Houston Rockets move toward formal offer to Mike D'Antoni

OTMax · May 20, 2016

Haha get outta here with that nonsense, D'Antoni knows how to guard perimeter scorers :grin: just like Harden knows, wait...yeah...NO! If you going to hire a dinosaur, then JVG is your man. Both have not done jack squat since 2006 / 2007.

justtxyank · May 20, 2016

I love that Stephen A said that looking to pair a coach with a specific assistant is an indictment on the head coach.

When the Nets hired Jason Kidd, him hiring Lawrence Frank was a requirement.
When the Warriors hired Steve Kerr, going after Ron Adams was part of the deal.

Captain Hook · May 20, 2016

J.R. said: ↑

SAS: I don't like it. I wanna be fair, because listen, I wasn't enamored with the job he did in NY. At the same time, he knows a thing or two about basketball. He averaged 58 wins in his 4 full years in Phoenix. It helped he had Steve Nash, Stoudemire & others. Nash was never league MVP until Mike D'Antoni was coaching him. He pushed tempo, helped revolutionize the game into the modern era. The D in his name needs to be taken out. The defense is non-existent. He walked away from New York. Woodson steps over and guides them to the playoffs. Woodson wins 54 games the next year. He can't get a look. Somehow, suspect in New York, highly questionable in LA,...Bickerstaff could have done a better job with the Lakers than Mike D'Antoni. ... You remember the quote: "We practiced defense for half an hour." That's what he said. This is the stuff he says. Houston, this was a team 25th defensively. Daryl Morey is on record saying we need to up the ante defensively and Mike D'Antoni is who you're looking at? Really? It doesn't make sense. It amazes me how some of these coaches get concessions made for them. If you could do it all, that's one thing. They're hiring D'Antoni but also putting together an appropriate staff. What did he do to get these concessions made for him other than what he did in Phoenix? That was prior to 2008. We are now in 2016. Coaches that won a couple of years ago can't get a job. He hasn't won in 8 years and folks are giving him 3rd interviews and making concessions for him. For what? ... He's the same guy coaching in Phoenix, when they acquired Jim Jackson, Jackson had a turnover. Jackson raced down to foul the guy who stole the ball from him. D'Antoni summoned him over, come here, come here, and said we don't do that here. We let him score, it keeps the pace up. I just don't understand.
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That quote really baffles me. Is this the kind of coach Les and Morey wants to lead thisteam? Especially in the playoffs, where the game slows down a little bit and where you need stops? D'Antoni would be such a horrible choice.

OTMax · May 20, 2016

Leslie loves himself some run and gun, he said he wants to do it for the next 10 years and that was a few years back, but while Morey might not have him as top choice, I'm thinking he actually likes it too.

Kevooooo · May 20, 2016

Booooooooooooo Wendy booooooooooooooooo

jimmyv281 · May 20, 2016

Tired of the Coaching Carousel .

topfive · Dec 17, 2016

basketballholic said:

I'm not so sure still that this is intentional misdirection by the front office. But either you are right that the relationship between Les and Morey has deteriorated significantly to the point where Morey may realize he can't win with Les's meddling continuing to get worse. Or this is a well-concerted group effort to get Dwight to not opt in.

If this drags out much longer than the next few days then I'm going to increasingly believe that this is about getting Dwight to not opt in. And if we go clear through the month of June without a coaching hire while we get tweets every few days from Feigen, Watkins, Woj, Amick, etc. that is just a matter of time until we sign MDA I'm going to become convinced that it was all a smoke screen.

As I said before if I were Dwight I would opt in one minute before his deadline and really put the screws to the franchise. This would definitely put an end to the Durant discussion. Durant doesn't want to play with him. ...period. And Dwight knows it all too well.

And Morey knows MDA is not the answer. We're already running pick-and-roll. Don't need MDA for that. Us and the Dubs have instilled MDA's offense. Except the Warriors defend and can actually shoot. Morey knows, everybody knows, that MDA isn't the answer here. MDA is a tread water move at best.

The other thing I really want to know is how much money is Les going to give MDA? Is he gonna get MDA relatively cheap, say 6 mill for 3 years? Or maybe even only a 2-year deal? Or is he gonna shell out 10-15 million over 3-4 years? If it's a low cost deal then it's a tread water move. If it's bigger money in line with the top coaches then it's a serious commitment and I think could spell the end of Morey here.

