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Blake GriffinBlake Griffin

Brad Stevens is a great coach who has no business being up on the 76ers without Kyrie Irving

You see Brad Stevens. That's a great coach... Not that those [Celtics] guys aren't good, but do they have any business being up 1-0 in the second round without Kyrie? Gordon Hayward, all those guys. The biggest thing for me... is the coach's adjustments game to game.

Stevens led an underdog Celtics team to the ECF that year, widely considered a coaching masterpiece.

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May 6, 2018
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Big CatBig Cat

Brad Stevens is the best coach in the NBA

I mean, I think [Brad Stevens] is the best coach in the game. He's a mad scientist.

While Stevens was highly regarded, he never won an NBA title as coach and later moved to the front office. Most analysts would eventually rank Spoelstra or Kerr higher during this era.
Win
May 6, 2018
#19744
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ben Simmons is playing like a rookie because he can't shoot

It's a real problem that [Ben Simmons] can't shoot. He's playing like a rookie. So this actually... I've changed my mind now. He is a rookie based on how he's been playing.

Simmons' inability to shoot did indeed remain the defining flaw of his career.
Loss
May 6, 2018
#19745
Big CatBig Cat

Brad Stevens is a better coach with less talent than Gregg Popovich has ever been

I saw some people saying that Brad Stevens is doing more with less than Popovich ever has. [Big Cat:] I'd agree... Popovich had Tim Duncan, who's like a top 10 player of all time... People are pretending that [the Celtics] are not talented because they don't have their number one guy, but they still have a ton of talent.

History has favored Popovich significantly. Stevens eventually left coaching for a front-office role without a title, while Popovich is the all-time wins leader.

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Blake GriffinBlake Griffin

The Pacers will surprise people

I think they're gonna surprise people if people forgot.

The Pacers' 2026-27 season and playoff performance will show whether they exceeded expectations.
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Blake GriffinBlake Griffin

The Nuggets' championship window is closing

I think that the Nuggets do, but this window's closing just because all this injury stuff, I think once you start to have that injury bug, it's hard to come back and just have your whole team be relatively healthy for a whole season.

The Nuggets' subsequent championship success in this roster era will determine whether the window was effectively closing.
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Blake GriffinBlake Griffin

NBA awards voting should be handled by a smaller group

Maybe you just take the pool down of the number of voters. ... I don't know. I don't know what the answer is, but I do think maybe you just take the pool down.

This is a proposed policy preference, not a claim with a single objective answer.