first off they won by like 50

some clips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjptcXWhoTA

Sam Mitchell wasnt feeling it at all
https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/963263013351559168

i've seen Pop do it before too.

anyway

Not like he introduced the small ball concept to this team or anything

Matter of fact, I hope all of the 3 Wise Men (West, Iggy,and Livingston) become coaches for the team after they retire.

But yeah, coaches often do this shit. Don Nelson basically let Avery Johnson run practices in Dallas during his last year with the team. Nothing to get up in arms about.

And if the Suns didn't like it, they could have tried to beat them.

a) he's trying to motivate his guys to start the games off hot

b) it worked

c) he's a coach who has missed time before due to health issues, which could happen again

d) I laugh every time they talk about Red Auerbach lighting up a cigar before the game was over. At best this is a MUCH milder version of that, but I really don't even see this as disrespectful

Coaching isn't just about drawing plays

Cause that was a super shitty analogy.

woulda been funnier if it was a white coach tho.

hard to think of something more insulting to the opponent

we're up so much...I'm going on break

FOH

That makes it even more insulting

PHX is so beneath us...I can handoff HC duties to players and still win

Bet they don't do that $hit vs elite teams.

*shrug*

Hope they put up 200 and win by 100 with a kid picked out of the stands coaching next time they play NY.

the hell i look crying bc he let the players coach.

Oh wait. They do. They can play better.

Jared Dudley said something to that effect. If they're upset by disrespect, they need to earn respect by playing well.

Like I said...bet they don't do this $hit vs elite teams

You think PHX needs to be reminded they're terrible?

Maybe they can play 4 on 5 next time

and Phoenix could also just, ya know, not be terrible. no one is forcing them to be terrible.


>Like I said...bet they don't do this $hit vs elite teams
>

yeah, cause that would be stupid. it worked here though. what's your point?

>Like I said...bet they don't do this $hit vs elite teams

No, they don't. Kerr is trying to find a way to keep his players engaged against inferior competition, and it's smart. And if Phoenix had played better and made the game interesting, maybe Kerr would've regretted it. But they didn't.

>You think PHX needs to be reminded they're terrible?

If they can't beat a team whose coach is letting the players draw up plays, then maybe they do need that reminder. They lost earlier this month to Charlotte at home, got beat by the Lakers by 20. Spurs beat them in Phoenix by 48. They'd won 2 of their last 15 heading into last night's game.

Why did they deserve Golden State's "respect"? Elfrid Payton was the only one out there fighting last night, and he's brand new to the team. Everyone else willingly rolled over.

And frankly, if Phoenix was *really* mad about it, they could've gone Gilooly on someone on the Warriors. Hard foul their asses. Show a little fight, show them you won't go away.

But they clearly weren't that mad about it. No fight was found last night. So I don't know why people who weren't even watching the game are getting mad about this.

Do whatever you can to keep them engaged

and never bat an eyelash about it. Dudes are soft AF. Baby boomers and Gen-Xers just as bad as millennials, too.

He has 2 of the top 4, 3 of the top 8, and 4 of the top 10
players in the league.

The only challenge with this team is keeping people together
and friendly. Kerr is one of the nicest guys in the league.

They're one of the best coached teams in the league, bar none. But yeah, his guys are mostly very, very smart and have been there for a while, so they know each other's tendencies and can manage.

Just because someone else could be doing Kerr's job doesn't mean he's not great at it. All this "not an X's and O's guy," "they can always coach themselves" shit is ridiculous. They are the best players in the L running some of the best offense with some of the smartest players in the league as role players, so they can do shit like this. There's a reason they're the gold standard.

>Just because someone else could be doing Kerr's job doesn't
>mean he's not great at it. All this "not an X's and O's guy,"
>"they can always coach themselves" shit is ridiculous.



>They
>are the best players in the L running some of the best offense
>with some of the smartest players in the league as role
>players, so they can do shit like this. There's a reason
>they're the gold standard.

I mentioned it. What I'm saying is everyone in this thread's acting like teams can only have smart players or be system, coach-driven teams; the Warriors have both. That's why they're really fucking good at offense, historically so. On defense, the guys have been good since the Mark Jackson era, and adding Durant didn't hurt. They're good in every way; to credit the intelligence of their players doesn't require not acknowledging how well designed and well executed the offensive sets they run are.

I think the question of "Could players coach themselves?" is a lot more interesting than taking this moment to say, "This proves Kerr's a chemistry-building, caretaker coach."

We say that about black coaches all the time. A white
one can wear it, and we don't need to coddle him.

I mean, Feel Jackson was DEFINITELY not an Xs and Os guy.
His gift was managing Michael and friends. That's not easy.

Kerr is more in that realm.

Let's just admit it.

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mannnn, putting air bud in the game wouldnt be disrespectful

cause I honestly feel like they would have won without him last year.

Some folks say it’s proof he is a great coach but I feel like these players are so good they could do it with anyone else on the sidelines or no one at all.

mike brown damn near went 16-0 in the playoffs

Its hard to prove how great a coach is when they've got the best talent.

Kerr's greatest season was his 15 game improvement and ring in his 1st season after Mark Jackson (with basically the same core). Him winning with this squad now proves nothing about his coaching abilities.

It's not irrelevant.

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kerr literally couldn't fucking care less.

not an ego-driven, glory seeking type at all. constantly deferring and giving credit to his predecessors, mentors, assistants, players et al.

No reason you can't let your trusted vets do this once in a while during a blowout.

lol