Program Alert - Rick Adelman on Jim Rome Radio Show

[Bonzinator]

i hope he stays. he has done such a great job this year. hey guys i hope you guys can forgive for how i acted before i was banned.

 

[VF21]

It's how you act from now on that determines your fate, Bonzinator. Let's just leave it at that...

 

[Bonzinator]

ok i understand. thanks again.

 

[shaka zulu]

You cannot give Ron artest the credit without giving Rick adleman props with it, Ron wanted to leave Indiana not because of everything that he did would get blown out of the water, But more importantly the style of play and how rigid Rick carlisle's system was for him to play basketball in. Ron hated the play calling by carlisle, He would get his touches but mostly in isolated situations where he would be postin up half of the time which he felt got in the way of his one on one skills his freelance basketball game. Ron wants to be a Guard he envied how Tracy mcgrady and kobe Bryant were used in their systems, He felt that he had ONE on ONE skills just as Good as the Two players but in the Indiana system he wasn't going to ever get the oppurtunity to display those skills.



Rick has basically made Ron a Better player by giving him the chance to make it or fail by giving him the basketball and allowing him to Run the show which he Desired so much to do. Rick has open up his game and we are seeing the play making skills and other talents that wern't going to be seen by him playing in Indiana. Rick has went unconventional in some ways by using Ron at the point and Benching jaso hart and allowing Ron the back up minutes at point gaurd spot.


You get another Coach you most likely will see a structured flow with a conventional style or a coach who may be unconventional like Don nelso but with a Ego bigger than the game and the players. Rick is what you call a player's coach, Players coaches are fun to play for they are not Draining by being over demanding, They don't have habits of showing players out or created ego confusion, They just let you play and allow the 5 guys to determine the out come of the game which is Freedom,Which is something Ron was looking for.

 

[yanon]

If Larry Brown is available, then he would be the ideal replacement for Rick Adelman. Otherwise, Maloofs should keep Rick around.

 

[chelle]

I think that Larry Brown is great coach, but I do not think that he would be a good fit for the guys on this team.

 

[yanon]

I think that Larry Brown is great coach, but I do not think that he would be a good fit for the guys on this team.

Well, Larry worked with R. Wallace. So, I think he can handle Artest as well. I just envision the Kings can become the next Pistons (a group of non-superstars who worked hard as a cohesive unit to win a championship).

 

[VF21]

If Larry Brown is available, then he would be the ideal replacement for Rick Adelman. Otherwise, Maloofs should keep Rick around.

Larry Brown would destroy this franchise... I'd sooner see Phil Jackson here than little Napoleon.

 

[yanon]

Larry Brown would destroy this franchise... I'd sooner see Phil Jackson here than little Napoleon.

It is good to an emperor (NBA champion) at least once than to never be one.

 

[Diabeticwonder]

Larry Brown would destroy this franchise... I'd sooner see Phil Jackson here than little Napoleon.

I completely agree. Rick is the best person for this job. The only others that I might want instead would be Sloan and Pop, but that's never going to happen.

 

[Venom]

I completely agree. Rick is the best person for this job. The only others that I might want instead would be Sloan and Pop, but that's never going to happen.

I like those two, but not with Artest on the team. The only coaching replacements w/ similar philosophies to Adelman would be Jackson and Saunders, and both would be lateral moves at best. Well, Jackson might be better. Point of note, they were both on the market last year, and the Maloofs could not close either one. It would be really stupid to let Adelman go, but it was also really stupid to go into the season with the roster we had, so who knows? My prediction: they throw Larry Brown money at Coach K, or maybe even Larry Brown. I think they're itching to make the splashy move and get a "star" coach, whatever that is.

 

[swisshh]

He was asked if he still thinks about the robert Horry shot and how things could have been different if that shot would not have went in. Adelman says yes, he still thinks about that (like we all do), but coaches have a tendancy to remember the losses more than the wins. But that sometimes you have to chalk it up to that you lost to the better team.

This is off topic, but I am really sick of how the media and nba has somehow excused that playoff series to the outcome of Horry's shot. It was a big shot, but it was rather early in the series. There was many games played after that and that includes the whole game 6 debacle that people seem to want to cover up or not talk about.

 

[Purple Reign]

This is off topic, but I am really sick of how the media and nba has somehow excused that playoff series to the outcome of Horry's shot. It was a big shot, but it was rather early in the series. There was many games played after that and that includes the whole game 6 debacle that people seem to want to cover up or not talk about.

I too believe that that shot was the turning point in that series. I do not want to make this a "Series to Remember Thread", but think about it. If that shot does not go down, the series is 3-1 Kings, you just swept the mighty Lakers in their house and the next 2 of 3 are at Arco. That is a scenario in your favor.