) One of the reasons we kept the score out of reach was because Shaq was finally hitting those 5 foot bunnies, and Parker was hitting his wide-open looks (100% shooting tonight!)
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What would be spectacular then? We scored the most points of any Cavs team EVER in the playoffs (and didn't even go into overtime) ... and also gave Boston it's worst playoff loss ever.
dude, what did i tell you, you can't argue with insanity. this guy was calling for sebastian freaking telfair over mo williams a few days ago.
we could win the championship in 7 games, and he'll be ragging on mike brown for not winning it in 4.
mo was not asked to do much today. he shot 50% from the field, didn't take a lot of shots, put out 7 assists, and actually had a few decent defensive plays.
i just don't know what to say to someone who rags on a team after they handed the most storied nba franchise it's worst playoff defeat ever, on their own floor.
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Yeah, they definitely look a lot tougher. The Suns are making the big crunch time plays that they wouldn't have made a few years ago.
Also on a side note; good thing for them they didn't move Amare this year. Even if he leaves as a free agent, this deep playoff run will benefit them in the short run. The way they are playing right now, they have a good shot at getting into the Finals.
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Wow....the real cavs showed up again. Lets hope they can show up 10 more times over a period of 18 games.
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Not a big B-ball fan,, but damn, that was impressive.. Dropping 124 on the Celtics in Boston,, Damn
James was nothing short of incredible....
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Not a big B-ball fan,, but damn, that was impressive.. Dropping 124 on the Celtics in Boston,, Damn
James was nothing short of incredible....
AHH it was nothing great,they should have scored 150 tonight, if Mike Brown wasnt the worst coach in the league and Mo Williams one of the worst PGs they would have. Oh and how about the let down at the end? They let Boston cut the lead to 29,if you are a championship caliber team you must win that game by 30!! 
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I will have a double order of toast and make it to go, [lease. WHEN we win Sunday and break their backs, then we get to win it in front of the HomeCrowd. We can all be Witnessing our brains out. Incredible Friday 
You should post in the Cavs threads more often Bard
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Not a big B-ball fan,, but damn, that was impressive.. Dropping 124 on the Celtics in Boston,, Damn
James was nothing short of incredible....
AHH it was nothing great,they should have scored 150 tonight, if Mike Brown wasnt the worst coach in the league and Mo Williams one of the worst PGs they would have. Oh and how about the let down at the end? They let Boston cut the lead to 29,if you are a championship caliber team you must win that game by 30!!
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Granted that you are doing it tongue and cheek, but it is also partly true. The Cavs did let up with about 8 minutes to go or it may have been even more ugly.
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Letting up would've been what the Cs did in game 2, where they let us cut a 25 point lead down to 9 with several minutes left to go. If I recall correctly, the closest Boston got in the 4th last night was 26.
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Not a big B-ball fan,, but damn, that was impressive.. Dropping 124 on the Celtics in Boston,, Damn
James was nothing short of incredible....
AHH it was nothing great,they should have scored 150 tonight, if Mike Brown wasnt the worst coach in the league and Mo Williams one of the worst PGs they would have. Oh and how about the let down at the end? They let Boston cut the lead to 29,if you are a championship caliber team you must win that game by 30!!
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Granted that you are doing it tongue and cheek, but it is also partly true. The Cavs did let up with about 8 minutes to go or it may have been even more ugly.
They didnt let up, they did put a lot of the bench bunch in and even those guys werre hammering the Celts.
There is not one single guy on the team whos game I was not impressed with last night. Even Mogattis defense was good in a few hustle spots. This whole team came to play tonight and I am so proud of everyone of them.
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screw getting shaq involved off the bat, he don't have any game left anyways, lebron needs to get his game off, the rest will follow. Just about everyone contributed. Except Mo of course, but I don't think anyone expects him to now that the playoffs are here.
Good gawd ... we smoked Boston by 30, and you're still ragging on players.
By the way, "non-contributing" Mo put up 12-7 ... pretty much the same thing as West "the destroyer" who put up 14-3. Shaq and Parker also put in a healthy dose of double digit points, and were factors throughout. (All starters were +20 or more) One of the reasons we kept the score out of reach was because Shaq was finally hitting those 5 foot bunnies, and Parker was hitting his wide-open looks (100% shooting tonight!)
