question is the title. I know MDA is still on the last year of his contract . I know we've fired several guys . The only name I see that we've brought in is Elston Turner . We lost our G-league head coach . What is going on ? Are we going to bring in more guys ? Is MDA gonna coach on a 1-year deal ? Will that effect his decision making if he is openly coaching for a job next year ? I'm a bit worried . On the one hand ... a guy like MDA (who tends to shrink his rotation when he's in a tough spot ) trying to maximize wins seems like a disaster waiting to happen . (As in he's gonna push a core piece too hard and that will result in injury) So you might wanna give him an extension so he's at least a bit forward looking . He's got no reason to try and develop hartenstein or Clark if he's not gonna be here next year On the other hand .... if you don't believe in MDA you definitely don't wanna extend him , but you also might think that bringing in a new coach is too much of a shake up and you think you'd be better off this year with MDA .
MDA is a good coach，excellent Guard User + Guard Potential Developer. On the other hand, his on-the-spot adaptability is very poor, time-out he didn't use up in every game was probably used to buy financial products. Whenever the opponent climaxes to find confidence, he always looks indifferent, as if to tell others, "I have two HOF point guards, so I don't need time-out at all." I always think our real coach is Daryl Morey, a mathematician who has never really played basketball, and MDA is just a puppet who implements Morey's magic ball tactics (MDA will be dismissed immediately if he doesn't do so). Our team's tactical board is poor, attack basket + three-point ball + Harden 1v1 or pass / CP3 1v1 or pass. Only because Morey thought that the so-called 50% perimeter shot earned less than 33% of the three-point shot, so we ridiculously castrated our perimeter shot, only Harden or CP3 can perimeter shot.（Help your opponent open-book exam ......lol） Harden's perimeter shot was very good several seasons ago. Now, he would rather shoot a very uncomfortable three-point shot than pursue a relaxed perimeter shot. Morey never understood the simplest truth： Three-point scoring is more than two-point scoring, but it's only one point more. The three-point ball was thrown into the meeting + 3, if not + 0.
MDA's system may have been a drawing point in the past , play fast-pace to boost your stats .... but we don't play fast anymore. Unless you are a center you better shoot the 3 well , or you aren't gonna play . In fact you better LOVE shooting the 3 ... because standing in a corner and shooting is what you're gonna be doing .
I disagree I think MDA has control . Morey doesn't have the power to tell a 70 year old man who been coaching for 20+ years what to do .... and MDA just takes it . The "spam one strategy is MDA through and through" Morey should know game-theory well enough to understand the value of mid-range jumpshots as the game winds down .
What Mda need to understand is if the 3pt shots are not falling you goto a new game plan. That' s not just layup drills, because teams with big men are gonna stop that. You goto chris paul pick n rolls, where he lays down that midrange shot, and you find another slasher like eric gordon to go to the line. They really need to find someone who has mid range shot, when those 3pts are not falling.
situation? We still have MDA... so regular season greatness - followed by post season disappointment...
