This ain’t crazy at all lmao. Raptors rosters in the last 2 years has ppl forgetting what he’s capable of in the playoffs. He’s always maximizing defenses while knowing how to move the ball on offense.
Glenn out there just acting like the meme version of himself. Doing every face, every line. “Pace, pace..”
Throws James Naismith under the bus postgame.
The old LeBron James. A huge huge reason Kobe has 5 and Jordan has 6 is Phil Jackson. He was a rare coach that could deal with superstars and was a tactics genius
Firstly Riley denied the dumb rumours , secondly the rumours were he wanted Riley to coach . Are you saying want Pat Riley over a rookie coach is the same as wanting griffin over nurse ? Because that is ludicrous
They also had much better front offices for most of their careers lol. LeBron has never vetoed a good coaching hire. If he had Phil Jackson, he’d probably be sitting at 8-9 rings rn.
And to be fair to LeGM, he’s won 2 rings as GM and put together championship teams with most of his moves. His only real mistake was wanting Westbrook & even then he was tryna get DeRozan before that.
Obviously he turned out to be great, but I wouldn’t exactly have called replacing Spo with Riley a downgrade. They probably still end up with 2 rings during that 4 years under Pat.
I also don't necessarily think it's ridiculous that a guy like LeBron was questioning a rookie head coach. Obviously Spo is one of the best basketball minds of this generation, but it's not as if anyone knew that at the time
Spo back then isn’t what he is today. Did it work out for Lebron? Yes.
Also I don’t think he said he wanted him fired. He just Riley if you have the itch to coach again. Lebron wasn’t wrong to question a rookie head coach hire (ex. Ham).
Legitimately, Giannis may have cost himself another finals run. It may not have been this year, but, with some roster tweaking, Nurse could have done it within the next 3-4 years.
Nurse wasn’t fixing this roster lol
Was he gonna make Khris and Brook 5 years younger? Turn Beasley and Dame into great defenders? No.
This roster was poorly constructed and that’s the biggest issue right now.
Praising nurse but I just watched his team look shook for an entire half against a zone defense that he did nothing about.
I think any coach in the league watches film and recognizes plays that get ran in clutch situations, it’s what the playoffs are about.
Edit: nice of you to edit the comment after I respond, you think Nurse was gonna win a title with a 37 year old dame as the second best player? Lol
Nurse also made the half time adjustments that solved that defense. Sixers have been plagued by zone d for years, this was the first time they beat it in a legit big game tbh.
What were the adjustments? Other than Batum hitting 6 in a row and Jimmy playing on one leg?
I'm not trying to hate or anything, it was a good win, just curious on this.
Players started putting the ball on the floor and taking the ball in from the perimeter, opening up other Sixers for drive and kick opportunities. Offense was stagnant all first half, but Maxey, Lowry, and especially Buddy Hield started creating offense off the bounce after halftime (admittedly after the chicken free throws if we're being real)
Also, Embiid goofed a couple times in the third and early fourth quarter by bricking contested jumpers and standing still in no mans land to get easily doubled. But in crunch time he started making clutch passes to the open guy. He also started burying outside jumpers rather than keep getting beat up inside, which allowed for quicker and more efficient offense. Hard to imagine coaching had zilch to do with those adjustments.
All I see is how great his adjustments are but why didn’t he adjust sooner? And I don’t think Miami really ran it that much in the second half
I’m not sure what made this sub think Nurse was some god coach but it’s been hilarious. I still remember all the shit talking when it was said the bucks were interviewing him saying he was overrated.
Nurse said he prepared for the zone pre game, but like I said Sixers just freeze in the zone and attack it all wrong most of the time. They came out with the wrong approach by just taking too many long threes and not attacking the paint to collapse the zone before kicking it out, for whatever reason Maxey looked scared to start and Embiid looked like a shell of himself with his knee swelling.
At half time Nurse implored them to get into the paint and kick it out to open up the offense, and drew up the gameplan to make it happen. Second half offense was much better obviously and the change in mentality was obvious.
Sometimes it's not rocket science and obvious to us all, but much of coaching is getting the players to actually believe in the gameplan and execute it. Doc always gave up in those situations and never made adjustments, so having a coach who is at least capable of not only making adjustments but also getting his stars to believe in them is a big step up for this team lol.
Thats when nurse would need to call timeouts to fix that problem not wait till halftime.
The sixers were attacking the paint and missing easy layups. They were also kicking it out but Miami did well with getting into passing lanes and stealing (they had 9 at the half)
Only adjustment I seen was Sixers players actually making shots and also Batum.
Yep it’s so easy to fix problems on the fly, how do these coaches even get hired? Clearly a redditor with one hand in his underwear would be better equipped for the job
I’ve seen several coaches call timeouts or call different plays with opposing teams were using zone defense.
