Originally Posted by Ed O

Nate's coaching career and where his teams ranked in terms of pace in the NBA:

2001 Seattle: 16th out of 29 (note this is for the whole year; Nate only coached 67 games)
2002 Seattle: 24th out of 29
2003 Seattle: 27th out of 29
2004 Seattle: 15th out of 29
2005 Seattle: 27th out of 30
2006 Portland: 28th out of 30

Does anyone still want to argue that Nate is a coach that's interested in running and creating extra possessions?

He's a slow-it-down, grind-it-out coach. It's possible he'll adjust or change his style, but he certainly hasn't in the almost six years of NBA coaching experience he has so far.

I'm NOT arguing there's anything wrong with not running a lot... the most successful teams (Detroit, San Antonio, Dallas) were all low pace teams (29th, 23rd, 27th, respectively). Miami (12th) and Phoenix (1st) were really the only exceptions there, and they could lean on Shaq/Wade/Nash, who would probably excel at any pace.

Ed O.