Re: Deron Williams = Coach Killer? How can you tell Sloan you don't wanna run his system?
As I said before, quickly name me 1 time in which he had the best team in the NBA. When he had great teams, he had to play Jordan. That's certainly not his fault. That guy has accomplished so much in his career - regardless of players.
He had to play Jordan twice , he lost 14 other times , and he had the better team plenty of those against the teams who beat him ...I pulled this off another site, but its accurate and needs to be shown ...
'89 - swept in first round as #3 seed to a 43 win Warriors. Stockton and Malone didn't play well down the stretch. There was one game I've seen where Malone had like 35 points in the game, and then went scoreless in the fourth quarter.
'90 - Lose in first round again with HCA. Malone and Stockton play like trash. KJ destroys Stockton.
'91 - Malone plays like crap and they lose to Blazers.
'92 - Lose to Blazers (who were better team, but Stockton specifically could have played better)
'93 - Lose to Sonics in first round, play well below their standards again.
'94 - Lose to Rockets. Malone plays so poorly, Larry Miller ordered Sloan to take Malone off the floor.
'95 - They win 60 games and lose in the first round to the Rockets. Were up 2-1, had the do or die game at home, and still lost. Malone and Hornacek played really well in that game 5, Malone even made a three with like 10 seconds left iirc but Stockton sucked.
'96 - Lost to Sonics. Malone chokes at FT line in the game 7 and is completely rattled by the crowd counting down "10...9...8..7" etc.
