Say they have a full season together to learn, scheme, and mesh. How good would they be in their second season?

I am assuming that Pop would do a better job of reigning in all the iso play that the Clippers currently live and die by. He would also be better at finding which rotations work.

I would also hope that the stars respond better to his coaching? Either they will play as a team or they will implode. I suppose both possibilities are likely considering the players.

Are they a playoff team? A contender? Would everyone clash with his coaching style and end up rebuilding by the end of the season?

  • Few_Mulberry5372BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Worse because he would make sure the fans wouldn’t boo opposing stars at the free throw line

  • agk927BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The team is broken, so I’m not sure what he would do to help. Their main core is abunch of middle aged nba players that aren’t as good as they used to be. If Kawhi and PG were both drafted by the Pacers that could have been a dynasty but what we see right now isn’t it.

  • SportyNewsBearBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Popovich is brilliant, but he’s been working within a culture that was established a long time ago by David Robinson and Tim Duncan. When your two superstars are that humble, it gives the coach a lot of leeway to focus on other stuff.

    Consider Tony Parker. Tony was a talented young player, but Popovich was pretty harsh with him while trying to get him to play the right way. I don’t think an established star (and primadonna) like James Harden or Russell Westbrook is going to respond well to that.

    I do think he would work well with Kawhi and Paul George, however. So if we’re talking about the Clippers from 2 seasons ago, he might do better.

    But, dudes, Ty Lue is a good coach. Coaching an injury prone super team would be hard for anybody.