06-18-2021, 04:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-18-2021, 04:03 PM by hakeemfaan.)
(06-18-2021, 03:33 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: In Miami, NY or LA. Don´t think it will happen in a smaller market. Dallas is a big market but still all about football and not among the places to be for black athletes. If Luka ever joins a superteam it probably won´t be in Dallas.
I didn’t say Dallas. I have long maintained that the Mavs should run their franchise like does Utah. Get a solid coach. Build a good defense and get good players. They might never win a title but I can root for that. The Mavs issue is that Cuban sees the Cowboys but the Mavs will never be the Cowboys even if they win 5 titles over the next decade, and the Cowboys are still floundering.
(06-18-2021, 03:39 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Well, one thing's for sure. YOU'RE smart. This is a great post, and I don't disagree with any of it...except for that emboldened part.
Yeah, they matter. They'll always matter. Now, what you might have meant by that is probably a point about relativity to other attributes, and that might be accurate. But, I get the sense from some that an unqualified coach who happens to be a great manager of people is preferable to a great basketball mind who is not. I think that's ridiculous.
I can get behind the idea that exceptional people skills are one component of the qualification set for this job, combined with great understanding of strategic basketball, the ability to teach concepts efficiently, etc. I just worry that people's thinking has become so binary that we believe it's the ONLY thing that matters.
I agree with you Check my later post about comparisons to the Jazz.