Official 2019-2020 NBA Thread

Some league sources have suggested never to count out Calipari when Leon Rose, the new Knicks president, and William Wesley, unofficial team advisor, are involved. Last February, the Kentucky coach raved about Rose but said he wouldn’t be interested in leaving Kentucky to work for him. Calipari signed a 10-year “lifetime’’ contract with Kentucky last June.

– via Marc Berman @ New York Post

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John Calipari Knicks whispers won’t go away despite doubts he’d leave Kentucky

The John Calipari to Knicks theories abound. Some league sources have suggested never to count out Calipari when Leon Rose, the new Knicks president, and William Wesley, unofficial team advisor, ar…
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#1hiphopjunki3 said:
Some league sources have suggested never to count out Calipari when Leon Rose, the new Knicks president, and William Wesley, unofficial team advisor, are involved. Last February, the Kentucky coach raved about Rose but said he wouldn’t be interested in leaving Kentucky to work for him. Calipari signed a 10-year “lifetime’’ contract with Kentucky last June.

– via Marc Berman @ New York Post

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John Calipari Knicks whispers won’t go away despite doubts he’d leave Kentucky

The John Calipari to Knicks theories abound. Some league sources have suggested never to count out Calipari when Leon Rose, the new Knicks president, and William Wesley, unofficial team advisor, ar…
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This would be a smart move. He has enough solid relationships and respect around the league to repair some of the damage done by dolan and he can work with young big name guys.
 
King Freeman said:
This would be a smart move. He has enough solid relationships and respect around the league to repair some of the damage done by dolan and he can work with young big name guys.
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It isn't easy transitioning from being the man at the NCAA level to being a manager of men at the NBA level.

There isn't a whole lot of big name NCAA head coaches that did well as an NBA head coach. One of the reasons Larry Brown kept leaving or getting fired from NBA jobs is because he is a super duper micro manager and his style and demeanor can rub (or get old) veteran players the wrong way. Brad Stevens has done great but the few years he actually had a bonafide star (Kyrie) who he didn't groom from the ground up he had issues managing the locker room and demeanor of his players.

Calipari is a good coach but he is great at recruiting and that is the reason those Kentucky teams have been good for so long. John could do okay with the right roster in the NBA but he would be crazy in my opinion to leave Kentucky (especially for the NYC market) where he is in control of everything basketball related.
 
King Freeman said:
This would be a smart move. He has enough solid relationships and respect around the league to repair some of the damage done by dolan and he can work with young big name guys.
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Im not saying Cal would be a bad coach.

Shit i rather give him a chance than one of the 3 mfers we always hear about.

With that said, no one can repair the damage caused by Dolan cause he does some new fuck shit every year. Its not like 1 thing he did years ago thats a stain on the organization, its consistently new fuck ups from him, one big one a year minimum.
 
#1hiphopjunki3 said:
It isn't easy transitioning from being the man at the NCAA level to being a manager of men at the NBA level.

There isn't a whole lot of big name NCAA head coaches that did well as an NBA head coach. One of the reasons Larry Brown kept leaving or getting fired from NBA jobs is because he is a super duper micro manager and his style and demeanor can rub (or get old) veteran players the wrong way. Brad Stevens has done great but the few years he actually had a bonafide star (Kyrie) who he didn't groom from the ground up he had issues managing the locker room and demeanor of his players.

Calipari is a good coach but he is great at recruiting and that is the reason those Kentucky teams have been good for so long. John could do okay with the right roster in the NBA but he would be crazy in my opinion to leave Kentucky (especially for the NYC market) where he is in control of everything basketball related.
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If they doing it right time should be on his side.

And he has nba experience. He's not new to it. He chose the NCAA bag.
 
King Freeman said:
If they doing it right time should be on his side.

And he has nba experience. He's not new to it. He chose the NCAA bag.
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I know he coached in the NBA and it was a reason why he went back to the NCAA. Lmao.

In college the coaches are the face of the teams. They don't have to worry about bumping heads with star players who can get them fired. They get to pick (if they are as great at recruiting as Calipari is) their own players as opposed to having GM's do that. They don't have to worry about salary caps (do have to worry about 1 and done players though) breaking up or making it hard to field a competitive roster also.

There are pro's and con's to both the NCAA and NBA coaching jobs but if you are at the top of your profession in college as a coach it is a bit easier in my opinion. It's a reason the pros coaching ranks is like a revolving door as compared to the NCAA..

But he might want to challenge himself and he has built up enough respect as a college coach and the Knicks are so dysfunctional that if he fails miserably he might not get as much blame.. lol.
 
Horsecock Williams said:
I draw the line at thinking John calipari would make sense for the knicks between that Ron baker shit and this you got one more strike
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Lmao. Right?

I'm not saying Calipari is a bad coach but I don't think he is the greatest at X's & O's.... What he is elite at (maybe the best at in the history of NCAA basketball) especially while he has been at Kentucky is recruiting.....
 
A common mistake is to assume that since the Lakers cut Cousins this season, they won’t be able to re-sign him. That’s simply not the case. If rosters expand to 17 players (or if they stay at 15 and the team makes a cut), L.A. could certainly bring Cousins back for the stretch run. Perhaps the confusion is a similar rule. Had Los Angeles traded Cousins to another team and that franchise then chose to release him, the Lakers would be barred from bringing the center back as a free agent this season.

– via Eric Pincus @ Bleacher Report
So is he a possibility for the Lakers? “Maybe,” one Western Conference executive said. A former executive said of Cousins and the Lakers, “That’s the only team. He respects [LeBron James], and he’s [Anthony Davis’] boy. [Other teams] don’t want that distraction. There’s a small window of time to play, and you can’t let up.”

– via Eric Pincus @ Bleacher Report
 
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