Re: another skinny forward question

On Apr 24, 10:09 am, Greg Lentz <nodamns...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:41:42 -0700 (PDT), Don <coac...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> >On Apr 23, 6:48 pm, Phantom Post <patri...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> Greg Lentz <nodamns...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
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> >> > He was a PF before they got Boozer and hasn't been as good since
they
> >> > moved him to SF to accommodate Boozer.
>
> >> If AK was the ideal PF what did they need Boozer for?  Doesn't
anybody
> >> think there's an advantage to having BIG guys on a team?  Other than
Jerry
> >> Sloan and Jackson/Kupchak.  Has Nellie infected the brains of all
> >> Warriordom?
>
> >Pat,
>
> >Obviously, we all know the advantages of a GOOD big guy like Boozer,
> >Shaq, or even Karl Malone.
>
> >But Nellie doesn't seem to think that way.  That's why at the PF
> >position, you get Pietrus, Harrington, even Sjack.  Dirk is 7 feet
> >tall but could be considered a PF in Dallas as well.
>
> >I don't know about Nellie back with the Bucks, but I don't think he
> >likes playing with a traditional low post center or power forward in
> >the lineup.
>
> Nellie had a much more traditional lineup in Milwaukee.  In 1984, they
> traded for Terry ***mings (the Clippers later tried to challenge the
trade
> because Marques Johnson was a druggie) who was a traditional PF and
played
> him with a three headed center combo of Alton Lister, Paul Mokeski, and
> Randy Bruer.  His small ball thing has been since he took over the
> Warriors the first time and though his Mavericks teams were not
> necessarily small, they were soft down low.
>
> >AB is somewhat of an exception but he doesn't demand the
> >ball.  Nellie ball is all about running and Karl Malone types who
> >don't handle the ball on the fast breaks or shoot 3's a lot just don't
> >fit in.
>
> >It's a shame but Nellie is Nellie.
>
> Nellie is a guy who gets you into the playoffs, but doesn't take you all
> the way.  He was still the right guy to hire at the time we hired him.
> However, it will certainly be time to try to find someone to take the
next
> step by the end of next year, if not this year.
> --
> Greg Lentz

You bring up an interesting point I was thinking about lately.  Why
did Nellie decide to go with his small ball ways during his first
stint with the Warriors?  Was he adapting to the talent he had?  I
could see why he would want to fast break given that the "Showtime"
Lakers were in full effect during the late 80's but even the Lakers
had Kareem.  None of the Warriors centers in the last 20 years even
come close to Kareem's level.

I just find it strange the Nellie once had a more "traditional"
basketball lineup with his Bucks days because everyone remembers Run
TMC, the Nash/Dirk Mavs, etc, etc.  It's certainly kept Nellie
employed the past 20 years though.  He's definitely established
himself as someone (as Greg said) who can turn a team around (well,
maybe not the Knicks).

Don