The Titanic is set to sail! The franchise is officially a joke. Can't wait until Les fires Morey a month into the season. I hope Cuban plucks him up right away as an F U.
MDA is vastly underrated here. He's like 1000x better than JB. But you would need surround him with the right personnel.
Get used to hearing this at Toyota Center: "Tonight's attendance, 7,351!" "Thank you for supporting your Houston Rockets!" Also, conspiracy theory: Les secretly wants to relocate the team.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you're out there and you're excited about the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rockets?src=hash">#Rockets</a> hiring Mike D'Antoni, let me know. Must be real person. No spam.</p>— Brian T. Smith (@ChronBrianSmith) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChronBrianSmith/status/735960624031617024">May 26, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Talked to former Rocket Isaiah Canaan briefly- D'Antoni coached him in Philly. Says the mix of D'Antoni and Harden will be a good one.</p>— Jenny Dial Creech (@jennydialcreech) <a href="https://twitter.com/jennydialcreech/status/735963045940191233">May 26, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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I would have rather the Rockets just kept McHale and replaced all the assistants if I knew that D'Antoni was going to be the coach. Firing a coach eleven games into a season after going to the conference finals damaged the teams image. I think many of the top coaching candidates declined to even interview with the Rockets because Les and Morey look like amateurs. I will give D'Antoni a chance, but is anyone excited about this hiring other than Les? Is this the kind of hiring that will attract the top free agents? Is this the kind of hiring that will motivate Harden to be a leader, and to play on both ends of the court? I think everyone around the NBA is laughing at the Rockets right now.