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Jake and Dan are back with another fun episode of No Cap Room, where they discuss “Playoff Jimmy” as folk hero all-time, Rui Hachimura as “The Jokic Stopper”, Best Open Head Combine Jake's time with a coaching job and the NBA draft lottery.
Jake and Dan begin this episode of “No Cap Room” with a look at the Eastern Conference Finals, which kicked off last night with another stellar performance from Jimmy Butler and the miami Heat, who took on the Boston Celtics on their away home court. was to take advantage of.
Dan digs into the numbers to explain why “Playoff Jimmy” is a real thing, and Jake theorizes why Jimmy Butler denies it.
After digging into the coaching mismatch in the Eastern Conference Finals, we turn our attention to the moves and countermoves the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers coaching staffs are making when it comes to Nikola Jokic against LA's defense.
Jake is in Chicago, where he was able to participate in the lottery drawings for the NBA Draft and NBA Scouting Combine, and he tells us all about what (and who) is being talked about among members of the front office in town .
Lastly, a number of truly great NBA head coaches are currently without a job and five NBA franchises are still on the hunt for a head coach. Dan and Jake rank the jobs from best to worst, and end up in an argument about what a head coach should look for in his next job.
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