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What would be spectacular then? We scored the most points of any Cavs team EVER in the playoffs (and didn't even go into overtime) ... and also gave Boston it's worst playoff loss ever.
dude, what did i tell you, you can't argue with insanity. this guy was calling for sebastian freaking telfair over mo williams a few days ago.
we could win the championship in 7 games, and he'll be ragging on mike brown for not winning it in 4.
mo was not asked to do much today. he shot 50% from the field, didn't take a lot of shots, put out 7 assists, and actually had a few decent defensive plays.
i just don't know what to say to someone who rags on a team after they handed the most storied nba franchise it's worst playoff defeat ever, on their own floor.
you don't argue with insanity.
you must have a 3rd grade reading/comprehension level, i never said i wanted telfar to play over williams, i said if williams continued to struggle maybe its time to look at someone else ie telfar/gibson. and i did nothing to rag on the team, i think i actually called them impressive, and i said nothing about brown this game, though i don't think he's a great coach, he had the team prepared and had a good gameplan today. as far as the shaq comment, it was more meant to point out that most games we try to get him going early and it backfires and the team plays flat, when lebron comes out and attacks we roll, as i've mentioned before..but i forgot on this forum cavs can do no wrong that everything is rosy and there is absolutely no room for improvement..gmafb. Yeah the cavs played great last night, my comments supported that. and as far as how i said we didn't play spectacular, that didn't mean we didn't play great, just mentioning that we didn't really do anything that we didn't do all season, it was just the first time we did it in the playoffs. We executed the offense well and played cavalier D, i tell you some of you look for any reason to bash other posters, its sad and childish, just because it don't agree with your point of view they are dumb or don't know what they are talking about...i can't speak for others, but i know quite a bit about basketball and have actually played the game at a high level. I probably notice things others don't.
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you must have a 3rd grade reading/comprehension level, i never said i wanted telfar to play over williams, i said if williams continued to struggle maybe its time to look at someone else ie telfar/gibson. and i did nothing to rag on the team
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Yeah, gmafb is right ... there is plenty of room for improvement, and most of us discuss it just fine. For you, everything is pitch black and it's a miracle we've managed to get this far in the playoffs. You rarely, if ever, give credit where it's due ... or celebrate a win or good effort. Our coach sucks, our Center, PG, and SG suck ... not just have flaws, you know, like MOST players in the NBA ... they just flat out suck.
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Yeah the cavs played great last night, my comments supported that. and as far as how i said we didn't play spectacular, that didn't mean we didn't play great, just mentioning that we didn't really do anything that we didn't do all season, it was just the first time we did it in the playoffs. We executed the offense well and played cavalier D
Agreed ... it's just the first time we've seen you post anything like that ... and when you combine that with snide remarks about Mo and Shaq.
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i tell you some of you look for any reason to bash other posters, its sad and childish, just because it don't agree with your point of view they are dumb or don't know what they are talking about
And you look for any reason to bash the players on your own team, which is sad and childish in itself. You don't offer constructive criticisim, a breakdown of your analysis or even stats to offer proof of your reasoning (like everyone else does) ... you just let us know how Player X or Coach Y sucks and it will be a wonder if we get out of the first or second round. 
As I've said before, it's a pathetic defense mechanism ... so if the Cavs actually do lose, you can at least pat yourself on the back and let the rest of us know how "right" you were. If we win ... then who cares? We won! That is WHY we're calling you out to stuff crow feathers in your mouth when appropriate. We've had to listen to how horrible this team is all year from you. 
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he played basketball at a high level.
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lolz @ coach c
i love how we're just a bunch of honks because we don't overreact like he does.
me, you, and all the other regulars offer up criticism when it's needed, we just don't jump off the ledge like some people.
lolz @ thinking you know more because you played basketball at a high level.
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Great win last night! I only wish I could have seen the second half....although the first half left me plenty satisfied without the urge to try and check the score. I had a phone interview for a job and it went way longer than I expected so the game was over by the time I hung up.
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As far as the second half ... I thought they actually kicked it back a notch. Lebron sort of took a secondardy role like he had been in the first quarters of the other games, but by that point the rest of the team was humming with confidence and hitting their shots. Boston was actually hitting a number of tough jump shots and getting hot themselves, but they just couldn't keep pace. We were scoring at will.
