RIP: Chuck Daly

Singapore Slim · May 13, 2009

Drip said:

Small Town Guy said:

mustangj17 said:

Small Town Guy said:

I don't think I'd go that far Mizzou. The Pistons of 1991 weren't as good as their title team the year before because of some injuries, but were pretty close and got dismantled, by a team that probably wasn't the best Bulls team. If Magic and Scott aren't hurt, I don't think the Pistons win their first title (of course the same could be said for the Pistons with Isiah getting hurt in 1988; they easily could have derailed LA's repeat).

The weird thing with Daly is that his first Pistons teams were offensive juggernauts, the Kelly Tripucka Era.
117 points per game in 1984. 116 in 1985. 114 in 1986. Even the first title team averaged 106, which in today's NBA is the equivalent of 120. It's a sign of the way the pace has slowed in the league in the last 20 years. They were a great defensive team and gave up 100 points per game in 1989.
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And they played in the NBA's highest scoring game against Denver.
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Yep, awesome boxsore. Isiah 47 points and 17 assists. John Long 41 points and 8 assists. Alex English, 47 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists. Vandeweghe, 51, 9 and 8.

But the most amazing stat, I think: There were 2 3-pointers made in the whole game. The increase in 3-point shooting in the last 15 years has been pretty astounding. There were only four 3-point attempts in this game.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=neel/051213
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Guys back in the day could take a shot, AND MAKE IT. The same can't be said for the present lot of "players."
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You do know that the NBA registered its second highest FT percentage ever, this year, and that three-point shooting is as good as it's ever been?

Starman · May 13, 2009

Pretty much the most telling tribute to Daly is that almost all teams in the NBA (in fact, most teams at every level of basketball) now play basically like the Bad Boys, and those who don't are immediately held up for ridicule as "fundamentally unsound."

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