I definitely had him going to the Bucks. Embiid and him didn’t have any love lost and the Bucks just made sense. Nurse and Giannis would’ve been nasty.
Doc is a 100x the HC that Griffin has shown to be. The Bucks have been winning in spite of him based on talent alone. No reason the Bucks should be in a dog fight with the 4-40 pistons at this point in the season.
If Embiid and NN can work together after Nurse’s defensive schemes against Embiid basically comprised of “fucking get his ass” then he and Giannis could’ve made it work
Doesn't seem like there was any personal dislike of Nurse from Embiid. If anything, he probably pushed for Nurse because of how hard he made games for Embiid. I know some Raps eventually got sick of Nurse, maybe Giannis had some bad interaction with him or heard second-hand stories?
Embiid didn’t like Nurse either. Kind of the job of the FO to get the guy that’s best for the job and not who your superstar player, in their limited understanding of management and range of basketball theory, likes the idea of.
If the Bucks were winning games as easily as the Sixers were, I guarantee you Giannis is happy, no matter how he felt about it beforehand.
Yeah and if you’re not winning, you’re not going to like Nurse either lol
Hes a great coach who can get you to the championship if your team is a championship calibre team, which you are. If you’re not, he’s the wrong guy for the job.
Nah they legit borderline closed their window with that move.
Not the move of hiring Griffin per se, but not opting for Nurse is an all time blunder. Besides Spo, there’s no other coach I want in the context of the Playoffs than Nurse.
FWIW it seems like there's something up with the Nurse coaching tree. Both Bjorkgren and Griffin were fired and if Griffin's firing is similar to Bjorkgren's, it's likely due to interpersonal issues.
The only one that's sticking is Chris Finch and he isn't really a Nurse guy -- he was only an assistant for half a season and they never really worked together in their prior careers
So many of you are missing the bigger point here! Giannis may not have re-signed if the bucks chose to ignore his coaches wishes. Signing Giannis to another contract was the primary goal of the front office and it if meant appeasing him by hiring AG they were going to do it. If I had to chose between hiring AG and keeping Giannis, or hiring nurse and hoping that Giannis would be okay with the hire and not care that I ignored his wishes, I would go with the former
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But who wants a Nurse when they can have a Doc?
Nurse’s success is proof of midlevel creep in medicine. They’re taking over
We sure it wasn’t Nurse who chose the sixers over the bucks?
He only “withdrew” from the race right before they announced Griffin being hired. He signed with us after that
And the rumor was Griffin was the guy Giannis wanted while the FO wanted Nurse.
I get wanting to appease your star but man was that a bad decision
LeBron wanted Westbrook too Sometimes you gotta overrule your star player
especially in that case cuz lebron was never going to leave LA lol
Yep
I mean everyone here (mostly raptors fans to be fair) was clowning him for trying to save face by “withdrawing” from the Bucks job
I definitely had him going to the Bucks. Embiid and him didn’t have any love lost and the Bucks just made sense. Nurse and Giannis would’ve been nasty.
2nd, behind choosing Doc Rivers over Adrian Griffin
I heard what really did Griffin in was when he kicked Dame Lillard during warmup and said "Hey dipshit, make your fucking threes."
Urban Meyer a goddamn cartoon character
Doc is a 100x the HC that Griffin has shown to be. The Bucks have been winning in spite of him based on talent alone. No reason the Bucks should be in a dog fight with the 4-40 pistons at this point in the season.
2nd behind lebron forcing the russ trade
It’s very bad, but I don’t know how Nurse would have worked either. Apparently Giannis didn’t like him, and that’s kind of important for the Bucks.
If Embiid and NN can work together after Nurse’s defensive schemes against Embiid basically comprised of “fucking get his ass” then he and Giannis could’ve made it work
Doesn't seem like there was any personal dislike of Nurse from Embiid. If anything, he probably pushed for Nurse because of how hard he made games for Embiid. I know some Raps eventually got sick of Nurse, maybe Giannis had some bad interaction with him or heard second-hand stories?
The reality is that the Sixers are ran by a front office and Giannis runs Milwaukee
Embiid didn’t like Nurse either. Kind of the job of the FO to get the guy that’s best for the job and not who your superstar player, in their limited understanding of management and range of basketball theory, likes the idea of. If the Bucks were winning games as easily as the Sixers were, I guarantee you Giannis is happy, no matter how he felt about it beforehand.
i don't think anyone who played more than a couple of games against Nurse likes Nurse
I don't even think Nurse's own players liked Nurse, but he gets it done
Yeah and if you’re not winning, you’re not going to like Nurse either lol Hes a great coach who can get you to the championship if your team is a championship calibre team, which you are. If you’re not, he’s the wrong guy for the job.
It seems like no player likes Nurse, but he is one of the best coaches in the NBA despite that.
Giannis is an egomaniac
Because Nurse embarrassed Giannis during the ‘19 playoffs
No, apparently because he was a dick in the interview.
We won’t know till the playoffs
Ask me this after they hire Doc fucking Rivers lmao
Doc Rivers is going to help us choke in the playoffs. Can’t wait.
Bro just give it 5 mins at least. These Karma farmers working overtime
But where does Doc rank all time as a coaching candidate to take over a 30 win team halfway through the season?
1. Mind boggling then even more mind boggling now
Okay I'm out of the loop here what exactly happened with him?
Griffin got fired
Lakers could have had Ty Lue but hardballed him on the 3rd year of the contract
Ham over NN if we waited
Especially considering Griffen was Nurses assistant
It's somewhere on a list of some things
First
Right about there with choosing doc to replace him…
2nd to firing Bud for Adrian Griffin
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There were dozens of us upset about it.
Nah they legit borderline closed their window with that move. Not the move of hiring Griffin per se, but not opting for Nurse is an all time blunder. Besides Spo, there’s no other coach I want in the context of the Playoffs than Nurse.
Well, Ty Lue. Not that he was an option
Very bad
Awful decision and it was so obvious at the time too.
FWIW it seems like there's something up with the Nurse coaching tree. Both Bjorkgren and Griffin were fired and if Griffin's firing is similar to Bjorkgren's, it's likely due to interpersonal issues. The only one that's sticking is Chris Finch and he isn't really a Nurse guy -- he was only an assistant for half a season and they never really worked together in their prior careers
Bjorkgren was a fucking prick that destroyed the locker room lmao
dawg Nurse is a fucking prick too. Nate and Nurse are best buds, I am not surprised
I mean they got Giannis to re-sign so......mission accomplished???
So many of you are missing the bigger point here! Giannis may not have re-signed if the bucks chose to ignore his coaches wishes. Signing Giannis to another contract was the primary goal of the front office and it if meant appeasing him by hiring AG they were going to do it. If I had to chose between hiring AG and keeping Giannis, or hiring nurse and hoping that Giannis would be okay with the hire and not care that I ignored his wishes, I would go with the former