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Originally Posted by chumdawg
He was talking about Shula. I think Shula may have played for one or two.
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Then the comparison to Shula implied by the quotation really wasn't appropriate was it? In any case, it wasn't parallel.
Because Nelson never took a team to championship contention.
Like Bum, however, Nellie was close a time or two, but couldn't quite ever get over the hump.
And like Bum did with Earl, Nellie kinda rode Finley (and later Nash) into the ground.
And like Bum did with Wade, Nellie tried to foist his son onto the league as head coaching material when he really wasn't cut out for it.
But ultimately, I have to agree with you---Don Nelson was a great contributor to the league, a superb innovator; one of the longest serving coaches in the history of the game never to get a team into an NBA Finals. Nellie, we salute you, and wish you well.