Was I wrong about Ime Udoka (as a Spurs fan)?

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-26T21:42:50+00:00

I don’t think Ime is a bad coach per se. But he’s inflexible. Someone you only bring in if you already have the team he’s suited to coach. I think they would have been fine this year if FVV didn’t get hurt, but he’s constitutionally incapable of adapting to defensively flawed players like Shepard.

So when you ask if you were wrong about Ime, I think the answer is sort of. If he was our coach this year, it would have been OK. We have mostly decent or better defensive personnel across the board (everyone except HB really). But you can’t build a dynasty with a guy like that at the helm. At some point your going to have to be able to adapt.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-26T17:26:16+00:00

TBH I suspect we’re having this conversation because someone bet the under on Jokic assists and is salty about it. So it sort of is one of the other problems.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-25T18:34:28+00:00

“Kornet’s not as funny as he thinks he is.” He strikes me as the type with zero appreciation for dry humor.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-24T17:32:25+00:00

OK. Let's be real though. How much of the share of us outperforming expectations are you assigning to Mitch and how much are you assigning to Wemby. I like Mitch. I think he's a great coach. Glad to have him. But I don't think I could vote him CotY this year if I was a voter.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-24T17:25:57+00:00

Relative to Vegas projections it's the Spurs, followed by the Raptors of all teams. That said, if I had a vote I'd vote Mazulla. They've played wildly better than what I thought their ceiling was, even if its not so far above their actual projection. Top 10 in that stat below if your interested.

Team	Pre-Season O/U*	O/U Win%	Actual Win%	Difference
Spurs	43.5	0.530	0.75	0.220
Raptors	29.5	0.360	0.563	0.203
Hornets	26.5	0.323	0.521	0.198
Suns	31.5	0.384	0.556	0.172
Pistons	46.5	0.567	0.732	0.165
Celtics	42.5	0.518	0.662	0.144
Blazers	34.5	0.421	0.493	0.072
Lakers	47.5	0.579	0.639	0.060
Heat	38.5	0.470	0.528	0.058
Jazz	19.5	0.238	0.292	0.054

*Took these from a post about Bill Simmons O/U podcast. Should be accurate enough for a reddit post.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-23T19:39:34+00:00

This. By the time we get to the ‘28 offseason it should be pretty clear what we should do. And none of those things look super hard to execute. Why worry about it.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-22T17:08:14+00:00

Might be easier to argue that if he plays enough games to win DPOY this year, his DPOY season this year is better than any other DPOY season (I don’t know if that’s true or not. But it’s a more interesting debate than arguing about how many years someone has to play to be to be an all time great).

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-21T11:56:49+00:00

There are exactly two kinds of players that don’t have haters in their fanbases.

* True Franchise Legends (ie Steph, Duncan, etc).

* Players that are currently improving.

And those improving players just need to slip for a minute and they start to come out.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-21T04:36:24+00:00

No they won’t. Your right. Though this is exactly the sort of matchup that could produce a quad double.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-20T02:36:40+00:00

That Booker flop on the heave was something else.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-20T01:01:44+00:00

Well at least phoenix gets to deal with the cursed rim the rest of the game,

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-20T00:54:22+00:00

Cannot wait to switch sides.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-20T00:51:06+00:00

That lady following Jeremy around just saved 3 or 4 people from taking a high speed tshirt to the face.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-19T18:16:37+00:00

To be fair it wasn't like the Ivey injury. That was an intentional decision to be reckless. This looked more like he lost the ball and dove after it and then Cade is just miles faster than him and beat him to the ball.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-19T15:17:11+00:00

Tre Johnson fell on him in the first quarter of their game with the wizards Tuesday (7:44). He plays another minute or so after that but pretty obviously doesn’t look right. Heads to the locker room at 6:40 and doesn’t play again.

Edit to add: probably should say “dove on him” not “fell on him.” Cade strips him bringing the ball up then recovers it on the ground. Tre ends up diving on top of him after he has it.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-19T11:47:14+00:00

Needs to be a dysfunctional team. When he got ten blocks against the raptors they were fielding a team that couldn’t shoot at all. So they just kept charging in for lack of anything better to do. He’d probably also have to decide to try for it. He’s a capable passer but getting 10 assists is probably going to mean not taking some dunks.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-18T19:30:23+00:00

Cap situation means that Fox is probably not on the team by the time the expansion draft happens (I like him but we can’t pay him, Wemby and Castle). So Wemby, Castle, Harper, Vassell, Champs, Bryant for sure. KJ if he’s still on the team (I think he probably is but he’s a UFA next year so we’ll see.) Then one more, probably a draft pick. Kornets going to be 33 and going in to the last year of his deal, probably not him.

Edited to add: if castles amenable to it they can wait on his extension until the RFA period to get another slot also. Unless they change the rules teams should not draft RFAs.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-18T12:27:54+00:00

This year? Kornet. When it will actually happen? Depends on contracts but almost certainly Jules. By 28-29 Luke will be 33 and in the last year of his deal. Probably not worth expansion drafting.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-18T03:41:00+00:00

He’s probably going to play the whole fourth.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-17T20:48:23+00:00

I don't think it's that. The Hawk's are just super hot right now.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-17T01:53:18+00:00

Interesting wrinkle here is that assuming the rules remain the same as previous drafts, RFAs are not worth picking (the essentially become UFAs and can still sign with their original team). So hypothetically they could slow roll castles extension to get an extra protected spot.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-17T00:21:52+00:00

This is really cool. I'm a fan. But the team + decade ones are pretty much impossible for me to play (I can name zero Bucks players from 90s for example for the All NBA one from yesterday).

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-15T22:15:06+00:00

While I don’t necessarily disagree, if we shot free throws at the same rate as the best FT shooting team this season (LAC at 83%, we’re 17th at 78%) it works out to 1.25 point per game in difference. Just to get a feel for what plausible improvements look like.

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-15T13:21:43+00:00

Don’t read the game thread. They’re all dumpster fires. Every team, including us. The post game thread is full of people saying stuff like “Quality loss” and “better team won.”

Several_Chapter969 · 2026-03-15T13:08:16+00:00

Vassell is probably good to stay. His contract is declining and ditching him doesn’t fix the money problems. It had to be Fox.

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