Lindsey Hunter was an assistant coach under Mark Jackson with the Warriors so I can understand he is riding with the guy who gave him an opportunity. The former Pistons believes if Mark jackson was still at the helm of the Warriors, he would have led them to the championship.
“Do I think the team would have won anyway? Yes, Hunter told Detroit Sports 1051 earlier this month. If we had those same pieces, of course we would probably be sitting there at whatever. The team is so set, and after winning a championship…it’s a lot of autopilot. And not trying to take away from what Luke (Walton) is doing, but if somebody else was coaching that team, I wouldn’t doubt if they would be in the same position that they are in now.”
I think it’s a little pretentious to think that you can actually coach a team on autopilot, Mark Jackson did a great job reviving the Warriors and he should move on from that situation. Mark Jackson didn’t ask Lindsey Hunter to make those comments but he made the news again on christmas for saying Steph Curry is hurting the game even though he said his words were taken out of context.
The Warriors are doing great without Mark Jackson, we will never know what would have happened if he was still the coach but he needs to clean that impression that he is still bitter whether the quotes are coming from him or in this case from his former assistant coach.