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Steve Clifford Extended

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Per a Bonnell tweet which I can't embed.

If I may put on the homer glasses here for a bit...

The players like him and he seems well respected around the NBA community. According to an offseason article from Woj, many around the league were monitoring this situation and waiting to see if Clifford would be available after this season.

It's also important to note that I believe this is the first time in modern franchise history a coach has gotten an extension, and given our history in that department, that kind of stability can't be understated.

Much like a maligned Ron Rivera, this year Clifford has shown the ability to adapt to his personnel, which was a legitimate gripe in previous years. He's not perfect and still does frustrating things at times, but the ability to evolve is there, and that's very important. 

We've seen in Charlotte what can happen with coaches and lame duck seasons. Not saying Cliff would have taken the Fox route but who knows what would have happened if *knock on wood* everyone was hurt at the end like last season?

*Waits for the flying tomatoes*

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There are a few things I really don't like about him, but he has shown some improvement in them this year. Him sticking with the Kemba-Lin-Batum-Frank-Zeller lineup that brought us back was nice. There are a lot of bad coaches in the NBA and I'm pretty okay with sticking with Clifford for a bit longer. He's the best coach this franchise has ever had, as sad as that may be.

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He seems to be getting better at rotations. He leaves the players that are hot in the game, which is exactly what you should do when you're like us and have no star lineup. I'm coming around on him, there are a lot of bad coaches in the NBA and he at least gets the team really good at the things he preaches (low TOs, limit transition, etc.).

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