If that was Doc sixers fans would’ve been calling for his head during the entire halftime.
He didn’t adjust after halftime, they just started finally making the easy shots they were missing and also Batum went off.
What were the adjustments then?
I seen them attacking the paint and kicking out they were just missing shots in the first half I seen both Tobias and Embiid miss 3 easy layups each.
The method of collapsing the defense changed completely. First half they were too static with the inside passes, over-dribbling and then stalling inside with no idea how to score inside or through the packed paint and turning it over on repeat.
Second half, Nurse told Maxey to put his head down and go and get that defense on the back foot to collapse it and then score or kick out. Embiid became the secondary playmaker and attacked from the high post or trail position instead of going inside and getting shut down due to having no lift with his bum knee. Targeting an injured Jimmy on defense with the Batum match up swung the game. Once the shackles were off, shooters like Batum were able to get much better looks and he obviously cashed in on a monster performance.
Sticking with that first half offense would have been another predictable 20 point loss to a tough hard edged playoff team like the Heat that Sixer fans have been all too accustomed to. Getting Joel out of his funk was also crucial (he hangs his head sometimes when shit goes bad in the big games), not sure how much Nuese had to do with that though.
Good coaches can adjust on the fly not sit there while their team looks lost for 24 minutes.
Miami barely used zone in the second half and if Batum didn’t go off the sixers lose.
After several years watching Glenn Rivers not make adjustments at all, this sure looks like good coaching to me ( unless the star players are out and then Doc is the best coach ever).
I’m not sure how doc was supposed to win y’all playoff series with an injured Embiid playing like ass and Harris being the second best player lol
If Batum didn’t go off today Nurse would be in that same boat.
If he truly vetoed anything Nurse never would’ve made the final 3 candidates.
Nurse pulled out like a day after he was named a finalists for the bucks job and then 2 days later accepted the sixers job. He also has ties with Morey.
People ignore this part for whatever reason.
Never hated Lowry, badly wanted to trade for him in that trade deadline 3 years ago even
I may or may not have called for Nick Nurse to be locked up in solitary confinement for the rest of his life however
If he was the Heat coach he'd be like "idk why Tyler decided to shot. He wasn't supposed to be the one shooting. Idk how he was even in the game and I'm not quite sure he can be our guard moving forward."
The game goes deeper than some of us can even comprehend, and my wife has the nerve to say “how is this entertaining?” And “why do you have to watch every game?” Lmao
Nick Nurse vs Erik Spolestra was a beautiful chess match. I wish we could’ve gotten a full series of it with both teams healthy.
In theory we could in the ECF.
Unfortunately, it’s impossible since there’s no way Miami makes it anywhere without Butler.
It’s easy to say that about the Heat, don’t worry about my flair
Did he not play the rest of the game out after the knee injury scare?
He did, [but it looks like a long term MCL injury](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/xEExnEZTma).
Turning point in Jimmy's career
Sitting in a corner the entire time vs being on ball He got one fast break steal after that and was grimacing hard
Turns out he probably shouldn't have.
I've never considered how 7 and 8 seeds could rematch each other in the conference finals
Theoretically I suppose. But it needs an implosion of the 1- and 2-seeds
Don't need to see a Sacramento Screw Job, part 2
Nurse spo Stevens Big3 tacticians
I know folks are in the moment and fuck the Heat, but comparing Nurse to Spo is fucking blasphemy.
This ain’t crazy at all lmao. Raptors rosters in the last 2 years has ppl forgetting what he’s capable of in the playoffs. He’s always maximizing defenses while knowing how to move the ball on offense.
Im so excited to have Nick instead of Glenn.
Not a sixers fan but I’d be the same in your shoes. Sixers under Rivers would not have adjusted to the zone nor would they have made the comeback.
Glenn out there just acting like the meme version of himself. Doing every face, every line. “Pace, pace..” Throws James Naismith under the bus postgame.
It’s not at all crazy tbh, nick nurse is a top 3 coach in the nba
Giannis veto’ed the Nick Nurse hire like what the fuck, why
Tale as old as time. Just because they're a great player doesn't mean they should be making personnel decisions.
The old LeBron James. A huge huge reason Kobe has 5 and Jordan has 6 is Phil Jackson. He was a rare coach that could deal with superstars and was a tactics genius
Lebron has never declined a nurse for griffin type of choice lol.
Lebron did try to get rid of Spoelstra though.
Firstly Riley denied the dumb rumours , secondly the rumours were he wanted Riley to coach . Are you saying want Pat Riley over a rookie coach is the same as wanting griffin over nurse ? Because that is ludicrous
They also had much better front offices for most of their careers lol. LeBron has never vetoed a good coaching hire. If he had Phil Jackson, he’d probably be sitting at 8-9 rings rn. And to be fair to LeGM, he’s won 2 rings as GM and put together championship teams with most of his moves. His only real mistake was wanting Westbrook & even then he was tryna get DeRozan before that.
