2 things:
1-Blake might be stronger than Z-Bo But he sure as hell isn't tougher. Blake is kind of a fake tough guy. Z-Bo actually is a tough guy. That means a lot.
2- GSW will likely advance to the 3rd round. Sounds like you are writing the Dubs off but remember man, this is one of the all time great teams as far as point differential in the regular season goes.
The Matrix?I like how these "spend the summer with..." threads make it sound like you can just download new skills from a hard drive.
Also, Deron was a good matchup with CP3 so Exum should spend the summer with Stockton. Obviously.
Here is what would work: Malone, Gobert, Favors, and a couple of solid skills coaches together for a month. They can run game situations with Malone and one of the guys, the other observing, and then run the drills with skills coaches to learn and practice the skill. They can watch film together, break it down, then run drills again. This would actually help and be very productive, IMO and let both Favors and Gobert work with a guy that played with insane passion and aggression for his entire career. Same could be done with Exum and Stock and a skills coach. Then get them guys with strength and conditioning teams to get them in game shape before training camp.
Boom DPOY + MVP + top 10 PG = championships.
When you guys say a player need to spend time with Malone, Stockton, how much time we're talking about? A couple of days? A week? A month?
As much as I like Stockton and Malone, do you really believe that training with them really helps that much? This training translates in to their game during the season?
I'm not saying Stockton and Malone don't have anything to teach, of course they do! My question is if this really helps on the long run?
Definition of insanity. We haven't tried Eaton yet.I agree with everything you say except that I don't see any reason for confidence that Eaton would be a good development coach. He did not have the ability to play the way Gobert does, so how would he teach him how to do it better? Eaton's game was completely different than Gobert's.
They must have changed the definition of insanity since the last time I looked.Definition of insanity. We haven't tried Eaton yet.