Kenny Atkinson: “I like to hold my timeouts. I try to hold them”
Kenny treats his timeouts like I treat elixirs in RPGs
“surely i’ll need this for the next boss”
No no not this boss
Playing fallout and making it a point to use chems at the slightest inconvenience instead of hoarding. Game changer for fun lol
Still hurts using that Megalixir even though you know that it’s the final boss and you’ve already done all the extra side content
I mean……is it really a perfect file if it has less than the maximum number of megalixirs possible?
You may as well restart the game.
Estuans interius, ira vehementi
Sephiroth!
Sephiroth! đ¶đ”
The final boss gimmick is like âoops sorry no items or special abilities youâve been saving, fight me with the same stats you started the game withâ
Great glad I saved them for nothing
âMaybe thereâs another boss after Necron.â
Narrator: no, there was not.
Damn I feel targeted
If I donât have 99 of every consumable how will I beat Ruby Weapon
Love you for this referenceÂ
Just made me realise I can’t hate on coaches for this.
bruh why you gotta attack me like this
Playing E33 recently and this hits home. “I’ll just save my energy tints, I can get AP by parrying anyway” mistimes every parry
PARRY IT
The cool gun ammo in my shooters
Lmao why are you describing me
I got called out cause I never use them and saving for that âfinal bossâ, which i still didnt use at all
My Elden Ring inventory was wild after I beat the game.
For what Kenny, for what.
For game 8 didnât you know
Divorce court, child support, Lu Dort⊠LakersCavs in 9.Â
Cavs in 3⁄4. Knicks in 1. Itâs official, itâs a sweep! Cavs are never getting to The Finals again; book it
If he keeps coaching like this, he’ll be able to use them in game 5.
Can you cash them out at the end of the season?
Lol
He knows how to hold the timeout, but he doesn’t know how to take the timeout. And really thats the most important part. The taking.
âI know how to take a timeoutâ
âI DONT THINK YOU DOâ
Unexpected Seinfeld
Anybody can hoold a timeout *flails wildly*
4 timeouts after a game and you get a free froyo
The froyo is also cursed
Thats bad
So that his team can simply go hard on them dudes.
SALUTE đ«Ą
Gotta hold your timeouts for a 1-2 point game that only comes to fruition because you held your timeouts.
youre up 20 and youre afraid of not having timeouts in a 2 point game. jesus christ lmao
hes so prescient
Game 1 of the NBA Finals
Cavs fans literally screaming this at their televisions.
A rainy day!
You gotta know when to hold emâŠ
Saving them all for NBA 2, hopefully it wonât get delayed again!
Compound interest
This is the worst post game press conference for a coach Iâve ever seen lmao
At this rate, this game will get him fired.
Hes delusional, I think this game broke him
The fact we made it past the first two series with his coaching is seriously shocking. I pray Cavs management actually pays attention to this stuff and doesn’t just let him keep his job because we reached our “goal” of making the ECF despite him.
Firing a coach after an ECF berth worked out well enough for the Knicks last year
We need to fire him tonight
Absolutely, I said the same thing. This loss was THAT bad. If Gilbert cares as much as he seems to, he needs to fire Kenny now. Seriously, what could an assistant coach do that is worse than what Kenny did down the stretch? Get him out of here.
I was hoping the Knicks hired Johnnie Bryant after firing Thibs, I think he’ll be a good coach soon
It’s tough because like… it was so fixable. All you guys had to do was double Brunson and just force someone else to make plays. Coaches needed to make an adjustment. Literally just a timeout to ice Jalen because dude was possessed. That’s a tough loss I feel for you guys.
Also, any team that employs Hack a Mitch loses. Itâs not a winning strategy. Mazulla tried it last year, Quin and Nurse this year, and in the long run, it didnât work
Hack a Mitch was working great until the Knicks stopped letting Mitch touch the ball.
they did that and it led to easy shots for everyone else
Did any of the assistants suggest a timeout to Atkinson during that run?
Who has the ultimate decision do you think? Head coach or assistant?