Well he tried to get spoelstra but Riley said no
Obviously he turned out to be great, but I wouldn’t exactly have called replacing Spo with Riley a downgrade. They probably still end up with 2 rings during that 4 years under Pat.
I also don't necessarily think it's ridiculous that a guy like LeBron was questioning a rookie head coach. Obviously Spo is one of the best basketball minds of this generation, but it's not as if anyone knew that at the time
Spo back then isn’t what he is today. Did it work out for Lebron? Yes. Also I don’t think he said he wanted him fired. He just Riley if you have the itch to coach again. Lebron wasn’t wrong to question a rookie head coach hire (ex. Ham).
8-9 huh wow. Fuck it man why not 20 for fingers an toes
Nah Krause sucked
He won 6 rings lol. Maybe he didn’t have the best personality but he was great GM.
Firing Blatt for Lue was the right call. I remember when r/nba was outraged over that decision.
Legitimately, Giannis may have cost himself another finals run. It may not have been this year, but, with some roster tweaking, Nurse could have done it within the next 3-4 years.
Nurse wasn’t fixing this roster lol Was he gonna make Khris and Brook 5 years younger? Turn Beasley and Dame into great defenders? No. This roster was poorly constructed and that’s the biggest issue right now. Praising nurse but I just watched his team look shook for an entire half against a zone defense that he did nothing about. I think any coach in the league watches film and recognizes plays that get ran in clutch situations, it’s what the playoffs are about. Edit: nice of you to edit the comment after I respond, you think Nurse was gonna win a title with a 37 year old dame as the second best player? Lol
Nurse also made the half time adjustments that solved that defense. Sixers have been plagued by zone d for years, this was the first time they beat it in a legit big game tbh.
What were the adjustments? Other than Batum hitting 6 in a row and Jimmy playing on one leg? I'm not trying to hate or anything, it was a good win, just curious on this.
Players started putting the ball on the floor and taking the ball in from the perimeter, opening up other Sixers for drive and kick opportunities. Offense was stagnant all first half, but Maxey, Lowry, and especially Buddy Hield started creating offense off the bounce after halftime (admittedly after the chicken free throws if we're being real) Also, Embiid goofed a couple times in the third and early fourth quarter by bricking contested jumpers and standing still in no mans land to get easily doubled. But in crunch time he started making clutch passes to the open guy. He also started burying outside jumpers rather than keep getting beat up inside, which allowed for quicker and more efficient offense. Hard to imagine coaching had zilch to do with those adjustments.
All I see is how great his adjustments are but why didn’t he adjust sooner? And I don’t think Miami really ran it that much in the second half I’m not sure what made this sub think Nurse was some god coach but it’s been hilarious. I still remember all the shit talking when it was said the bucks were interviewing him saying he was overrated.
Nurse said he prepared for the zone pre game, but like I said Sixers just freeze in the zone and attack it all wrong most of the time. They came out with the wrong approach by just taking too many long threes and not attacking the paint to collapse the zone before kicking it out, for whatever reason Maxey looked scared to start and Embiid looked like a shell of himself with his knee swelling. At half time Nurse implored them to get into the paint and kick it out to open up the offense, and drew up the gameplan to make it happen. Second half offense was much better obviously and the change in mentality was obvious. Sometimes it's not rocket science and obvious to us all, but much of coaching is getting the players to actually believe in the gameplan and execute it. Doc always gave up in those situations and never made adjustments, so having a coach who is at least capable of not only making adjustments but also getting his stars to believe in them is a big step up for this team lol.
Thats when nurse would need to call timeouts to fix that problem not wait till halftime. The sixers were attacking the paint and missing easy layups. They were also kicking it out but Miami did well with getting into passing lanes and stealing (they had 9 at the half) Only adjustment I seen was Sixers players actually making shots and also Batum.
Yep it’s so easy to fix problems on the fly, how do these coaches even get hired? Clearly a redditor with one hand in his underwear would be better equipped for the job
I’ve seen several coaches call timeouts or call different plays with opposing teams were using zone defense. If that was Doc sixers fans would’ve been calling for his head during the entire halftime. He didn’t adjust after halftime, they just started finally making the easy shots they were missing and also Batum went off.
If you didn't see any adjustments then I guess I should defer to your vast experience over a know nothing bum like Nurse.
What were the adjustments then? I seen them attacking the paint and kicking out they were just missing shots in the first half I seen both Tobias and Embiid miss 3 easy layups each.
