(06-24-2021, 11:14 AM)JamesConway Wrote: https://twitter.com/boweman55/status/1408095618828996616?s=21

(06-24-2021, 11:51 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: So when RC tendered his resignation he mentioned all the great players he's worked with and notably left out Luka.

Now he says this and remarks that Luka and Kidd have a lot of similarities? Which is interesting because it's infamously known that RC and Kidd had PLENTY of clashes over his tenure here...

This screams to me veiled shot after veiled shot at Luka. Really leaving a bad taste in my mouth.

(06-24-2021, 12:26 PM)SwisherPrice Wrote: Nope, I don't think RC is trying to sabotage the Mavs...in fact, I think he actually is making a genuine recommendation and suggestion and he might not be wrong.

RC and Kidd have a good relationship now. They clashed at times early on but once RC learned to trust him, they started getting along fine. It's been mentioned that they are good friends now.

When Luka has his tendencies to get frustrated, lose his cool, etc. RC sees Kidd as being the type of coach to understand that and be a better mentor for Luka than what RC could have been. He is not wrong about the similarities between Kidd and Luka. Both were basketball savants at a young age and it's sometimes hard for players like that to be patient with teammates and coaches, who do not process the game as fast as them.

Quote:"I just sent [Doncic] a message thanking him for three amazing years," Carlisle said Thursday. "I learned many things from him, and I told him that I'm glad I'm only going to see him twice a year. I mean it in the most complimentary way, of course.

"I think he's the best young player in the world. I think these three years set up as a major springboard for the next 10 for him. I expect him to be an NBA champion. I expect him to be a multiple MVP winner. I just have an amazing level of respect for his abilities and his grasp of the game. He's truly a once-in-the-generation type player." - Rick Carlisle

(06-24-2021, 10:50 AM)Mapka Wrote: I'm glad he didn't join a really good team in the WC that might have been a nightmare.

(06-24-2021, 12:42 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Phew...no kidding. 

I have been living in constant fear of him landing in New Orleans to replace SVG. All that place needs is a good coach to make the Mavs' path to the future much more turbulent.

Quote:“I sat with Luka two years ago, and I told him that I was going to give him the ball, I was going to allow him to create, I was going to allow him to shape his career, to make mistakes, to make great plays, to go through winning, to go through losing, and that I felt that it was a very important part of who he was going to become as a player. He’s taken that responsibility and trust, and he’s turned it into a supermax career. But I believe he also understands that legacies are truly about championships. That was his history in Europe, and I predict that it will be his history in the NBA as well.”

(06-24-2021, 11:51 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: So when RC tendered his resignation he mentioned all the great players he's worked with and notably left out Luka.

(06-24-2021, 12:56 PM)omahen Wrote: He mentioned Dirk and Kidd. Were they the only great players he worked with?

(06-24-2021, 12:59 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Reggie Miller.

(06-24-2021, 12:56 PM)omahen Wrote: He mentioned Dirk and Kidd. Were they the only great players he worked with?

(06-24-2021, 01:08 PM)Kammrath Wrote: https://twitter.com/tim_cato/status/1408097077222121484

(06-24-2021, 01:11 PM)fifteenth Wrote: Cato, too. Am I the only one that finds this to be crazy talk?

(06-24-2021, 01:11 PM)fifteenth Wrote: Cato, too. Am I the only one that finds this to be crazy talk?

(06-24-2021, 12:31 PM)fifteenth Wrote: I agree. Painting the Rick/Kidd relationship about just the times they butted heads is reductionist and revisionist. Also, Rick/Luka wasn't just about butting heads either. They worked closely for 3 years and accomplished some great things. And assuming that Rick would do something like this is to assume he's not just a grouch, or overbearing, but a an awful human. I don't buy it.