Once again, Morey knows MDA is not a championship building coaching hire. He knows it. Morey knows we've already extracted all the good out of MDA's system. He knows, and has been very vocal that the D has to be fixed. And he knows an MDA hire further depletes defensive structure.

1. You guys wanting Skiles as top defensive assistant must be crazy MMA fans.We'd need an Octagon on the practice floor to contain the blood from those two men trying to rip each other's eyes out. It would be more entertaining than Ryan/Gillbride circa 1993.

2. If I were Dwight I would opt-in for next season if we hire MDA just to screw the organization back as much as possible. I wouldn't let them clown me out like this. Then I'd make it impossible to trade me for value by being disruptive to the "system" as much as possible.

3. If I were Morey I'd be letting the back channels know I'm interested in other jobs. No way can Morey be effective with Les overriding so much.

4. Other than Cuban is there a more meddlesome owner than Les? I think Les meddles more than even MJ does.

5. If Les goes through with this MDA hire I'm going to be watching to see how the roster shapes up. If we start bringing in low-character guys like Nerlens Noel, Larry Sanders et al, then I'm going to give this team maybe 10 games into the regular season to see what the product looks like. If it is what I think it will be, I might just step away from the team myself. I'm not going to waste time following a team that is self destructive because ownership has proven to be incompetent. And that's very difficult for me to say.....or do. But im pretty sure I'll know very quickly how good or bad we're going to be next season. And after this past season debacle of epic proportions I may just sit on the sidelines and wait for an ownership change. If the owner is a boob, the team has no chance. I have been on Les' bandwagon up until this past season, constantly forgiving his overreach and excusing him as a rabid fan. I can't do it any longer if he hires MDA. Last season's dysfunctionality between Les, Morey, and Harden was all I could stomach. If it gets worse I'm pretty much done and will have lost any shred of my remaining waning confidence in Les.
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The Fail is strong with this one.

SF3isBack!! · Dec 17, 2016

SF3isBack!! said: ↑

You would be wrong, lol.
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LMAO, I love old posts. This is my response to someone saying JB is a better coach than MDA.

babyicedog · Dec 17, 2016

Wow, such dumb people- you don't even give MD a chance? You all feel supremely stupid now? HAHAHA.

babyicedog · Dec 17, 2016

Captain Hook said: ↑

That quote really baffles me. Is this the kind of coach Les and Morey wants to lead thisteam? Especially in the playoffs, where the game slows down a little bit and where you need stops? D'Antoni would be such a horrible choice.
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HAHAHA.

Captain Hook · Dec 19, 2016

babyicedog said: ↑

HAHAHA.
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Hey, I admit, I was wrong. I shouldn't have judged him by his past failures. He is the perfect coach for this team.

FANfrom86toNow · Dec 19, 2016

basketballholic said: ↑

I'm not so sure still that this is intentional misdirection by the front office. But either you are right that the relationship between Les and Morey has deteriorated significantly to the point where Morey may realize he can't win with Les's meddling continuing to get worse. Or this is a well-concerted group effort to get Dwight to not opt in.

If this drags out much longer than the next few days then I'm going to increasingly believe that this is about getting Dwight to not opt in. And if we go clear through the month of June without a coaching hire while we get tweets every few days from Feigen, Watkins, Woj, Amick, etc. that is just a matter of time until we sign MDA I'm going to become convinced that it was all a smoke screen.

As I said before if I were Dwight I would opt in one minute before his deadline and really put the screws to the franchise. This would definitely put an end to the Durant discussion. Durant doesn't want to play with him. ...period. And Dwight knows it all too well.

And Morey knows MDA is not the answer. We're already running pick-and-roll. Don't need MDA for that. Us and the Dubs have instilled MDA's offense. Except the Warriors defend and can actually shoot. Morey knows, everybody knows, that MDA isn't the answer here. MDA is a tread water move at best.

The other thing I really want to know is how much money is Les going to give MDA? Is he gonna get MDA relatively cheap, say 6 mill for 3 years? Or maybe even only a 2-year deal? Or is he gonna shell out 10-15 million over 3-4 years? If it's a low cost deal then it's a tread water move. If it's bigger money in line with the top coaches then it's a serious commitment and I think could spell the end of Morey here.

Once again, Morey knows MDA is not a championship building coaching hire. He knows it. Morey knows we've already extracted all the good out of MDA's system. He knows, and has been very vocal that the D has to be fixed. And he knows an MDA hire further depletes defensive structure.
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA So much WOW factor here. "He knows it"

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