Comments on: Almost Time to Reload http://ballerblogger.com/2008/08/21/almost-time-to-reload/ NBA blog Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:06:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Tsunami http://ballerblogger.com/2008/08/21/almost-time-to-reload/comment-page-1/#comment-1332 Tsunami Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:20:12 +0000 http://ballerblogger.com/?p=411#comment-1332 "Not only is Team USA poised to bring home the gold, but one through twelve, every player on the United States will have improved after playing for Krzyzewski. A few of them — Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James — have shown more improvement on the defensive side of the ball in the last three months, then they had in their previous five years in the NBA." Come on now. They are playing against much smaller competition, and they aren't being asked to carry the load on offense, much less play more than 20 minutes a game. LeBron has been good on defense, but you act like he never played defense in his life before the Olympics. He was an EXCELLENT defensive player all year for the Cavs. Do I need to bring up that youtube video of him shutting down Kobe @ staples again? “Not only is Team USA poised to bring home the gold, but one through twelve, every player on the United States will have improved after playing for Krzyzewski. A few of them — Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James — have shown more improvement on the defensive side of the ball in the last three months, then they had in their previous five years in the NBA.”

Come on now. They are playing against much smaller competition, and they aren’t being asked to carry the load on offense, much less play more than 20 minutes a game.

LeBron has been good on defense, but you act like he never played defense in his life before the Olympics. He was an EXCELLENT defensive player all year for the Cavs. Do I need to bring up that youtube video of him shutting down Kobe @ staples again?

]]> By: King_Kaun http://ballerblogger.com/2008/08/21/almost-time-to-reload/comment-page-1/#comment-1330 King_Kaun Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:27:19 +0000 http://ballerblogger.com/?p=411#comment-1330 let's leave out Roy...he is soft and tends to panic when something goes awry. Funny you would mention Roy and Donovan without naming Bill Self...gee, wonder why! Self is CURRENTLY the best coach in college basketball... His strongest trait? (Besides recruiting) Getting all-star talent to sacrifice for the good of the team...and P.R. Popovich would be great. No one else comes to mind... let’s leave out Roy…he is soft and tends to panic when something goes awry.

Funny you would mention Roy and Donovan without naming Bill Self…gee, wonder why! Self is CURRENTLY the best coach in college basketball… His strongest trait? (Besides recruiting) Getting all-star talent to sacrifice for the good of the team…and P.R.

Popovich would be great. No one else comes to mind…

]]> By: Brandon Hoffman http://ballerblogger.com/2008/08/21/almost-time-to-reload/comment-page-1/#comment-1327 Brandon Hoffman Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:28:21 +0000 http://ballerblogger.com/?p=411#comment-1327 RockKing, Thanks. I like Popovich. When Colangelo was making his decision on whether to hire Coach K, Popovich was the only other coach he considered. But I still the task would be better suited for a college coach. Roy Williams comes to mind. Billy Donovan wouldn't be a bad choice either. RockKing,

Thanks. I like Popovich. When Colangelo was making his decision on whether to hire Coach K, Popovich was the only other coach he considered.

But I still the task would be better suited for a college coach.

Roy Williams comes to mind. Billy Donovan wouldn’t be a bad choice either.

]]> By: RockKing http://ballerblogger.com/2008/08/21/almost-time-to-reload/comment-page-1/#comment-1323 RockKing Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:10:59 +0000 http://ballerblogger.com/?p=411#comment-1323 Great work Brandon. I'm really hoping Colangelo sticks with it. I love what he has done in transforming Team USA. I think if he sticks to the formula it will get easier moving forward. As for the coach, I actually think Popovich would do an incredible job. He clearly knows how to relate to players, and I don't know if there are any NBA coaches more well respected by the players. Great work Brandon. I’m really hoping Colangelo sticks with it. I love what he has done in transforming Team USA. I think if he sticks to the formula it will get easier moving forward.

As for the coach, I actually think Popovich would do an incredible job. He clearly knows how to relate to players, and I don’t know if there are any NBA coaches more well respected by the players.

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