I’m saying that if none of the assistants suggested a timeout during the run, they might as well be canned altogether.
Ah, gotcha. I bet Bryant said something, but idk about any of the other dudes. Atkinson seems to be daydreaming 95% of the time, but Bryant seems to actually have some fire in him. Either way, I am tired of this team and I am sick of these coaches. Legitimately any elementary school coach couldâve won this game. Unbelievable.
Feel for you guys. Some of the stuff he was doing (or not doing) was mind blowing. He was a spectator the whole collapse. The Cavs had that in the bag. A coach with a pulse would have made one simple change - take Harden off Brunson. It was so simple. I really liked Atkinson but its hard to defend this, and his quotes
Yeah I mean its not that he made the wrong adjustments, he made ZERO adjustments lol. I’m slightly calmed down now but every time I think about it its like i’m about to turn into the Incredible Hulk or something and have to do breathing exercises. His postgame comments almost feel like ragebait or something.
Harden wasnât guarding Brunson, Merrill was. The Knicks were hunting Harden and getting the switch off a pick. The Cavs were doing the same thing to Brunson in the 3rd.
Seems like Atkinson thought Merrill was the best defender to get over a screen… he couldnât.
I mean we still have a series left to play my guy
I am well aware of that lol. If you had followed the Cavs playoff run as closely as I have then you would understand where my frustration is coming from. I don’t believe that guys should have job security just because their team is winning in spite of them.
I’m almost convinced Kenny is intentionally rope-a-doping opponents. Took him 6 games to deploy the frenetic ball movement attack that steamrolled Detroit. Does it again for 3 quarters tonight and we’re blowing out NYK. Kenny decides “too easy” and reverts to Harden iso ball.
It is maddening. Something is definitely going on with him.
Dude it’s over. Everyone is trying to tell you but you’re not listening.
I had red flags when he had that post game press conference after the pistons series and heâs telling the media how the owner is the one telling Kenny who the key to the series is and saying that itâs Jarret Allen and how âshockedâ he was hearing that.
There’ll be tons of morons saying how “he brought Cleveland to the ECF for the first time since LeBron!” who don’t know jack shit
Donât forget how much Redditors love this shitty coach lmao.Â
Ever answer legit feels like what youâd say if youâre trying to get fired as quickly as possible. Terrible show of zero accountability or ownership for one of the worst playoff collapses ever
THE worst. The dude is gone and so is the front office
Which is hilarious because they were both gone if they lost to Pistons, and they proceed to squander their lifeline in one game
Should get fired today. I am not even kidding. Dude is a fucking idiot, and has been all playoffs. With a decent coach we beat Toronto and Detroit in 5 games a piece, 6 max. Make no mistake, the Cavs win in spite of Atkinson, not due to his good coaching.
Agent Atkinson reporting in.
His family is from Long Island I think.. people were saying he lost on purpose but idk.. either way an amazing game, and epic choke
He did say he grew up a Knicks fan as a kid, hence the agent atkinson comment. If he’s getting fired either way then he probably figured that he might as well throw some games so you can see your hometown/childhood team win a title.
There is ironically precedence for a team to go to the eastern conference finals choke a game 1 away in epic fashion, fire its coach and then return to the conference finals the following year…
I never thought Iâd say this but he needs to take a page from JJ Reddickâs book and stfu. Simply stop talking. 3 word sentences. Leave the room.
Absolute dumbass lol!
If cavs just subbed in 5 defenders and took no shots in the 4th they would have won this game
Why on earth did he keep Harden in? He wasn’t scoring?
We’ve done that all playoffs. Him not hitting shots, playing no defense and committing turnovers isn’t enough to bench him and instead we reward him by giving him the ball late in games.
It’s 2026 and not 2018…Atkinson needs to grow some balls and bench Harden’s sorry ass…
classic case of the coach afraid of hurting one of their stars ego’s I reckon.
100%. Sick of these pussy coaches. Bench his ass if he isnât playing well, who gives a fuck? He is 40, he can go steal $40M a year from someone else next year, weâre trying to win here.
