05-28-2021, 01:49 PM
(05-28-2021, 01:40 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: I think I get what u r saying, and thanks for the elaboration on the differences between an enforcer and a goon. Good stuff!
As far as whether an NBA coach would send a player into the game who intends to hurt someone, players aren't going to announce that they intend to hurt another player, even if that is exactly their intent. And unfortunately, I think coaches tend to turn their heads at such behavior if it is "working," or even tacitly encourage it.
Doc Rivers is probably the best example. His teams always had a bad reputation. Garnett, Posey, Perkins, Rondo, Powe on the Celtics. CP3, Matt Barnes, Stephen Jackson on the lob city Clippers. Last years Clippers. He obviously isn´t encouraging it in the media but when he is asked about it he always finds excuses.