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(06-30-2021 09:06 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(06-30-2021 08:26 AM)namrag Wrote:  

(06-27-2021 07:33 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  Penny Hardaway rumored to be the favorite for the Orlando Magic vacancy.

I don't get this.

Has Penny ever performed ABOVE, or even TO expectations?

It seems like he amasses a lot of exceptional talent, but never quite gets to where you would expect with the talent on the roster.

How does that set you up for a promotion?

Well, he ended up announcing that he was staying at Memphis (in other words, Orlando wanted someone else)...so it sounds like your sentiment was shared with those in Central Florida. Truthfully, I don't see a whole lot of coaching acumen from Penny or his teams, it mostly looks like a lot of rolling the ball out and relying on 6'6 guys all around to court to cause havoc in straight man on defense, and offensively it is just plain street ball (as evidenced by their absolutely abysmal TO numbers and offensive efficiency numbers).

I could not disagree with this more as to the defense. I think people really are underestimating how much good coaching goes into elite defense even when you have great athletes. Plenty of supremely talented teams struggle on that end. Penny gets great buy in on defense. They are aggressive, but don't play themselves out of position. They are quick to recover and understand their rotations in doing so. I've been incredible impressed with their defense the last couple years.

Offense has absolutely been a struggle. I think part of it is he tries to have them play too quickly with average ball handlers. It's also an area I think Memphis will benefit from a little more roster continuity.