The team doesn’t even have to have won the championship, but has a team in NBA history overachieved notably due to coaching? How did the coaching impact the team’s rotations, player roles, defensive schemes, etc?
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Jazz 2004 yes…Jazz 2006 as well. Boozer and Giricek missed most of the season and the Jazz roster was the same as their 26-56 season the year prior only with rookie Deron and other rookies. One of the youngest teams in the association and they won 41 games. 15 game difference missing two starters.
Brad Stevens 2017
Jerry Sloan with the Jazz in 2004. Projected to be the worst team in the league with Andrei Kirilenko leading a bunch of literally whos. Proceed to go 42-40 and just narrowly miss the playoffs.
don’t know if it’s a carry, but 3 times (Bulls and Lakers twice) Phil Jackson came into an organization with a top, or the top player ( who did ok before him) and got the them to the Finals and more
there was a lot of Brad Stevens slurping during 2018, and rightfully so, first year Tatum, second year Jaylen, and young Rozier as your three leading scorers, Horford and Morris as your vets, and you’re like a bad 6 mins away from the finals? not bad
first year Tatum
Do you mean Baby Tatum?
Brad Stevens felt like he was coaching circles around everyone in the league in 2016/17. IT and Bradley were the smallest back court in the league, then Jae Crowder who’s 6’5 at SF and they had Zeller starting lol
Finished 1st in the East somehow
Why’d they get destroyed by Cleveland?
Because IT was ignoring injuries all season long and by the Finals he couldn’t even stand anymore. And LeBron.
Thank man