Tim Duncan

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Please don't ever mention Doc Rivers and Popovich as being on the same level...

I don't think that I did. I do, however think that both are elite coaches and although I'm not sure which one you rank higher, I think the other is pretty close. The point I was making was that they both realize that the regular-season is not super important and ration out the minutes accordingly while Brown drove his guys into the ground. Pau Gasol played the second most minutes in the league this year and on average minutes per game, Bryant was fourth at 38.5. Why was Bryant playing a minute more per game than LeBron James?

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

I don't think that I did. I do, however think that both are elite coaches and although I'm not sure which one you rank higher, I think the other is pretty close. The point I was making was that they both realize that the regular-season is not super important and ration out the minutes accordingly while Brown drove his guys into the ground. Pau Gasol played the second most minutes in the league this year and on average minutes per game, Bryant was fourth at 38.5. Why was Bryant playing a minute more per game than LeBron James?

Brown did what he had to do to avoid being an 8 seed.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Brown did what he had to do to avoid being an 8 seed.

I don't think he needed to play Bryant that much though. There is no reason he should have been up there more than James and some of the other young stars. That's crazy. Veteran coaches like Pop and Rivers and Jackson when he was around, recognize that the importance is not in the regular-season. You can be the eighth seed and if you win one road game, you've taken over home court advantage. The Celtics didn't push to get a higher seed against Atlanta but took the home court right away. The Lakers damn near beat Oklahoma City in game two and took home court from them. Home court is more important for the younger teams than it is for the veteran teams.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

I don't think that I did. I do, however think that both are elite coaches and although I'm not sure which one you rank higher, I think the other is pretty close. The point I was making was that they both realize that the regular-season is not super important and ration out the minutes accordingly while Brown drove his guys into the ground. Pau Gasol played the second most minutes in the league this year and on average minutes per game, Bryant was fourth at 38.5. Why was Bryant playing a minute more per game than LeBron James?

Popovich might be the greatest NBA coach ever. Uh Doc is ranked about 97th