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Some things I noticed about last nights game....
We were pressuring Rondo all the way up the court from the opening tip. Sometimes it was just token pressure, but it seemed like there was always about 15 seconds on the shot clock when Boston was starting to get into their sets. We kept going under the screens and giving Rondo the jumper. I'll live with that all day long. If he hits, he hits. I would rather him taking those shots than Allen. It was a good adjustment by Brown and a lot of desire and energy from the players to commit to defense for an entire game.
It was complete role reversal from game 2 except that Boston didn't have the energy to even make a run like the Cavs did in game 2's 4thQ. The Cav's have this if they want it enough. Both sides got punched in the face. The Cavs proved they have the character. Its Boston's turn to see what they are made of.
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j/c,...Good to get that one !! Now if we win Game Four in Boston, I start worrying about how we handle Orlando. 'Git 'R Done Mikey,....
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you must have a 3rd grade reading/comprehension level, i never said i wanted telfar to play over williams, i said if williams continued to struggle maybe its time to look at someone else ie telfar/gibson. and i did nothing to rag on the team
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Yeah, gmafb is right ... there is plenty of room for improvement, and most of us discuss it just fine. For you, everything is pitch black and it's a miracle we've managed to get this far in the playoffs. You rarely, if ever, give credit where it's due ... or celebrate a win or good effort. Our coach sucks, our Center, PG, and SG suck ... not just have flaws, you know, like MOST players in the NBA ... they just flat out suck.
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Yeah the cavs played great last night, my comments supported that. and as far as how i said we didn't play spectacular, that didn't mean we didn't play great, just mentioning that we didn't really do anything that we didn't do all season, it was just the first time we did it in the playoffs. We executed the offense well and played cavalier D
Agreed ... it's just the first time we've seen you post anything like that ... and when you combine that with snide remarks about Mo and Shaq.
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i tell you some of you look for any reason to bash other posters, its sad and childish, just because it don't agree with your point of view they are dumb or don't know what they are talking about
And you look for any reason to bash the players on your own team, which is sad and childish in itself. You don't offer constructive criticisim, a breakdown of your analysis or even stats to offer proof of your reasoning (like everyone else does) ... you just let us know how Player X or Coach Y sucks and it will be a wonder if we get out of the first or second round.
As I've said before, it's a pathetic defense mechanism ... so if the Cavs actually do lose, you can at least pat yourself on the back and let the rest of us know how "right" you were. If we win ... then who cares? We won! That is WHY we're calling you out to stuff crow feathers in your mouth when appropriate. We've had to listen to how horrible this team is all year from you.
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Greeeat ... can we call you Coach C?
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Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Daniel Gibson willing to serve while sitting: Cavaliers Insider By Mary Schmitt Boyer, The Plain Dealer May 08, 2010, 7:10PM BOSTON, Mass. -- Zydrunas Ilgauskas was the only active Cavalier not to play in the 124-95 blowout in Game 3 against the Boston Celtics on Friday night in TD Garden, and it was his choice. When coach Mike Brown went to clear his bench late in the game, he asked Ilgauskas how he was feeling. "He said he was a little stiff, so it made sense for him not to go out there at that time," Brown said. "We don't want him getting hurt." Ilgauskas and Daniel Gibson are former starters who seem all but forgotten during this postseason. Gibson did play the last five minutes in Game 3, scoring two points. He has played a total of 10 minutes in the playoffs, while Ilgauskas has played 39. Jawad Williams, who started a handful of games this season, was inactive for Game 3 and has played three minutes in the playoffs. Brown said it was not an easy decision to shorten his bench. "I'm human. It does hurt me. It does affect me," Brown said. "At the end of the day, I've always got to try to do what I think is going to help this team win, and right now I think playing the bigs we're playing and playing the guys we're playing is going to best help this team. "It's a tough thing. I try to let the guys know up front, so at least I can look them in the eye and show them that respect." Gibson played well when he stepped in as the starting point guard when Mo Williams and Delonte West were hurt in the middle of the season. But he has been a non-factor since those two came back. "There's nothing wrong," Brown said of Gibson. "He actually was playing his best basketball in stretches this year. We brought guys in with length, and I chose to go with guys with length. When he had an opportunity to play, he played terrific for us. It's just a decision I made. It's a tough one to swallow. But it's part of what I have to do." Neither Ilgauskas nor Gibson spoke on Saturday, but neither has groused -- at least publicly -- about their diminished roles. Throughout the season, they have said they're staying ready in case Brown calls their number. "We've got a lot of good players on this team," Ilgauskas said before the conference semifinals started. "Unfortunately, you cannot put 10 guys on the floor at the same time. You have to support your teammates. We're all fighting for one goal. It doesn't matter how we get there as long as we get there." web page
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Ok, I can see what you mean now. The MO bashing after this game was a bit over the top. But I swear you and LBJ take it so personal if people do not act just like you do or have the same views that you do. It is also over the top ... or at least appears so to me.
