This past Thursday, Byron Scott was fired as the Head Coach for the New Orleans Hornets. He is one of many former NBA Coach of the Year winners to be fired. It's starting to look like the Madden Curse.
I predicted this was going to happen before the playoffs began last season and reiterated once the Hornets lost to the Denver Nuggets in game five of the first round by 50+ points and ultimately lost the series 4-2.
Byron Scott is not the blame here. He basically played the cards that he was dealt in the 6 seasons he was there.
The Hornets took on the personality of their leader in year one of Scott's tenure. In the next year the franchise drafted Chris Paul and he became an extension of Scott on the floor. The extension was cut short when Paul was hurt the next year. When the extension returned it fortified the team. Not only did Paul reinvigorate the team and city, but they also took the Western Conference and NBA by surprise. But last year, there weren't any surprises to be made.
New Orleans is a team made easy to figure out for the rest of the league. This is why the blame really has to go to the General Manager.
It is definitely Jeff Bowers' fault that this current team is where it is right now. The ceiling of this team was reached the season before last and the only improvement was James Posey the next year.
While slim-to-no improvements were being made during Scott's tenure, guys like Tyson Chandler and Peja Stojakavic were grossly overpaid and injured while current Nuggets Chris Andersen and J.R. Smith were busy burning the Hornets in the playoffs.
Chris Paul cannot be the only playmaker on the team. There has to be a spark off the bench. There has to be a bench period. How are you going to have steak and potatoes without the seasoning and gravy?
Byron Scott knew that in today's NBA, a team can't win a NBA title with a point guard dominating every play. He knows because it hasn't been done since Magic Johnson and the Showtime Lakers of the 80s.
Someone needs to pass this note to Bower's as he takes over for the team that he has built for this franchise. He is learning the hard lesson now without that star point guard in Paul who is out with a sprained ankle. He will be out for a couple of weeks.
I hate to say I told you that this was going to happen, but I just did.
I predicted this was going to happen before the playoffs began last season and reiterated once the Hornets lost to the Denver Nuggets in game five of the first round by 50+ points and ultimately lost the series 4-2.
Byron Scott is not the blame here. He basically played the cards that he was dealt in the 6 seasons he was there.
The Hornets took on the personality of their leader in year one of Scott's tenure. In the next year the franchise drafted Chris Paul and he became an extension of Scott on the floor. The extension was cut short when Paul was hurt the next year. When the extension returned it fortified the team. Not only did Paul reinvigorate the team and city, but they also took the Western Conference and NBA by surprise. But last year, there weren't any surprises to be made.
New Orleans is a team made easy to figure out for the rest of the league. This is why the blame really has to go to the General Manager.
It is definitely Jeff Bowers' fault that this current team is where it is right now. The ceiling of this team was reached the season before last and the only improvement was James Posey the next year.
While slim-to-no improvements were being made during Scott's tenure, guys like Tyson Chandler and Peja Stojakavic were grossly overpaid and injured while current Nuggets Chris Andersen and J.R. Smith were busy burning the Hornets in the playoffs.
Chris Paul cannot be the only playmaker on the team. There has to be a spark off the bench. There has to be a bench period. How are you going to have steak and potatoes without the seasoning and gravy?
Byron Scott knew that in today's NBA, a team can't win a NBA title with a point guard dominating every play. He knows because it hasn't been done since Magic Johnson and the Showtime Lakers of the 80s.
Someone needs to pass this note to Bower's as he takes over for the team that he has built for this franchise. He is learning the hard lesson now without that star point guard in Paul who is out with a sprained ankle. He will be out for a couple of weeks.
I hate to say I told you that this was going to happen, but I just did.
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