Articles by Mat Issa (121)
Tom Thibodeau takes his job as a head coach very seriously. He is super intense at all times. He often loses his voice from yelling so much. He has a tendency to play his players an insane amount of minutes (just ask Jimmy Butler). But his methods have produced some fruitful results (as we will […]
Key Highlights Haliburton’s blend of passing, scoring, and decision-making makes him one of the best offensive players in the league Haliburton’s weak defense and lack of a playoff sample size keeps him from being a true MVP contender What Haliburton is doing right now is a little bit different from what Steve Nash was doing […]
If someone asked you to list off the people that come to mind when you hear the term ‘Heat Culture,’ you likely wouldn’t get too far down the list without naming Erik Spoelstra. For the last 16 years, Erik Spoelstra has led the Miami Heat into battle as their head coach. And during that time, […]
Since joining the Cleveland Cavaliers midway through the 2019-20 season, Head Coach J.B. Bickerstaff has guided the team through their most successful era without LeBron James since the 1990s. That success culminated in a 51-win season and a playoff appearance last season. But how much is he getting paid for his work? In this post, […]
Few professional coaches are in a less envious position than Chicago Bulls leading man Billy Donovan. As currently constructed, his team is neither good enough to compete nor young enough to be considered rebuilding. Oh, and they also could be trading all their best players this year. So, how much is he making to deal with […]
It was a strange turn of events that brought Steve Clifford back on the bench for the Charlotte Hornets (he was the team’s head coach from 2013-18). Originally, it was supposed to be Kenny Atkinson who took over for James Borrego after he was dismissed at the end of the 2021-22 season. However, Atkinson eventually […]
After a 2-5 start to the season last year, Steve Nash and the Brooklyn Nets decided it was best to part ways. In his place, the team promoted longtime assistant Jacque Vaughn to the interim head coaching position. Vaughn took full advantage of the moment, performing well enough to remove the ‘interim’ label and become Brooklyn’s official head […]
Quin Snyder is known by many fans as the Xs and Os wizard who always looks a little sleep deprived as he’s monitoring his troops from the sidelines. After eight seasons with the Utah Jazz, Snyder is now in the middle of his first year with the Atlanta Hawks (he took over midway through last season after Nate McMillan […]
Boston Celtics Head Coach Joe Mazzulla didn’t have a traditional start to his head coaching career – he was thrust under center after Ime Udoka’s suspension and later firing – but he did do well enough in year one to keep the job permanently. Here, we discuss Mazzulla’s contract, his net worth, his coaching record, […]
Adrian Griffin did not have an easy route to the NBA. After going undrafted in the 1996 NBA Draft, Griffin spent three years in the American minor leagues and overseas in Italy. Griffin eventually made his NBA debut during the 1999-2000 with the Boston Celtics. He ended up putting together a nine-year career for himself […]