And imagine after this year when Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward come back.Does not help Casey cause watching Boston blow out the Cavs. Every other team this playoffs has been able beat Cleveland but Toronto. Personally I don't think its Casey's fault. I see the kind of gritty hard nosed players, that reach another level, on both Indiana and more so Boston. Some of those guys I refer to from Boston aren't even that old. Jalen Brown and Terry Rozier are 21 and 24. And of course Jason Tatum at 20 is a phenom.
Boston even has veterans to back up the rookies like Morris and Monroe.
I guess they still have to play the series to really make a statement.
Have seen parts of Boston's victory over Cleveland and golden State's win. James had a horrible game 7 TO, and 15 points in the loss. Golden State just has too many horses, they are awesome. Think the series to watch is GS and Houston, the east west match up may be a route.watching the Western Conference finals makes me think only a Celts team with a healthy KIrving can compete for the rings. Amazing how dominant Harden and Durant are now. If only OKC could have kept the big three?!!!! Amazing even GS is stacked with shooting and defene they still needs Durant to come out big and beat Houston.
You are right .. JV Lowry and Derozan are the old GM ( and the coach ) accomplishments . Heck so is Casey .... His doing are Ibaka and Carol ( who they had to give away this year's pick to get rid of him ) .. He inherited a bad contract in Bargnani and now has Powell Ibaka and Lowry on his resume ..Ujiri has to be held accountable for the team's failure in the playoffs. For 5 years he has not been able to produce any star player in the caliber of Derosen or Lowry. His best accomplishment so far has to be the creation of a very good second unit this season, but without enough star power, you just can't win, especially if your two borderline stars are not playing well.
He's deflecting the blame by firing Casey, but next year this time if the team doesn't win at least a couple rounds in the playoffs, he'll probably be the next to go.
It's not a matter of right or wrong imo. You can debate to no end if another coach would have made significant difference in the outcome of the Cleveland series. Even if the Cavaliers are swept by the Celtics I don't think it proves anything.So far Masai is right by firing Casey. Stevens&Co. are up 2-0 in the East final against LBJ. LBJ scored over 40 pts last night and still lose. If Boston goes on and beat LB this series,Brad Stevens should be coach of the year. Not Casey. Raptors need to find a better defensive coach to replace Casey,imo.
Did the Raps limit the Cavs scored to lower than 100's in any games? I don't think so. In the 3rd round of the playoffs, Cavs scored 87 and 94 in two games on the road in Boston.
It will be a hard act to follow . Usually new coaches get hired on non playoff teams .. Only way to go is up .. OKC fired a coach who got his team to the final and have never got there since . Your core is your core ..It's not a matter of right or wrong imo. You can debate to no end if another coach would have made significant difference in the outcome of the Cleveland series. Even if the Cavaliers are swept by the Celtics I don't think it proves anything.
It'll be a good decision if the Raptors do better with the new head coach, a bad one if they do worse than what Casey has accomplished.
this won't make it any better for Masai or the new hire:It will be a hard act to follow . Usually new coaches get hired on non playoff teams .. Only way to go is up .. OKC fired a coach who got his team to the final and have never got there since . Your core is your core ..
Sadly it seems Nurse. Hopefully Masai knows what's going on.I wouldnt write off lebron just yet.
So we missed our chance at mike budenhizer..... who os masai looking for next?
Nothing against Nurse, but: I would think Casey was fired because the program he put together wasn't successful, Nurse was part of that program. Don't see where there will be a lot of change or improvement if Nurse is elevated to head coach.Sadly it seems Nurse. Hopefully Masai knows what's going on.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball...oronto-raptors-coaching-candidate-nick-nurse/