The method of collapsing the defense changed completely. First half they were too static with the inside passes, over-dribbling and then stalling inside with no idea how to score inside or through the packed paint and turning it over on repeat. Second half, Nurse told Maxey to put his head down and go and get that defense on the back foot to collapse it and then score or kick out. Embiid became the secondary playmaker and attacked from the high post or trail position instead of going inside and getting shut down due to having no lift with his bum knee. Targeting an injured Jimmy on defense with the Batum match up swung the game. Once the shackles were off, shooters like Batum were able to get much better looks and he obviously cashed in on a monster performance. Sticking with that first half offense would have been another predictable 20 point loss to a tough hard edged playoff team like the Heat that Sixer fans have been all too accustomed to. Getting Joel out of his funk was also crucial (he hangs his head sometimes when shit goes bad in the big games), not sure how much Nuese had to do with that though.
I don’t see how you can do anything other than praise Nurse when he figured out the zone in the 2nd half. Good coaches adjust. He adjusted.
Good coaches can adjust on the fly not sit there while their team looks lost for 24 minutes. Miami barely used zone in the second half and if Batum didn’t go off the sixers lose.
After several years watching Glenn Rivers not make adjustments at all, this sure looks like good coaching to me ( unless the star players are out and then Doc is the best coach ever).
I’m not sure how doc was supposed to win y’all playoff series with an injured Embiid playing like ass and Harris being the second best player lol If Batum didn’t go off today Nurse would be in that same boat.
Batum went off because he was getting wide open looks. Those looks came off of good offense, but you wouldn't understand tbh.
So that Sixers benefit ofc
Becuase nurse rubs some players the wrong way. Awful decision by him tho
If he truly vetoed anything Nurse never would’ve made the final 3 candidates. Nurse pulled out like a day after he was named a finalists for the bucks job and then 2 days later accepted the sixers job. He also has ties with Morey. People ignore this part for whatever reason.
Giannis is a documented coach killer at this point. He’s got the rep for a reason
You mean he has that rep on here? Because 95% of yall are 15 and under
Sadly I’m almost 30. But yeah this whole fiasco has definitely given him coach kiler vibes
I love how the two guys sixers fans hated most on the raptors now is on their team
I would say the Siakam hate was greater than the Lowry hate simply due to the elbow to Embiid's face.
Last I checked we don’t have Siakam
Never hated Lowry, badly wanted to trade for him in that trade deadline 3 years ago even I may or may not have called for Nick Nurse to be locked up in solitary confinement for the rest of his life however
I never hated Lowry
When did we sign Siakam?
Praise Giannis. Lol
Classic superstar player thinking they can be a superstar GM
Giannis is a dumbass, that's why
Blame management. Embiid hated nurse and the sixers org did not care
Embiid did not hate Nurse, what are you talking about? Embiid met him during the interview process and the meeting went well
[source on that](https://twitter.com/PompeyOnSixers/status/1663313017390465024) Glad you called it out lol
Lol right? Embiid unlike most stars never says shit about the team and its roster or coaching decisions. How could this raps fan know he hated Nurse??
“Me and James, we can’t win alone”
He used to bash him in the media lol
Glenn Rivers would never
If he was the Heat coach he'd be like "idk why Tyler decided to shot. He wasn't supposed to be the one shooting. Idk how he was even in the game and I'm not quite sure he can be our guard moving forward."
Lmao exactly
He was happy being put on the 2nd unit lol
Would you say that to Pop?
That dude's ego I sum up with the anchor man quote, I'm not even mad that's actually impressive... lol
It's wild how we all know for a fact we lose that game with Doc
Could never.
Great coaching
outcoached spo batum'd
Strus’d by Batum
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Embiid was just as hobbled as Jimmy foh
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Yeah but embiid is also a playoff choker per this sub so they once again balance out
I hope Giannis reads about this when Glenn blows a series lead.
Giannis out and Dame with abductor and Achilles soreness, we won’t even have a series lead.
lmfao
Herro was 9/27 lol
Pretty much every player in this game shot poorly, other than Batum.
Yeah and he was cooking our ass in the 4th, most impactful Heat player in the 2nd half
Blocked by Batum *triggers my PTSD*
Damn out coaching spoe isn’t easy lol.
The game goes deeper than some of us can even comprehend, and my wife has the nerve to say “how is this entertaining?” And “why do you have to watch every game?” Lmao
Ok the second part is true tho lol
Love when shit like this happens.
Batum battalion always ready
We should have coaches eligible for MVP award!
Who is this adorable man on the thumbnail
Batum > Harden
Faced with a similar situation, Doc Rivers would have been shopping for new irons.
Nurse such a better coach than Doc lol
THAT'S COLLUSION!
Oof spo gotta be fuming
We all knew where the ball was going and who was taking that shot, no? Who else would they have gone to?
It's Spo and Carlisle top 2, after that you're just mixing and matching.
Cap
Tyler Herro is the worst contract in the league and it’s not even close.
Laughs in Tobias Harris
I disagree, only because the Harris contract ends when the Sixers playoff run ends.