Talk About Tennis 2.0

Dame openly stated his preference for Jason Kidd or Chauncey Billups before the search ever began. Jason opted out of the search. So Chauncey has a good shot, but he's a finalist elsewhere too, I think maybe it was the Celtics. Not clear if there are others being brought in for second interviews with the Blazers.

Reminder - the Blazers owner is now a woman.

An obvious and targeted hiring, but a good one. Let's see if it has the desired effect on more than just the players. Credit to Brad not putting his head in the sand like all that were before him.

Doesn't exactly speak well for the current climate in Dallas

JazzNU wrote: ↑Mon Jun 28, 2021 3:00 am

Is it true Lillard isn't happy? I'm also reading about his rape accusation from a few years back is making some uncomfortable with him being chosen?

Who was accused of rape? Chauncey or Lillard?

Chauncey.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:13 pm
Is it true Lillard isn't happy?

No, he wasn't happy with losing being the status quo. Lillard specifically asked for either Jason Kidd and Chauncey Billups to be the new head coach.

JazzNU wrote: ↑Mon Jun 28, 2021 6:10 pm

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:13 pm
Is it true Lillard isn't happy?

No, he wasn't happy with losing being the status quo. Lillard specifically asked for either Jason Kidd and Chauncey Billups to be the new head coach.

To read NBA Twitter you'd think Lillard had already packed his bags for...LA or Indy or Dallas or...

ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:53 pm

^^ People are being very dismissive of this because it doesn't fit into their narrative that Becky is the right person for every single coaching vacancy and isn't losing out on the merits. And that apparently makes them unable to read clearly too. People are all "Pop wouldn't do that, the Spurs wouldn't do that to her." This article specifically says "San Antonino figures" not "Spurs Organization." This very likely is not Pop and company talking about Becky, but instead it's that the Blazers (and other teams) have reached out to former and retired Spurs players, which has become very common in these searches. Given that Lillard is twitchy to say the least at the moment, if what they hear isn't positively glowing, yeah, that might explain of why she hasn't progressed further in interviews though she got to the final round with Portland.

And here's another thing people have amnesia about where Becky is concerned. I do wonder about her day to day responsibilities, because I'm still completely confused why after years on Pop's staff, he put Tim Duncan in as his replacement coach, before he put Becky in. It was strange when it happened, I'm still confused by it. I like her, she seems like she's ready for a head coaching position, but I also think it could easily be true that Pop isn't necessarily letting her (and others) on his staff do nearly as much as assistants on other staffs. They just lost one of their best assistant coaches to the Celtics, which makes me wonder if that guy knew he needed to leave in order to get an offer for head coaching. That's exactly what the new head coach of the Celtics did, he left the Spurs after several years, was an assistant with the Sixers for a year, the Nets for a year, and now head coach.

Even though I do like Becky and I hope she gets a chance very soon, given the choice, if I'm personally hiring the first female NBA coach, with very few exceptions (like the Pelicans or the Spurs), I'm going Dawn Staley every damn time. All these openings are very unfortunate timing for her.

What do you guys think? I like Siakam a lot.