Talk your shit đŻ (obs want my guys to win) you ainât wrong
He has PTSD from his last year in Brooklyn
Front office and coach are sold on making James feel special and loved and thinking that’s what gets his best play, there was literally a big article about the special attention he gets, just so he can show up as Playoff Harden in big moments like tonight
I’m sure he felt very special, being left on an island against Brunson for 10 minutes
Iâm so sick of these old all star divas thinking theyâre still difference makers. The old guard is over, the game has changed
Yeah I remember during game 5 against the Pistons, the commentators were saying something about how Atkinson told Harden that they were going to lean into his play style and not try to change him. Instead, theyâd let him iso, hold the ball, and just be James Harden. And they were saying it like they thought it had unlocked him.
“I like to play my James Hardens, you know. I try to play ‘em.”
He held those timeouts like Darvin Ham holds the air in his pockets
Salute!
Go hard on them dudes
Darvin Ham also saved his timeouts for next game
Thank god he saved them for game 2. Cavs in 5
âCavs in 5.â I appreciate you
Cavs going home in 5, I reckon
weâre already home. This team is broken
Yep. We are cooked. I am honestly tired of watching them anyway lol
Man looks like he knows the series is over
Id be spiraling if I was a Cavs fan rn
I still canât process it. Dumbfounded. Have never seen a coach fail so badly. Just watched Harden get cooked for 12 minutes and did nothing.
Me too. Genuinely just laughing at this point. What the actual fuck. This dude gets paid $10M a year to be a complete idiot. Why canât we not be the laughing stock, just once? It is honestly comical
Right. Lifelong Cleveland sports fan. I know what a kick to the nuts feels like. I know what it feels like to mourn after a heartbreaking loss. This one feels different. I want to laugh like a crazy person. Like Chevy Chase at the end of Xmas Vacation when he has a nervous breakdown and starts laughing over the Jelly of the Month Club subscription.
Yep, same here, born and raised for 30 years. I completely agree with your comparison to the Christmas vacation reaction lol.
AND letting James do…whatever that was on offense. I think we could have survived either one & escaped with the W. But letting Harden FUBAR on both ends of the floor…
I wouldnât necessarily say that he did nothing. He made some expressions.
I am indeed spiraling lol. If we somehow lose this series and keep him as the coach I will legitimately not watch our team until hes fired and I’ve been watching this team for almost 20 years
Oh we are brother we are
Iâm spiraling just like I was the last 2 series. This is such an embarrassing team OMG. So pathetic.
been following them for these playoffs, this is a fucked up feelingÂ
To be fair this is how he always looks.
I HATE his attitude at press conferences as a fan. He basically never seems like he cares about anything or thinks he made a notable mistake.
On the other hand, maybe his leadership behind closed doors is different, because I was despondent after losing a couple of game 6s and the team excelled at their 2 game 7s so far. Maybe Kenny has some juice he saves for when the cameras are off.
that was mythical player game 7 Jarred Allen saving you the series the last 2 rounds
This ainât the first time weâve been up 20 and lost by double digits lol also this ainât the first time weâve only scored once in OT we broke the record this season with 0 points in an OT period earlier this year
This is nothing new for Cavs fans. A lot of us have been calling for his head since the Raptors series.
You can actually trade three timeouts for an additional challenge, but nobody’s done it before.
I hate that I had to actually look that up to confirm it was misinfo
Also a timeout, technical foul, and flagrant 2 can be traded in for a development card
Did he even use a challenge
Youâre not gonna believe what you trade unused challenges for
hopefully he dont like to hold jobs then
This is gonna be a meme for the next decade
Cavs are very underrated as a meme team
For the beneficiaries in his will?
Is this guy real?
This makes sense since timeouts you save carry over to the next game, smart.
