Tbh if it came down to it who do u let walk?

I kno its a funny question but it's alot of trade talk with davis, and i feel like the team isnt the problem.. Just bad coaching..

I can't wait till they fire Gentry and then bring in some other re-thread, like a Van Gundy, just so we can watch this core "under achieve" with someone else. Then we can really start addressing the real problems with this team..

Go around and ask league people if Gentry is a good coach. The consensus would be that he is. I didn't want to hire him either, but throwing him under the boat for the team having a bunch of soft prima donnas is chicken shite. Gentry has a solid resume, players like him and he has a ring. If it keeps going like this, he'll be fired. But he hasnt lost control or had any embarrassing situations all year. His handling of Cousins has been downright amazing. The guy just doesn't deserve this much hate..

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Gentry has a solid resume

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As an OC, not as a head coach.

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he has a ring

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So because he had a ring, he's better than someone like Brad Stevens?

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But he hasnt lost control or had any embarrassing situations all year.

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I'd say being up 19 and losing is pretty embarrassing, but it was 4 in 5 so it was a scheduled loss. Inexcusable losses and collapses is a pretty shitty coaching job.

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Fire Gentry or Trade Davis?

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Oh definitely trade Davis. I can't wait until Uncle Al can clean house and build the roster in his image.


You stupid or something?

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Gentry has a solid resume

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No he doesn't

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players like him

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Players loved Monty

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he has a ring.

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As an assistant.

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the problem is that, for many Pels fans, any loss is inexcusable and every win is expected.

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Realistically losses are obviously expected, but late game collapses are something that shouldn't be acceptable.

Especially ones where we're up 5+pts with like 2 minutes left or being up a good bit at the half to only lose or up a little and then absolutely get destroyed in the 2nd. I won't include games vs Minnesota/GS obviously but

I mean:
vs Orlando - up 64-60 at the half, lose 99-115
vs Utah - up 55-43 at the half, lose 108-114
vs Sac - up 53-47 at the half, lose 109-116 OT
vs Denver - up 58-46 at the half, lose 111-117 OT
vs Atlanta - up 60-45 at the half, lose 93-94

some of those are absolutely atrocious coaching in the 4th q or super slow 3rd q starts

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Uhhhhhhh this happens a lot in the NBA

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Yes it happens often, but I remember seeing at tweet we're at something like 7 losses after being up 15+ at a point in a game. Not sure if its accurate, but that seems a bit higher than normal. I mean most of these double digit leads aren't 1st quarter leads, its deep in the 2nd and we let them come back, then absolutely come out flat in the 3rd

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Especially ones where we're up 5+pts with like 2 minutes left or being up a good bit at the half to only lose or up a little and then absolutely get destroyed in the 2nd.

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some of those are absolutely atrocious coaching in the 4th q or super slow 3rd q starts

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so some in some of those we can point to questionable coaching decisions. great. what about the others?

all i'm saying is that it is not nearly as simple as fire Gentry, find a good coach (not easy btw), and the Pels are a good team. the coaching has been good enough on a regular basis this year. ignoring the issues that i laid out to just call for Gentry to be fired for having this team over .500 and in line for the playoffs is bizarre.

the problems of poor effort + poor execution have been consistent since the days of Monty. common denominator- no leadership on the court and no vets who have been there before who can still play at a high level.