TPercy wrote:I honestly believe if Miller was HC we have 4-6 more wins than we do now and we are two games out the playoffs. Remarkable how **** Fizdale was and how Mills actually believed in him.

I agree. It would also means Mills remained and we're looking at a starting lineup of Drummond, Morris, Bullock, Payton and D'Angelo Russell.

TPercy wrote:I honestly believe if Miller was HC we have 4-6 more wins than we do now and we are two games out the playoffs. Remarkable how **** Fizdale was and how Mills actually believed in him.

martin wrote:Just ugh

Even with the trade of leading-scorer Marcus Morris, Kevin Knox couldn’t crack the starting lineup. The 2018 lottery pick responded by weakening his case.

Coming off a 12-point effort in Monday’s overtime win over the Cavaliers — breaking a stretch of nine straight games scoring in single-digits — Knox missed his five shots and finished scoreless. The 20-year-old, who averaged 12.8 points as a rookie, has now scored two points or fewer in four of his past six games, and has hit one field goal or fewer in seven of his past nine games.

i think removing Marcus will add some clarity to the rotations, and i am hopeful about KK putting it all together. Frank too

Sambakick wrote:"Elfrid Payton is really kinda garbage"

BS!

"If MIller was coach we would have 4-6 more wins"

How about if Payton didn't miss 17 games with injury?

Miller's success co-incides with Payton's return.

Payton gets no respect here. I'm going to keep giving it to him.

The question with Elf is how good and how effective of an NBA player can he be? The answer appears to be pretty average at best. If you have some other good parts Elf can play a role for you, like Felton did when we had Melo/Chandler playing at AS levels.

I def think not having him early hurt, especially as poorly as the other PGs were playing

Swishfm3 wrote:

fishmike wrote:

TPercy wrote:I honestly believe if Miller was HC we have 4-6 more wins than we do now and we are two games out the playoffs. Remarkable how **** Fizdale was and how Mills actually believed in him.

well to be fair Miller has a track record with some coaching chops. Fizdale is a rah-rah motivator type who was probably good as an assistant and got exposed when trying to run a team.

To be even more fair...Fiz didn't have a healthy PG on the team.

fishmike wrote:

BigDaddyG wrote:

Swishfm3 wrote:

fishmike wrote:

TPercy wrote:I honestly believe if Miller was HC we have 4-6 more wins than we do now and we are two games out the playoffs. Remarkable how **** Fizdale was and how Mills actually believed in him.

well to be fair Miller has a track record with some coaching chops. Fizdale is a rah-rah motivator type who was probably good as an assistant and got exposed when trying to run a team.

To be even more fair...Fiz didn't have a healthy PG on the team.

To be even fairer, Fiz thought Knoz was an answer at SG and Trier should get live game minutes as starting PG.

and starting RJ at PG as well. My god he was bad

-- Miller had been our coach from the beginning. Solid guy, gets the most out of his talent, fundamentally sound. (four additional wins maybe)

-- Payton hadn't missed a bunch of games. Yeah, I know Fizdale didn't have Payton but, given Fizdale's cluelessness, he wouldn't have maximized Payton's talents anyway (three more wins).

-- We weren't dog [poop] at the free throw line. How many games have we shot at or below 60% and went on to lose the game by a possession or two? I haven't researched it but I'd guess there are more than a couple of games we'd have won if we'd have shot the league's free throw average percentage. One of Clyde's favorite points is that you can make yourself at least a 75% FT shooter if you're willing to give it the effort.

I get that conjecture is useless but maybe, just maybe, there are a few slivers of light in an otherwise dismal season and, more importantly, legitimate hope that we can turn the corner.