I didn't get a chance to watch this game, but I said in the original thread that LeBron needed to come out and set the tone. Sounds like he did. And I hope he has an appetite for it because that is the only chance the Cavs have to win it all this year, IMO. They may be the deepest team, but there isn't one other guy on the team that can somewhat fill LeBron's shoes when he's having an off night. The Lakers have the best starting 5 and the worst bench, but Gasol and one or two others are capable of carrying the load. I'd rather be in that situation than having the deepest team. Quality over quantity. I'd take that every time.
Ferry has done a nice job of building a great regular season team ... he has never gotten LeBron that second fiddle though. To say I'm concerned is true. LeBron has to be special 4 out of 7 games for the Cavs to win against Orlando and LA. That's going to be tough.
I'm hopeful but starting to get worried after seeing how the Lakers and Orlando are really starting to come together.
LeBron can really cement his place as a special player this year. I hope he wants it bad enough. He's good enough to deliver if he wants it.
LOL - The Rish will be upset with this news as well. KS just doesn't prioritize winning...
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Ok, I can see what you mean now. The MO bashing after this game was a bit over the top. But I swear you and LBJ take it so personal if people do not act just like you do or have the same views that you do. It is also over the top ... or at least appears so to me.
Understanding that good players have bad games and that one loss in a 7-game series is not the end of the world is not over the top.
What's over the top is remarks to the effect of "this team won't make it out of the first round" after the Cavs dropped game 3 against the Bulls. Over the top is saying that Mike Brown is the worst coach in the entire NBA, or trashing Mo after his individual play singlehandedly sparked a comeback in game 1 versus Boston. Over the top is predicting your team to win in 6 and then freaking out when you lose a game, as well as the whole Chicken Little attitude that comes with it.
I feel bad for you that you missed game 3, because it was a convincing display of superiority of will by one team over another. Not a case of just not being able to match up, like Atlanta/Orlando, or being down players due to injury, like Utah/LA. Utter domination from wire to wire.
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Understanding that good players have bad games and that one loss in a 7-game series is not the end of the world is not over the top.
It's the reaction I'm talking about, not the content. Guys that get off on hyperbole draw such an emotional reaction from the ones that tend to look at things a little more rationally. It sure doesn't stop the rational ones from lashing out at the irrational ones and making a big deal of it.
You guys are the ones that are feeding the monster. If you want it to stop, stop feeding it.
I only acknowledged the MO bashing to let Excl know that I can somewhat see that side of it. Otherwise, I would have just glossed over it and moved on.
LOL - The Rish will be upset with this news as well. KS just doesn't prioritize winning...
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Over the top is saying that Mike Brown is the worst coach in the entire NBA
He's not THE worst. But bottom 10 for sure.
