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Both are great coaches and program builders. I would take either guy.chapter 11 wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:13 pm https://www.si.com/college/arkansas/men ... akers?s=01
Calhoun is a loon but quite candid. I'm on team cal
You might be right. But, once he didn't get Tim, any chance for success was gone in my opinion. If Hurley does get the Lakers job, he will have a huge built in advantage there that Rick didn't have in Boston. Most top players want to play in LA and don't need any hard sells. If the draft is a bust, he always has free agency. But, you are right in one thing for sure. If things didn't go well, Tim would be out of Boston in a flash to a better spot. The only question was if Rick could pulled it all together.InnervisionsUMASS wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2024 7:06 amMike0473 wrote: Thu Jun 06, 2024 10:00 pm
#4 - The balls didn't bounce the right way for Rick Pitino in Boston. If he gets Tim Duncan, history would likely be a lot different. He made a bet that the Celtics would get him, and lost. And it is hard to build in Boston via free agency. In contrast, it is a lot easier to get super stars to head to LA than Boston, so I suspect that would help as well.
No to derail the actual subject here... but I've always been of the mindset that Rick and his style would have ultimately led Tim to leave in Free Agency. I don't think they would have had enough success in Tim's first 4-5 years to warrant him wanting to stay here in Boston. It might have kept Rick around longer, sure, but looking back on things, I don't think the Tim Duncan sweepstakes ends up with Championships in Boston with Rick at the helm.
Mike0473 wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2024 5:06 pm
You might be right. But, once he didn't get Tim, any chance for success was gone in my opinion. If Hurley does get the Lakers job, he will have a huge built in advantage there that Rick didn't have in Boston. Most top players want to play in LA and don't need any hard sells. If the draft is a bust, he always has free agency. But, you are right in one thing for sure. If things didn't go well, Tim would be out of Boston in a flash to a better spot. The only question was if Rick could pulled it all together.
chapter 11 wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:13 pm https://www.si.com/college/arkansas/men ... akers?s=01
Calhoun is a loon but quite candid. I'm on team cal
Then, a small school with no previous basketball success in UMass hired a youthful Calipari and it changed things.
Holy crap. How much does he get at ConnU?InnervisionsUMASS wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 12:44 pm He turned the offer down. 6 years, 70 million. Wow.
Hard to imagine Uconn has become so prestious that even the LA Lakers cant get him to leave. But, that is the truth apparently.DoctorJ wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 1:06 pmHoly crap. How much does he get at ConnU?InnervisionsUMASS wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 12:44 pm He turned the offer down. 6 years, 70 million. Wow.
I read somewhere that his current contract was around $5 million. I'll bet it has been renegotiated.DoctorJ wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 1:06 pmHoly crap. How much does he get at ConnU?InnervisionsUMASS wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 12:44 pm He turned the offer down. 6 years, 70 million. Wow.
That and he'd be making $1.5 mil less than Monty Williams who has "lead" the Detroit Pistons to total suckdom.Old Cage wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 2:13 pm I like this from Matt:
Matt Vautour @MattVautour424
Hurley and the Lakers will long wonder what might have been here, but while Hurley is a great tactician and a genius at leading 18-23 year olds for 40 games, his personality isn’t suited to lead men for 82. He and they would be worn out.