On the heels of Allen's exit and a clobbering at home from the Spurs, it's nice to see that the SuperSonics are still fighting (sort of). Three hours ago, they managed to outscore the Minnesota TimberWolves 35-12 in the fourth quarter and pull away with a 114-106 victory. The Supes are well out of the playoff picture, so frankly, all this win really means for them is fewer lottery balls, but as a true fan, I prefer that they honestly try to win every game rather than tank it and get a slightly better chance at Oden or Durant or whoever else.
The best part of the victory isn't just the proof that Lewis (35 points) is actually capable of taking over a game in the fourth (21 points in the quarter), but that the moronically run TimberWolves organization just had the final nail hammered into their playoff-hope coffin at 30-40.
I always thought Dwayne Casey was the brains of the Sonics coaching staff under McMillan, and it hurt to see him leave for Minny more than it did to see Nate go to Portland. Casey is an excellent coach who was burdened with a terrible team that is essentially just one superstar (sans leadership skills) forced to carry the Washington Generals. Unfortunately for Casey, he was no immediate miracle worker, and so he was prematurely fired.
Speaking of firing coaches, as soon as Bob Hill is canned at the end of the season, we should look into getting Casey if we can, and if not, Ted Miller from the P-I recommends we take a look at Phoenix Suns assistant coach Marc Iavaroni. I couldn't agree more. We are a run and gun team, and as long as we have Ray, Rashard and Luke playing the kind of matador defense they do, we'll need to stay that way. Why not get a guy from a system that knows how to play in that style with success?
Anyway, congrats on a good win for the Sonics, and hopefully it won't be necessary to come from 25 down to a team like the TimberWolves next season.
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I agree, I thought once Nate left, we should have hired either Casey or Iavaroni. In fact, since Nate was taking so long, I thought we should've just signed Casey before he had a chance to leave, which obviously we didn't do.
This is a double whammy for us, because the better Rashard plays, the more likely we don't resign him.
Also, I did Chad Ford's mock draft today and after getting 15 straight Yi Jianlian's, I got an Al Horford, then 2 straight number one picks for Greg Oden. The chance of 2 straight number one picks? 00.25%
i think rasjhard realizes this is a showcase for him so he'll probably be scoring in droves from here until the end of the season
Guess so. Another late scoring burst for Rashard and 33 points total. Why are the Nuggets so bad?
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