jazz74 wrote:look, lets not forget that this heat team was only two wins away from winning it all. they will find a way to get the pieces they need. say what you want about riley, he is a shrewd and resourceful businessman and will find a way to get better with his limited hand. with that said, heat did have a royal carpet to the finals playing a overachieving but not talented sixers team, aging celtics team, and an offensive deprived bulls team. dallas just had balance and carlisle is a genius making adjustments throughout. now, looking at this, i think the knicks SHOULD feel hope. they have melo, one of the top three offensive players in the league and one of the best fourth quarter finishers. that is something that lebron cant claim yet. maybe wade but he didnt the last two games. that seems to be the key so we just have to get established "role" players. however, deron williams or chris paul would fit nicely too.

http://espn.go.com/blog/TrueHoop/post/_/id/30227/carlisle-pushed-all-of-the-right-buttons

Evidently Carlisle relied heavily on stats to determine optimal lineups...

Here's some key snippets:

"It’s a victory for the data-driven approach that Dallas' coaching staff has taken, starting with Carlisle -- unquestionably the most cerebral and stat-friendly of the league’s 30 head coaches -- and down to director of basketball analytics Roland Beech, the 82games.com founder who joined the Mavs on the bench last season and earned the unofficial title of “first stat geek with a championship ring” with such access to the coaching staff.

Second, Carlisle’s flexibility in mixing and matching lineups gives him a leg up. NBA coaches are amazingly reluctant to change lineups, even when what they’re doing clearly isn’t working. For example, it took Miami five games to yank Mike Bibby from the starting lineup, and they only did so when facing elimination. They are not unique in this regard. (The NBA playoffs: Where finally doing what you should have done three games ago happens).

And let me reiterate that the geeks played a big role. The Mavericks knew which lineups and pairings worked for them and optimized their rotations accordingly. But it wasn’t just about personnel usage in the NBA Finals -- it was play calls, game planning and countless in-season adjustments that built to this moment.

Roland was a key part to all his,” Cuban said. “I give a lot of credit to Coach Carlisle for putting Roland on the bench and interfacing with him, and making sure we understood exactly what was going on. Knowing what lineups work, what the issues were in terms of play calls and training.”

jazz74 wrote:look, lets not forget that this heat team was only two wins away from winning it all. they will find a way to get the pieces they need. say what you want about riley, he is a shrewd and resourceful businessman and will find a way to get better with his limited hand. with that said, heat did have a royal carpet to the finals playing a overachieving but not talented sixers team, aging celtics team, and an offensive deprived bulls team. dallas just had balance and carlisle is a genius making adjustments throughout. now, looking at this, i think the knicks SHOULD feel hope. they have melo, one of the top three offensive players in the league and one of the best fourth quarter finishers. that is something that lebron cant claim yet. maybe wade but he didnt the last two games. that seems to be the key so we just have to get established "role" players. however, deron williams or chris paul would fit nicely too.

I agree that Miami had an easy path to the finals. More than likely their competition next year will be much better (including us).

Childs2Dudley wrote:

Great find.

Childs2Dudley wrote:

misterearl wrote:Corey Brewer was waiting in the wings, just in case. Caron Butler never suited up. Brendan Hawywood was chillin'.

Quality Depth

Butler has been injured most of the season.

Brewer was used in the Lakers series. I think Haywood was a bit too.

This is a case of Carlisle utilizing his bench and not having "his guys" and telling anyone he doesn't know to prove themselves to him. Carlisle literally used everyone from Brian cardinal to DeShawn Stevenson in the playoffs. If you ever seen Mike go past 8 players in the playoffs you can come kick me in the nuts. Carlisle knows how to play matchups and adjust accordingly. He knows how to utilize the weapons he has. He knows when to call a timely time out and calm the team down. Everything he has done in his career is great but this playoff series defined him as a coach. Nearly every move he made worked. He pushed the right buttons for sure. Mike D'Antoni is not that type of creative, open-minded coach. Not even close.

Word. Coaching the same team, not a snowball's chance in he'll that MDA would have delivered a chip. He is devoted to his system to the point of blindness to ad hoc coaching adjustments. That a recipe for failure in the playoffs.

misterearl wrote:Corey Brewer was waiting in the wings, just in case. Caron Butler never suited up. Brendan Hawywood was chillin'.

Quality Depth

You did recognize Carlisle using Mahinmi and The Custodian right? 2 players D'AnToni probably never would realize they were real human beings

Juice wrote:

misterearl wrote:Corey Brewer was waiting in the wings, just in case. Caron Butler never suited up. Brendan Hawywood was chillin'.

Quality Depth

You did recognize Carlisle using Mahinmi and The Custodian right? 2 players D'AnToni probably never would realize they were real human beings

I mean, come on now. Can you add a bit of reality and thought into your posts or u just gonna blaze some bland rhetoric?

MDA tried to start Moz and played JJ too much and relied on Turiaf. They aint much better than Mahinmi or The Custodian.

And let's not fool ourselves into thinking that those guys were getting regular minutes or playing time cause Chandler was in foul trouble or Haywood was hurt or Dirk was in foul trouble.

Juice wrote:

martin wrote:

Juice wrote:

misterearl wrote:Corey Brewer was waiting in the wings, just in case. Caron Butler never suited up. Brendan Hawywood was chillin'.

Quality Depth

You did recognize Carlisle using Mahinmi and The Custodian right? 2 players D'AnToni probably never would realize they were real human beings

I mean, come on now. Can you add a bit of reality and thought into your posts or u just gonna blaze some bland rhetoric?

MDA tried to start Moz and played JJ too much and relied on Turiaf. They aint much better than Mahinmi or The Custodian.

And let's not fool ourselves into thinking that those guys were getting regular minutes or playing time cause Chandler was in foul trouble or Haywood was hurt or Dirk was in foul trouble.

I know and Carlisle came to the conclusion GOING SMALL BALL LIES

Dude, cut the crap. If you want to make a different thread about what Carlisle is doing, have at it. Posting about what MDA did and didn't do in every thread without making it relevant doesn't bring anything to this site.

Enough.

martin wrote:

Juice wrote:

martin wrote:

Juice wrote:

misterearl wrote:Corey Brewer was waiting in the wings, just in case. Caron Butler never suited up. Brendan Hawywood was chillin'.

Quality Depth

You did recognize Carlisle using Mahinmi and The Custodian right? 2 players D'AnToni probably never would realize they were real human beings

I mean, come on now. Can you add a bit of reality and thought into your posts or u just gonna blaze some bland rhetoric?

MDA tried to start Moz and played JJ too much and relied on Turiaf. They aint much better than Mahinmi or The Custodian.

And let's not fool ourselves into thinking that those guys were getting regular minutes or playing time cause Chandler was in foul trouble or Haywood was hurt or Dirk was in foul trouble.

I know and Carlisle came to the conclusion GOING SMALL BALL LIES

Dude, cut the crap. If you want to make a different thread about what Carlisle is doing, have at it. Posting about what MDA did and didn't do in every thread without making it relevant doesn't bring anything to this site.

Enough.

I was in edit mode and added MOST COACHES as this wasn't exclusive to ours but he stands out in many instances during these playoffs