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He moved up the list of worst coaches now that Vinny del Negro got fired
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He's certainly not the best but he certainly isn't bottom 10 either. He does not belong in the same group as guys like Mike D'antoni who wouldn't know what winning basketball looked like if he had front row seats to the finals game 7. He has flaws no doubt. Mike Brown is very adept at making adjustments when he has time to analyze film, but he is pretty mediocre at making them mid game. He makes some, but not often enough in my opinion. Just look at what we did in game 3 this series after we struggled with it in game 2 as an example of an adjustment he made between games. Every pick and roll Boston ran with Rondo we started to go under the screen and guard the lane instead of trying to stay with him. Sometimes this resulted in Rondo having an 18 footer with nobody even within yelling distance, but he has never consistently hit that shot and it worked out great. We also put pressure on Rondo from about his own free throw line all the way up the court every in bounds pass, he never brought the ball up the court to get the team in its set without someone right in his face. Rondo wasn't putting up Steve Nash MVP years-type numbers, and the rest of the team wasn't in a good rhythm without him facilitating. The strategy of pressuring him up the court was pitched to Mike Brown by our advanced scout Bryant Moore, but Mike Brown was smart enough to listen to what he had to say and use it in the game. You have to give the guy some credit for our job on Rondo. A few less important (and more brief  ) examples of our adjustments between games, look at our new defensive strategy on KG after he lit us up in game 2. We no longer fronted him with Antawn Jamison. We changed the position we posted Shaq up from to a few feet deeper and on the right side (if you were facing the backboard). We posted up Delonte West a few times right at the onset and he made them pay, and we played the lanes a lot more aggressively than we had the first 2 games. The biggest thing though was he fired these guys up, which I will allude to... He also has the right personality to coach a team with the makeup of this one, but he has let them walk over him too often in the past. He is willing to back off and let them be, which a lot of coaches can't do, but he has proven this week that he will dress them down when it is necessary. He said some things to the team after game 2 that if the media had witnessed they would be crucifying him right now, but they worked. The team came out ready to make a statement and the statement was made. That was one of his weaknesses but I (hopefully) think he has realized it and corrected it. His offense is not a strong suit either, but he defers a lot to his assistants on that. He tried to run the offense himself and we saw how well that went the first few years of his tenure, so he decided to get someone else to do it. His previous offensive coordinator was hired away from him to coach his own team because he did a pretty good job for us in his time here, and he hired one of the premier shooting coaches in the world in Chris Jent. Who has done a marvelous job with LeBron James by the way, his jump shot has gone from a weakness to a strength this season. We also have the best 3 point efficiency in the league. He hires the best people he can and defers to them when he isn't equipped to do the job himself, what more can you ask him to do? He's also turned us into a very good defensive team, which is his specialty. We have some young guys who have lapses too often (J.J. Hickson) and some older guys who won't put forth the effort (Shaq on pick and rolls) but overall we play fantastic team defense. He's also done a marvelous job getting his superstar to buy into the team defense concepts he is teaching, and that has a trickle down effect. If you can correct his weakness of in game adjustments I think Mike Brown goes from above average or decent coach to one of the top coaches in the league. To say he's one of the worst is just absurd.
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Of course having LeBron James go off and outscore the Celtics for the better part of the first quarter also helps our cause. There were people calling for him to sit the game out after game 2  . Weak Sauce just got promoted to Medium Sauce in my book after that game he played and if he has another like that I'll start calling him Hot Sauce. He was fantastic on defense, Rondo still had a solid stat line but he went from looking like a sure fire hall of famer to frustrated and bewildered. He also made his open jumpers, all of them in fact - he shot 100% on the night. You can't expect anyone to consistently hit at that rate, but the guy probably gets more open looks at the basket than anyone in the league and its nice to see him make the most out of his opportunities. Shaq made his close range shots and gave them hell all night, that was good to see. Overall they just came out fired up and probably embarrassed and they played like they wanted Boston, Orlando, and LA to see that they are all the underdogs this year and they better be ready. Hopefully in a few hours we'll see them with some fire again and not complacency. I can't wait.
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mb is a top 10-15 coach.
bottom 10? no, bottom ten coaches lose first round series', have seasons of less than 50 wins, stuff like that.
to say he is a bottom 10 coach is pretty laughable.
but hey, we're just token honks if we don't rip into mb.
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He moved up the list of worst coaches now that Vinny del Negro got fired
I saw Coach Cal is interested in the opening.
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The media is interested in the opening for Cal, Cal isn't interested.
Don't get me wrong, Cal WILL go back to the NBA, but not until at least after the 2011-2012 class, because he's got a class coming in that year that's gonna make the Fab Five look weak.
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Oh, I forgot to mention earlier. If you want to watch the game I can give you a link to an HD cap of the game, but its a pretty huge file. Clocks in around 1.3gb. I watch most of the weekday games this way because of my work schedule.
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to say he is a bottom 10 coach is pretty laughable.
Its actually fairly moronic.
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