I'm watching D-Will playoff highlights against Denver from 2010 and its making me sad

[One Brow]

Reading comprehension fail.

Hey, with you making so many basic basketball comprehension failures, you can be forgiven an occasional reading comprehension failure.

 

[asian_roger]

Movement in the offense?

 

[Hal]

I miss the players cutting through the lanes when they don't have the ball in their hands more than I miss D-Will.

Our offensive system is garbage with Corbin.

 

[Sean]

That was one of the best playoff series I've seen. Jazz were completely outgunned... Except for 1 position... Dwill.

Adrian Dantley was considered a top coaching prospect... Until after that series. Sloan dismantled him.

I actually think that was Sloan's best coaching job of his career (though maybe the first-round series win over Houston trumps it for winning game seven on the road). Such a fun series to watch.

 

[zbone]

I actually think that was Sloan's best coaching job of his career (though maybe the first-round series win over Houston trumps it for winning game seven on the road). Such a fun series to watch.

Uhm, no. Sloan was forced to play Fesenko due to Memo injury. If Memo stayed healthy Denver would take that series even with Dantley as their HC.

 

[The Thriller]

I actually think that was Sloan's best coaching job of his career (though maybe the first-round series win over Houston trumps it for winning game seven on the road). Such a fun series to watch.

Totally agree.

Some of the other great coaching jobs I think were his pounding down of the Lakers in the late 90s and of course the entire 03-04 season.

 

[carolinajazz]

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/o/ostergr01.html#salaries::none

....we paid Tag 8.5 million bucks one year? What were we thinking????

 

[reignman40]

I will be cheering for him next sat night when I go to the game. In the world of jazz basketball he's a GOD!

Those were the days though. Being conservative and not signing Mathews (and replacing him with Bell) was the first domino to where we are today. It's that same conservatism to why Corbin is still coaching this team and will for years to come.

 

[reignman40]

Imagine if Al had never been brought here at all. We would be watching Kanter dominate the post in Sloan/Johnson's offense right now. We would probably be the sixth/fifth seed with a shot at home court advantage...

Frickin' Al.

No it was signing Bell and letting Mathews walk!