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Originally Posted by octothorp
Thoughts on the playoff performances:
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Casey: Seriously disappointed in him. I thought he got outcoached, and given his experience vs. Kidd's, that's inexcusable. He needed to win the coaching matchup. Not knowing where the ball's being in-bounded on the biggest play of the season? That alone is a monumental error. But bigger problems were an inability to find any answers for Brooklyn's relatively predictable offence, and an inability to exploit the offensive advantages that his team had. Patterson, JV, and Amir had exceptional shooting averages for the whole series (except for JV's 1-5 today), and yet they were getting only about 20-24 shot attempts per game.
If they retain most of the team, a serviceable SF stopper and a backup C are the two big needs... and, IMO, a new head coach.
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Agree with everything but Casey. His hands were severely tied today with the early and unbelievable fouls. The most important thing is he has the respect of his team and while his strategy may not be Phil Jackson-like, he does have Assistants to help with a lot of it, and he doesn't look like he is an egomaniac like Kidd - he actually uses and relies on his guys. I don't even think he was outcoached. His hands were simply tied. After what the team was, and how they've developed, whether from the trade or not, Casey deserves 2 years to go with this team.