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Message: [QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 2172584, member: 60"] I don't think Donovan is a bad coach, necessarily. He just can't trump what Russ is going to do. Russ has all the power. They cannot win with Russ' usage rate in the NBA playoffs. Russ absolutely kills them in the 4th quarter. And people keep talking about the +/- when Russ isn't in the game, but the fact of the matter is that Russ' has dominated the ball so much that there is no way to have a second unit that can run a functional motion offense with any success after being tied down to Russ-ball. Maybe it's Donovan's fault for not being more forceful with what needed to be done, but OKC went all in on Russ and they got a lot of entertaining games, lot of fans and a lot of TV coverage. They don't have too much incentive to change what they are doing, because that would entail Russ giving up a lot of ownership of the ball. [/QUOTE]