Good for him. I would love to have him as an assistant, but the likelihood of us swooping him was always low.
JVG as Luke's defensive assistant woul be beyond awesome. I doubt it though. He'll probably stay with his tv gig.
Wow JVG didn't even get a talk, but Kenny Smith did even AFTER Van Gundy made it known he was interested?? That's insulting.
Maybe I was wrong about Lue, since he's such a little guy having enough "grit" or juice to control LBJ and that team. Well... especially after seeing Shumpert use him for a towel rack. But ... Sports Report: Tyronn Lue told LeBron James to 'shut the f— up' in Cavs huddle Sporting News 2 hours 11 minutes ago The narrative with LeBron James is that he's his own coach and won't listen to the person hired to be the team coach. That narrative was only strengthened this season when David Blatt was fired midseason and replaced by Tyronn Lue. It was strengthened even more when James appeared to be doing the coaching during a game in which he wasn't active. It appears this was partly accurate when Blatt was in control. In a new report by CBS Sports' Ken Berger, part of the Cavs' initial problems this season was Blatt losing control of his players. One team source told Burger the Cavs were a "fractured team" and they just didn't function properly. Per the report: By letting James overwhelm him in the huddle during timeouts, Blatt unwittingly ceded control — and demoralized the rest of the team. By not being comfortable enough to rein in James, the dynamic of the team became one of LeBron and then everybody else. "They felt they were doing this for LeBron," the person familiar with the internal workings of the team said, "instead of with LeBron." Lue changed that the moment he first told James in a huddle, "Shut the [expletive up]. I got this," according to a person who heard the exchange -- and a few others like it. If Lue was going to get the stars and the role players to buy into the strategic changes he was determined to implement — play faster, space the floor, move the ball, take full advantage of Love's versatility — he was going to have to restore order first. Lue's ability to control James appears to have made quite the difference. The Cavs swept their first two opponents in the postseason and had a dominating win over the Raptors in Game 1 Tuesday night. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/report-tyronn-lue-told-lebron-191300700.html
You think he's on Kang's list now? You know it'll be HIS fault if they don't win it this year. Cavs are scaring me though. LBJ looks like he's on a mission and they are healthy.
Philip is senile. Hornacek probably just had to tell him he always wanted a chance to run the great Triangle. Boom he's hired over Rambis who wasn't the answer.
hornacek over vogel? wow, vogel must have really said some things phil hated. i predict hornacek will last one season in NY as for rambis, i wonder where he ends up from here. hopefully on the TWSN pregame show and not on the lakers bench
Phil felt too much pressure from fans and upper brass to keep Rambis employed. I'm expecting Horn will run a fast offense (had Suns playing much quicker than anyone expected) with some Princeton/triangle sets in the half court offense. Not a bad hire for them, not the best guy out there either.
