He was a missed free throw away from having 50 points...you worried about the wrong shit.
fuck KD
I wanna see him crying in his moms arms after game 7
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fuck KD
I wanna see him crying in his moms arms after game 7
Put it this way....after KD and the Nets beat y'all....it least it will get y'all head coach fired and put a fire under their ass to try to win.
We both called it
Not only did this idiot not get hurt on the court
He did something off the court to get suspended that didn’t exist 2 years ago
U can’t make this shit up
He folded like a pretzel
OK I need some more info
Online it seems everyone is now assuming Chris is not vaccinated
Why?
God-Of-War-420
Mr. Pool
they where saying on ESPN that he is vaccinated, which makes this even stranger.
Delta
Should've never been hired in the first place, they can go get a younger unproven white man now, Steve Nash bout to show them the way.
Im so please you changed your avatar to Sgt Waters.
I said it in this thread at the beginning of the season that it was a bad fit. They should have been running teams up and down the court, instead he wanted to slow them down.
Thats funny.
Bdhat be everywhere, man. You saw exactly who he was going to be in college.
Would have been nothing but greatness if Monty had got the NO squad as it is now.
He's just not a great head coach
Maybe good at best.
Look at the mess he left Detroit in.
He had the one season where Dwight was maybe a top5 player and led them to championship series but that's it. And even then they shouldn't have beat the Cavs but you know.
Ime and Vaughn both been coaching for some time now. Both learned under Popovich.
Vaughn should be the Nets head coach right now but since they want to go and grab Nash......let Vaughn get a decent head coaching spot in New Orleans....a nice foundation.
He still living off of that Magic playoff run...he's at best a interim head coach when your coach gets fired but he was never growing with Zion so I didn't understand the hire. HE was always a stop gap.
I don't know with Zion and Ingram...I don't know if it was the right call to run them up and down the court...they don't seem to be in the condition yet to do that.
Agreed, I did like them putting Zion at point. He’s not a pure point but he’s unselfish enough to run the point.
No fuck that. Give Jacque Vaughn a super team. I'm tired of the few Black head coaches being relegated to rebuilds so when they shit gets fixed they can get canned and another white guy steps in.
Notice he wasn't "fired" or at least not described in that way. He will coach again, he groomed KD in his early years and is proven.
Welp
Blame jim harbaughWhat a interesting way to say you fired someone.
YOOooooo...I really hate these niggas man....Skip Bayless ain't shit. He ain't a superstar?
They sitting here dissecting this man based on how he plays the game.....this shit so annoying.....
From the local media in New Orleans
Only eight months after he was hired, Stan Van Gundy’s time with the New Orleans Pelicans is over.
The team and the 61-year-old coach are parting ways, a league source said.
The decision came on the heels of a disappointing 31-41 season in which Van Gundy failed to turn around New Orleans’ defense and struggled to connect with a roster full of players who are in their early 20s.
Following the Pelicans’ bubble collapse in 2020, executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin made a series of moves aimed to mold his team into a tougher, grittier unit that could compete for a playoff spot.
Van Gundy was a polar opposite from previous coach Alvin Gentry. Van Gundy emphasized defense, became visibly upset any time the Pelicans turned the ball over on fast breaks, and was more concerned with Xs and Os minutiae than personal relationships. Many players did not adapt well to such an abrupt change.
“It was definitely different,” reserve wing Josh Hart said. “It wasn’t the easiest transition.”
Van Gundy’s relationship with All-Star forward Brandon Ingram was strained for a majority of the season, multiple sources said.
Asked directly in May about how they had coexisted, Ingram said: “It’s OK. This is our first year together. He has a different coaching style that I’m used to seeing from most. But I was able to learn a lot of things from him this year and learn what he’s all about.”
Van Gundy took over in the middle of a pandemic, which made it difficult to leave his desired imprint. He had an abbreviated two-week training camp before the Pelicans began one of the most physically grueling seasons in recent NBA history. As the season wore on, Van Gundy was frequently frustrated about the lack of practice time he got.
The Pelicans were one of the NBA’s worst defensive teams for the first two months of the season. They allowed 3-pointers at a historic rate until late February, when Van Gundy simplified his defensive coverage, which led to modest improvement.
The Pelicans finished 23rd in points allowed per 100 possessions, two spots worse than where they ranked in Gentry’s final season in charge. For a team that Griffin said would "make our bones on defense," it was an abject failure.
New Orleans’ inability to close games was another of its other defining features. It lost an NBA-most 14 games when it had a double-digit lead.
