Originally Posted by
Goat Milk
Yeah. Players win games 100%. Coaches are just coaches at the end of the day. It's a players world. But in the NBA coaches are more important than other leagues imo since you have control of the 5 guys on the court and who's matching up with who. Antetokoumpo isn't a superstar. Maybe he will be next year, or the year after, but he's far from Steph Curry. His team is barely even in the playoff hunt. Superstars can win games single handedly.
Curry showed flashes of breaking out. But Kerr just expedited that process. What about Klay Thompson? Before Kerr took over Thompson could never even dribble to the rim for a layup. He didn't defend that hard either. He also made crucial decisions like benching Iguadala for Barnes and David Lee for Draymond. And then, after being the 6th man for an entire year, and never starting, Steve Kerr changes his lineup in the NBA finals and starts Iguadala and plays him 40 minutes a game.
Not many coaches would do that bro. The guy is a straight master of motivation and the x's and o's.
You didn't address small ball either. Steve Kerr invented small ball.
You also didn't address the fact that Pop had a better team last year than Kerr, and Kerr was still 1 game away from repeating...his second year in the league....
This year, yeah, Kerr has a crazy team because he just grabbed a top 15 player in NBA history. But the previous 2 years? Never had the best team.