Game 7 will roll around, he’ll use 30 timeouts to stall out past midnight, then declare stalemate and both teams advance to the finals
Just imagine how eager other teams will be to hire him next week when he comes with a dozen or more TOs in his bag.Â
Lmao might not have been a “1 or 2 point game” if you called your timeouts earlier. What an unfortunate explanation
Itâs actually terrible. It means this motherfucker has no clue what he was doing. You are the coach. You have to see when a guy is getting absolutely EXPOSED.
whatâs worse is that the game was tied and we had the ball on the final posession and we still didnât call a timeout
There is a Bears + Cavs fan who is having convulsions and flashbacks as we speak.
Meh, we got Ben Johnson outta of it. Doesnât hurt anymore.
Also we destroyed that Eberflus defense in week 3 last year
Bro Iâm a Packers Cavs fanâŠâŠ..
Me holding healing items in an rpg
Matt Eberflus ass response
Adam Gase ass response
Not enough bug eyed stares
“We got a little unlucky, quite honestly.” - Kenny Atkinson, who waited until an 18-1 Knicks run to call a timeout.
This guy doesnât seem very smart
This feels like an ITYSL skit lmfao
My wife asked me if this is AI and I had to tell her I hope so.
A timeout saved is a timeout earned is what I always say!
Didnât they have last possession of regulation? Why not use one there? Or to calm down his guys when the Knicks were making a run?
Nah. James Harden got it. đÂ
Let him cook fr
I was confused by that as well!!! My bf thought they were going to call a timeout after Brunson tied it up, at least to advance the ball, but nope!
lmfao keep doing that buddy
Hold them till you fold them
Kenny “literally Darvin Ham” Atkinson
One of those times where you genuinely think the coach should be fired after the game cause this is a whole another level of audacity.
Lmao fire this idiot.
maybe he’ll use them later in a personal discussion with his wife or something
Matt Eberflus? When did you start coaching NBA Basketball?
You do know they don’t carry over into game 2 right?
So he can use it for the next game, duh
Kenny please just stop talking lmao
Me collecting potions in BG3
You cannot under any circumstances let Brunson get hot and get the crowd into it. Thats more valuable than your TOâs.
How can a guy who was an assistant to Steve Kerr on the Warriors not understand thatâŠ.what the fuck?
J Kidd, get ready dog
He also seemed baffled by the question about Mitchell not getting the ball/shooting in the 4th. âI thought he had the ball a tonâ
Y’all gonna flame him but now he got extra timeouts for game 2 giving them the advantage. Y’all slow..
Darvin Ham sends his regardeness
Serious questionâŠâŠ. Does he always say âyou knowâ this much or is he just extremely frazzled?
What a clown take. Dan Gilbert and the GM should give him the business
Knicks in 2.
If not using one in a 44-11 run then when kenny? Probably game 2 -coaching malpractice
Kenny “Darvin Ham” Atkinson is saving them for Game 2 guys
Hold my nuts buddy
He should start a podcast with Eberflus.
You wanna see how quickly a reigning coach of the year can get thrown out of a city?
Needs to be fired after that game, fucking awful lol
Hold it tightly in your sleep đ â ïž
Trigger warning for r/CHIBears
Eberflus?
Having PTSD flashbacks as an Bears fan
better call saul lookin ass, what are you holding your timeouts for
okay matt eberflus
Oh my pretty little timeout. I love you. I love my little naughty timeout. You’re naughty.
Maybe Brooklyn had a point
what are you talking about??
This is going to be the quote that gets him fired if they lose the series.
Send out the Bat Signal for Doc Rivers.
This is why you came to golden state Kenny. Youâre not that guy, pal.
Hold this historic L while you’re at it
Yah this dude is 100% betting on games.
Well now you can hold this L Kenny
Joke of the league. Worst coaching Iâve ever seen in my life
Kenny had money on the Knicks
He had 4. He loses 2 at the 3 minute mark anyway. This explanation is the most brain dead thing a coach could say.
He’s saving his timeouts for NBA 2 whenever that comes out
thanks Kenny….
Fucking goof ball. Letting them go on a run.
Shiiiit I didn’t know you get to keep extra timeouts between games. Kenny is just playing the long game.
This mf probably has all his money in a Bank of America savings account
I really want Kenny to be evaluated medically before returning to a coaching position with the Cavs.