Perhaps the most frustrating late-game meltdown came in April against the New York Knicks. The Pelicans led by three points with 7.8 seconds remaining. Van Gundy instructed his team in a timeout to intentionally foul, but veteran guard Eric Bledsoe failed to. Knicks forward Reggie Bullock tied the game with a corner 3, and the Knicks won in overtime.
Afterward, Bledsoe admitted he “wasn’t paying attention.”
“High school guys would’ve done what they’re supposed to do,” Van Gundy fumed.
Van Gundy had been one of Bledsoe’s most strident defenders during a highly disappointing season from the 11-year veteran. So when Bledsoe tuned out a coach who had had his back all year in a crucial moment, it was especially brutal.
Moving on from Van Gundy will mean three different coaches in three years for Zion Williamson and Ingram, the Pelicans’ franchise cornerstones.
Whomever Griffin tabs next will face an immense amount of pressure to win immediately. The Pelicans have slogged through two underwhelming, dysfunctional seasons since drafting Williamson, and the superstar forward is eligible for an extension in the summer of 2022.
Finding the right replacement for Van Gundy could be a make-or-break moment for Griffin, who desperately needs to make a good hire after whiffing on his first handpicked choice.
Only eight months after he was hired, Stan Van Gundy’s time with the New Orleans Pelicans is over.
The team and the 61-year-old coach are parting ways, a league source said.
The decision came on the heels of a disappointing 31-41 season in which Van Gundy failed to turn around New Orleans’ defense and struggled to connect with a roster full of players who are in their early 20s.
Following the Pelicans’ bubble collapse in 2020, executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin made a series of moves aimed to mold his team into a tougher, grittier unit that could compete for a playoff spot.
Van Gundy was a polar opposite from previous coach Alvin Gentry. Van Gundy emphasized defense, became visibly upset any time the Pelicans turned the ball over on fast breaks, and was more concerned with Xs and Os minutiae than personal relationships. Many players did not adapt well to such an abrupt change.
“It was definitely different,” reserve wing Josh Hart said. “It wasn’t the easiest transition.”
Van Gundy’s relationship with All-Star forward Brandon Ingram was strained for a majority of the season, multiple sources said.
Asked directly in May about how they had coexisted, Ingram said: “It’s OK. This is our first year together. He has a different coaching style that I’m used to seeing from most. But I was able to learn a lot of things from him this year and learn what he’s all about.”
Van Gundy took over in the middle of a pandemic, which made it difficult to leave his desired imprint. He had an abbreviated two-week training camp before the Pelicans began one of the most physically grueling seasons in recent NBA history. As the season wore on, Van Gundy was frequently frustrated about the lack of practice time he got.
The Pelicans were one of the NBA’s worst defensive teams for the first two months of the season. They allowed 3-pointers at a historic rate until late February, when Van Gundy simplified his defensive coverage, which led to modest improvement.
The Pelicans finished 23rd in points allowed per 100 possessions, two spots worse than where they ranked in Gentry’s final season in charge. For a team that Griffin said would "make our bones on defense," it was an abject failure.
New Orleans’ inability to close games was another of its other defining features. It lost an NBA-most 14 games when it had a double-digit lead.
Perhaps the most frustrating late-game meltdown came in April against the New York Knicks. The Pelicans led by three points with 7.8 seconds remaining. Van Gundy instructed his team in a timeout to intentionally foul, but veteran guard Eric Bledsoe failed to. Knicks forward Reggie Bullock tied the game with a corner 3, and the Knicks won in overtime.
Afterward, Bledsoe admitted he “wasn’t paying attention.”
“High school guys would’ve done what they’re supposed to do,” Van Gundy fumed.
Van Gundy had been one of Bledsoe’s most strident defenders during a highly disappointing season from the 11-year veteran. So when Bledsoe tuned out a coach who had had his back all year in a crucial moment, it was especially brutal.
Moving on from Van Gundy will mean three different coaches in three years for Zion Williamson and Ingram, the Pelicans’ franchise cornerstones.
Whomever Griffin tabs next will face an immense amount of pressure to win immediately. The Pelicans have slogged through two underwhelming, dysfunctional seasons since drafting Williamson, and the superstar forward is eligible for an extension in the summer of 2022.
Finding the right replacement for Van Gundy could be a make-or-break moment for Griffin, who desperately needs to make a good hire after whiffing on his first handpicked choice.
Good
Sounds like his entire salary was based on winning a playoff series and he was going for it.
Giannis put up 34-12-4 on 63% shooting. Wasn't like he played like complete ass
I ain't mad at skip on this 1. He ain't to me. What other superstar doesn't get plays called for him with the game on the line? They had Giannis line up on the other half of the court 1 game against the nets while Middleton took the final shot. Nigga couldn't even be on the same side of the court with the real hoppers.