Nelly was the 1st nd only coach to say “if you don’t shoot I’m taking you out.” Wasn’t afraid to try crazy lineups and the unconventional styles of play. Will be missed. RIH 🙏🏾🙏🏾
RIP Don Nelson. 2nd most NBA coaching wins ever. Genius of a mad scientist. Saw talent nobody else saw. Tried things nobody had the vision or guts to try. Did more with less. As player won 5 rings in Boston. NBA lifer. "Nellie" was beloved.
Don Nelson, the second winningest coach in NBA history, a five-time NBA champion as a player and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, has died, it was announced Sunday. He was 86.
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Nellie… You didn't just draft me. You believed in me. You saw things in my game before I ever realized I could do them. I've said it a million times and I will always say it: I don't think my career could have turned out how it did without you being my first coach and giving me the freedom to play my game. I can only say THANK YOU. For everything.
RIP legend.
Reminder that this is the Sixers FIFTH option……
VJ Edgecombe also walked in Boston and got the W without Joel Embiid while becoming the YOUNGEST player in NBA history to drop 30 and 10 in a playoff game. 👀
Incorrect.
If Victor Wembanyama teams up with Cooper Flagg and Cade Cunningham at age 27, promises 8 NBA Championships then gets outplayed in a finals by Davion Mitchell and loses.
He will no longer be eligible to ever be considered better than Michael Jordan.
“He didn’t have a consistent jumpshot, he didn’t quit trust it”
“(D Wade) there was no defensive game-plan to stop him, so we focused our energy on LeBron (to eliminate what he can do)”
Jason Terry said:
1. Bron couldn’t shoot so they let him shoot to beat the Heat.
2. Wade was unstoppable so they didn’t even try, instead they stopped Bron and won.
Imagine anyone saying this about Mike? Instead of trying to stop Pippen they stopped Mike? UNHEARD of 🤦🏻♂️
This is yall GOAT? 😂😂😂
I hate that this generation is more about stats and not winning. People value George, Harden, and Mitchell when they are never winning anything. LeBron made it cool to lose finals but gained stats in the process. Now people think stats are the standard. Not on my watch
NBA Legends Win Percentage in the Finals
Michael Jordan - .686
LeBron James - .400
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - .518
Magic Johnson - .480
Kobe Bryant - .622
Shaquille O'Neal - .562
Tim Duncan - .676
Larry Bird - .516
Bill Russell - .643
Stephen Curry - .618
Wilt Chamberlain - .457