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Rick Carlisle wasn’t pleased with his starters, who went down 21-4 in the first quarter to the Houston Rockets. The U.S. Presidential Debate was happening at the same time, and while Carlisle didn’t watch it (as he was coaching a game), he made a safe assumption about what happened and made this analogy after the game.
Rick Carlisle: "The beginning of the game was abominable. It was a Donald Trump debate performance."
— Tim Cato (@tim_cato) October 20, 2016
Holy crap. That’s a zinger against his own team and Donald Trump in just 14 words. We’ve always known Rick Carlisle’s a top-two coach in the NBA, and he proved it here.
I greatly appreciated some of the Twitter quote tweets that came along with it.
Too late to get Rick Carlisle on the ballot? https://t.co/X9875l5wUp
— JayBee (@RogersParkJon) October 20, 2016
Got my (imaginary) Coach of the Year vote no matter how many games the Mavericks win. https://t.co/xZcukxMfF5
— Sean Highkin (@highkin) October 20, 2016
I really hope this becomes a standard sporting analogy. 'The Black Caps’ middle order suffered a Trump-like collapse.' https://t.co/KrB10RPZjr
— Kris Shannon (@kshanz) October 20, 2016
I LOVE YOU RICK CARLISLE https://t.co/itLaoMVOrE
— Andrew Vargha (@andrew_vargha) October 20, 2016
Automatic raise from @mcuban. https://t.co/PDDM7w1QYv
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) October 20, 2016
<buys mavs season tickets> https://t.co/7bqQY6zjAB
— david p (@omgdpitty) October 20, 2016
Looking for that 80 year, 400 million extension from his boss. #MarkyMark https://t.co/hUjvbzeafe
— Bucci Mane (@Buccigross) October 20, 2016
I'm a Spurs fan and I will now adopt the Mavs https://t.co/n33KUZzznv
— Shawn Milrad (@shawnmilrad) October 20, 2016
Need a Carlisle and Pop politics podcast https://t.co/xC7ThladR7
— Dan Lyons (@Dan_Lyons76) October 20, 2016
Rick Carlisle gunnin' for that Wokest Coach in the NBA title. https://t.co/wm8C0Tf84n
— Tom Ziller (@teamziller) October 20, 2016
Carlisle’s just a people pleaser.