In at least a few corners of the basketball universe, the value of coaching in the NBA has come into question. When you have ten of the most-skilled basketball players in the world out on the floor, I think it is fair to question how much value can be added by coaching tactics. In a sense, the idea is simply that NBA players are so good and so smart that they’ll figure it out one way or the other, with the better/more talented team winning each game.
Truthfully, I think this holds up 90% of the time in the regular season.