Jackson has a tendency to call timeouts when it's least beneficial to his opponent. He'll do it after the other team turns the ball over or in-between free-throws. Why give the fans an opportunity to explode by calling it in the middle of a run? Why give the team any more momentum?
Mike Brown called timeouts after every back-breaking shot the Celtics made. Take a look at the game's play-by-play. Here's a list of just a few of Brown's timeouts:
- After Paul Pierce makes a 25-foot 3-pointer.
- After Eddie House makes a 21-foot jumper.
- After Paul Pierce makes a 21-foot shot.
- After P.J. Brown makes a 21-foot jumper.
Why give your opponent a chance to celebrate a shot for three minutes?
Brown's not the only one guilty of not knowing when to call a TO. He just might be the worst one at it.
7) Are the Suns serious?
So the Suns allowed Mike D'Antoni to leave for New York and the best names they can come up with to replace him are Terry Porter, Elston Turner and Tyrone Corbin?
Do Robert Sarver and Steve Kerr really believe that Shaq and Steve Nash are going to win a championship with any of those three guys at the helm?
Even though I think the Suns' window has closed, the addition of the right coach and the right player or two could keep that window from closing for another year.
But if the Suns were to hire one of those three guys, then they are better off trading Nash and Grant Hill and rebuilding in preparation for the free agent class of 2010.
I would strongly encourage all three prospective coaches to rent and not own. Chances are that they'd just be keeping the seat warm until the Suns could come up with a better candidate next season.
If I was Kerr or Sarver, I'd try to get the Grizzlies to allow Marc Iavaroni to take the job. Iavaroni didn't do a great job in Memphis this year but he knows D'Antoni's system so the transition would at least be smooth. I'm sure the Grizzlies would love to get out from under that contract.
They could probably get a number one pick as compensation. It wouldn't be the first time the Suns gave away a first-round pick for nothing. In fact, it's becoming an annual tradition.
If not Iavaroni, how about Alvin Gentry? It's not like Gentry would mind reverting back to being an assistant next season after the team finishes 44-38 under him.
The bottom line is that the Suns should not have pushed D'Antoni out the door if they didn't have a plan to replace him. Judging by the coaching search, they clearly didn't have one.
Trivia Hint #2: He coached the Detroit Pistons
8) Minimum, Shminimum...
It's time for the NBA to adopt the same rules that Major League Baseball has concerning teenagers. I don't know why this hasn't been proposed but it makes the most sense.
In MLB, every high school kid is eligible to be drafted. If the kid is either undrafted or he decides to go to college then he must remain in school for three years before he can be eligible for the draft again.
The beauty of this is that because the NBA only has two rounds in it's draft, the majority of those kids would have to play three years of college ball.
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