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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2469794, member: 1026"] Disagree. Happens all the time in NBA that guys struggle with one team and get put in right position with another & something clicks. Good examples among recent Celtics, Isaiah way better for them than he was anywhere before, Evan Turner played key crunch time minutes for Celtics but not as effective for Blazers, Crowder's numbers way down on Cleveland etc... Mentioned a distant UConn example last week, look at Cliffy's numbers freshman year, they had NO idea what they had. I don't know about Larrier, he's got a mixed bag of tools to dominate with limitations that make that difficult - but that's pretty much a description of exactly someone needing a coach to put them into the right situations to succeed. Calhoun created lots of NBA careers for guys that didn't necessarily have no-brainer type NBA talent and augmented careers for guys like Cliffy & RIP developing raw skills in Cliffy and putting RIP in ideal situation for his skills to excel. [/QUOTE]