Posted by BlueSeats:
Posted by Bippity10:
As for Nelson being fired. He wanted to play Ewing at PF.
Nellie's problems weren't just with Patrick.
While one of the great criticisms about Brown is his commentary thru the press, nellie was worse. No need to state that Patrick should be a third option (behind who Hubert and Mason?), or that Hubert davis was "clearly the better player" than Starks. Let's not forget Starks kicking chairs and punching the scorer's table.
And if my memory serves me it was under Nellie that Greg Anthony, in his satin floral print disaster shirt, sucker-punched Kevin Johnson. Everyone was upset and out of control.
He tried to turn a house built on defense into the Warriors or Maverics, only we had no Webber, Mullins, Dirks, and Finleys. And those teams knew who their bread and butter was but we, under Nellie, didn't.
Nellie tried to do to much too soon and went about it in the wrong way.
actually it was under riley that anthony did that as well as the harper/jo jo fight in front of david stern. i did not know what nellie was trying to do. it was ridiculous to feature mason and davis as their offensive hub with all-stars starks and ewing waiting around. he is right about looking for players that are as good as or better than ewing but the fact was ewing was the best player on that team, no one even comes close. i think grunfield and checketts took note and in 98-99 they traded to get camby, spree and kurt thomas.
