I don't listen to Smith so not sure what he said but we all know what the A stands for. Were not asking JJ to figure the sum of cubes, he just needs to get the best out of the LeBron, Luka, AR cube and we're champs. Pretty simple, the ball needs to move. LeBron is the best player on the team for this season and trying to change that now could be a disaster. Rotations will be the key so that they all stay engaged. Ride LeBron to the championship.
Barring injuries to either Bron is clearly the best player now and Luka has a lot of work to do to get back to LBJ’s current all around skills exhibition at highest levels (sans TOs) of execution at 40 years of age. This will be Luka’s reality and no doubt will light the competitive fire in him to get back to the level of superstar that he has always been. Shouldn’t take more than a couple weeks to physically get back at least to what he’s used to.
Huge props to JJ for figuring out how to guard the Joker. No way in hell TMNT Brick will be able to shoot this well from outside in a series against us.
He's prone to be absolutely special in the playoffs reading the opponent and making adjustments. Can't wait
What do you know... he's calling timeouts, making rotations, adjusting to what the Nuggets were doing by bringing Luka straight in as soon as he saw Jokic, winning the coach challenges instead of saving it for the next season... JJ may be a first year HC but he's going to end up as one of the best coaches in NBA history. The fact that players respect him when he was their colleague not too long ago and also having the IQ + dedication, he's right up there as a top HC.
Coached a PERFECT game and a PERFECT game plan against Jokic. Hats off to JJ...this was a signature win. Let's see if he can build off of that Looks like it took JJ less than 2 games to figure out that Alex Len should NOT be playing and I fricking LOVE that...Ham woudl have taken too long
He's on cloud 9 right now And rightfully so. Coached a damn near perfect game against the team who's been our biggest obstacle since our last title run. This is all while still in the figuring out period with his new shiny top 3 player in the game that fell in his lap. Stopped their 9 game winning streak dead in its tracks. Had the entire roster ready for a playoff environment. Had them swarming and playing their a**** off defensively. Made Joker a non factor offensively. Fed Westbrook's ego, knowing he's too dumb to not take 17 shots. Found a better blend offensively than your turn/my turn.
Love having a coach who's a self proclaimed basketball sicko. A bit of a lunatic and one who's obsessive. Such a contrast to the previous regime. Love the What About Bob reference from his post game presser
I like how JJ combined Luka with The Four Faces of Fear line up ( Vando, DFS, Gabe, and Goodwin). Lots of defense hustle and running, Nuggets were shook and blew up the lead in the 1st.
(Sorry mods. I’m doing something wrong with the nsfw tag) Adjustments. Crazy stuff from former YouTuber JJ Redick
Bringing me back to a young Pat Riley. JJ was the superior coach and it wasn't even close. The thing is, what we are doing is hard to adjust to for another team. Defense is coming from everywhere and offensively we have such great passes that we are finding where the help comes from and punish them. If you don't give extra help to Luka, LeBron or AR defenders they will cook you. Looking forward to seeing OKC.
I was thinking today that we fit better against OKC with AD than with this team, because they didn't have an answer to guard him and we came to them with size. We also had an elite rim protector to counter their paint points. They have the multiple POA defenders that can hold their own against our big 3 so it should be a tough one. Very curious to see it as well We see them B2B in their arena in early April, right before the last week of regular season.
