He’s still on a minutes restriction after his most recent injury
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Too late, Nevada snapped him up.
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Shame on UVa. Seeing Kyle Guy make weird gang signs for another college team is wrong and not his fault
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Liked by Christian Bliss.
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Uggh, Steve Alford is a massive jerk. I guess you have to start somewhere.
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Why is Alford a jerk? Am not arguing just curious cause I only remember him as that Indiana Legend
Coaching wise?
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Steve Alford was like the Grayson Allen of the Big Ten when he played for Bobby Knight.
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Grayson Allen seems like a good guy. Kinda feel bad for him the way opponents kept tripping over his legs.
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RD with a big double double in a win over the Spurs. 26 points 11 rebounds.
+34 in his 34 minutes on the floor.
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I can’t speak to his coaching but he’s known as an egotistical jerk. The Grayson Allen analogy is a good one. I was going to say imagine if Christian Laetner was a college coach.
The folks in Iowa to this day say his name like it’s a vile curse. They will admit that Fran was a somewhat temperamental coach but they generally liked Fran. They hated Alford and parties were thrown to celebrate the end of his tenure.
My friend is a huge Hawkeye fan and totally laid back, but if you mention Alford to him, even in passing, his knee jerk response is simply “f&@k that guy “.
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Thanks for the heads up. After I posted that the Suns were back in the play-in game, they proceeded to lose 8 straight! But a big part of that was some tough games, including at Celtics/Knicks, etc.
With one game left, I’d say all in all, RD has had a nice season. He ended at ~31% from 3, on decent volume (3.5 attempts per game). He’s obviously still struggling with his shot, as he was only 49% from the FT line. He kinda went in and out of Bud’s favor for reasons I don’t really understand. I’m assuming he played well on defense, but haven’t really followed. Very early on, it kinda seemed like a dream situation, with it looking like he might be a key piece of a Vet playoff team in his rookie season. Then the team didn’t really work, and then after the All-star break, Bud seemed to lose confidence in him. But he’s played a lot recently, so it’s nice to see him have a big game, even if the Suns are now eliminated. Will keep watching his career with interest.
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Absolutely wrong here. Sorry
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Wouldn’t be the first time. I should have been more specific. I don’t know Alford. Could be a great dude. But that was how he was perceived by fans of opposing teams.
For all I know, Alford could be great with his team and his staff. I just know he didn’t inspire love and affection with other interactions. In the other thread HGN said Guy has known Alford for years, so Guy would know better than me.
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Ah. Never realised it as a coach. Only remember him as a player and I never noticed he was anything like Grayson Allen type
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W for the Dubs, Braxton Key on a standard contract!
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That is great. Braxton has been grinding so long. Happy to see that even if it’s just for the playoffs.
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Man credit to Braxton he’s a grinder just making it work
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