How do you know that? Per reports Kerr wanted five years with NY but they were balking about the 5th year. He went to GS and got the fifth year and gets to be near his family? Would you not interview for any job if you had the chance? He took the overall better deal for him and his family. Sounds reasonable and smart too.
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How do you know that? Per reports Kerr wanted five years with NY but they were balking about the 5th year. He went to GS and got the fifth year and gets to be near his family? Would you not interview for any job if you had the chance? He took the overall better deal for him and his family. Sounds reasonable and smart too.
mellow
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Stan Van used Golden StAte to get unlimited power in Detroit. Kerr used NYK to get a 5th year in Golden State. Hayward is going to use Phoenix to get a max deal in Utah. Magic used a girl to get a chance to buy the clippers.
It's all good.
Jazz will try to insulate against rumors, but they will probably get used, or at least their name will, to help some guy an offer in Cleveland or LAL.
It's all good.
Jazz will try to insulate against rumors, but they will probably get used, or at least their name will, to help some guy an offer in Cleveland or LAL.
Boylen to the Cavs?
That would make my day.
framer
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Can you imagine the celebrations on this board. That would only be surpassed by the two inevitable events of the Jazz drafting Wiggins and Kris Humphries coming home to finish his career in Utah.
Stifle Tower
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I think Humphries can play the 3.
https://sports.yahoo.com/news/jazz-to-interview-bulls-assistant-adrian-griffin-for-head-coaching-job-185750337.html
Jazz to interview Adrian Griffin
Jazz to interview Adrian Griffin
One can deduce "Stockton is a sure thing" from your statement "Stockton is not a gamble"
From your latest post, it seems you meant to say "Stockton is no more a gamble than any other coach selection" which seems more reasonable.
Spurs are innovators
Dude, you are jumping tracks, get the ADHD under control.
You made a sweeping condemnation of those who say "the game has changed" and asked in an accusatory way: "have you not been watching the Spurs these past few years?" One can infer that you meant that the Spurs today embody the game of yesterday, that they are bastions of conservative basketball.
I merely pointed out that on many dimensions the Spurs are leading innovators and not an embodiment of the past.
Dude, you are jumping tracks, get the ADHD under control.
You made a sweeping condemnation of those who say "the game has changed" and asked in an accusatory way: "have you not been watching the Spurs these past few years?" One can infer that you meant that the Spurs today embody the game of yesterday, that they are bastions of conservative basketball.
I merely pointed out that on many dimensions the Spurs are leading innovators and not an embodiment of the past.
mellow
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homeytennis
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Stifle Tower
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EXcept the bar keeps getting set higher and higher. If an inexperienced guy like Kerr can command $5M, what does that mean for someone like Hollins?
framer
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Except nobody seems all that hot for Hollins. We are now to the point that we are paying coaches on potential and upside. It was bound to happen.
Sean
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Salaries are definitely going up in the NBA. In 2005, Sloan was the 2nd highest paid coach and making only $500,000 more than Kerr. Today, he'd still crack the top-five, but that only assumes other coaches aren't given similar deals. A decade ago, ten coaches made less than two-million a year (with seven making a million). Today, zero coaches are making less than two-million a year. Jeff Hornacek, from what I can tell, is the lowest paid coach in the NBA at two-million exactly. No coaches in 2005 made more than $6.9 million (that was Rick Adelman's salary back when he coached the Kings - the highest in the league). Today, Stan Van Gundy and Doc Rivers both make seven mill.
The increase hasn't been dramatic, but the going rate for a head coach has inched up at least a million since 2005 (it looks like it was one-million a year back then). So, you can expect most rookie head coaches (sans the anomalies like Kerr) to make somewhere around two mill. Hollins would probably go for four-million with his resume.
Kerr seems to be the exception still, though, and most likely got that salary because he started a bidding war between two teams willing to pay out for a head coach they think can turn into greatness.
There are exceptions, of course, as Brad Stevens pulled in 3.6 million his rookie season. But two-million seems like a good starting point right now for most new coaches. It'll be interesting to see where it goes in five years since the trend is clearly going up (as it is in college sports, as well).
The increase hasn't been dramatic, but the going rate for a head coach has inched up at least a million since 2005 (it looks like it was one-million a year back then). So, you can expect most rookie head coaches (sans the anomalies like Kerr) to make somewhere around two mill. Hollins would probably go for four-million with his resume.
Kerr seems to be the exception still, though, and most likely got that salary because he started a bidding war between two teams willing to pay out for a head coach they think can turn into greatness.
There are exceptions, of course, as Brad Stevens pulled in 3.6 million his rookie season. But two-million seems like a good starting point right now for most new coaches. It'll be interesting to see where it goes in five years since the trend is clearly going up (as it is in college sports, as well).
Kerr got $5M/year to be coach despite never specifically coaching before while Stan Van Gundy gets $7M/year to be coach AND team president etc as someone with a proven coaching history. Either Detroit got a good deal or the Warriors slightly overpaid. FYI, both were 5 year deals.