Sources: Houston Rockets Weighing Future of Head Coach Stephen Silas

Not by age - by NBA experience. Augustine and EGO (and I guess Wall if you want to count him) are the only guys with more than 3 NBA seasons under their belt. Pretty much everyone on else on our roster is either a 19yr old kid or is one of those older inexperienced players who wasnt good enough to go into the league at a young age. Theis has about 3 years of game experience and older guys like Wood, Nwaba, etc - have played so sparingly as pros that they have 2 or less years of in game experience(if we count a season as 82 games). The Celtics players no doubt have way more experience for their age than our players have.

 

That is one of the worst combos.

Young, inexperienced + undrafted, 26 but only 2 seasons.

 

Nah bud, I called it the second Green went out because the only thing that would make this board more insufferable is Bobby pointing out the Rockets are undefeated when Green is unavailable to play.

 

Ehhh- because of their age it means you get a decent discount on them. It’s like looking for dented cans at the grocery store and taking the damage discount. These aren’t future stars of our team- just good role players on great contracts who we could flip if we needed to. I wouldn’t be too concerned about it unless people expect Wood or Nwaba to be future franchise cornerstones…for now though they are just cheap parts that allow us to function around paying on of the most expensive players in the league to sit on the bench.

 

Haha, I understand why we are doing it but the NBA upper echelon is about spending.

We are not a team that has a tight budget and has to produce talents that would be very likely sold when they become stars.

I think people had higher hopes for Wood when he first arrived, I read Allstar was the expectation.

 

No he's not, he's lying. He always says bullshit to the media "theis is a pro thats a pro there". He's a ****ing troll and an idiot and only makes the right choices when he's forced to. He's lazy and one of the worse coaches ive ever seen. He's saying he doesnt need approval while doin exactly what we all asked him to do. The smart ones among us anyway.

 

THIS
and thats why its important for alperen to actualy play....i dont even care if its g league...players must play

 

I honestly don't think Silas understands how to teach the details, he seems more of a concepts guy for super smart already developed players.

Sometimes you have to teach them EXACT details - our screens are crap - they need to be held a touch longer, our spacing is crap, players need to know EXACTLY where to be when the ball is in motion, our passing is horridly slow and lazy - it should be crisp and in the pocket to allow others a chance to succeed.

One of the best stories, I ever heard was how Larry Bird in his rookie year would be passing the ball to teamates as they were cutting but so many of them were not looking so the ball would just whiz right by them out of bounds, so one practice Bird decided to start aiming the ball at cutters heads....THUMP.....THUMP......THUMP......guys were getting pinged in the head by not looking for the ball on their cuts......about half way through the practice guys were all aware to look.....

That is the kind of stuff that needs to happen with the Rockets.

DD

 

...according to league sources.

Snooze...

 

Trash Take…

 

He's not getting fired now that losing streak is over. All he has to do now is a game every 5 or 6 games going forward and he will stay.

 

With Harden he probably be an all-star. Wood and Silas both got screwed with Harden leaving. When Wood is aggressive he is really good. He just can get too lackadaisical at times.

 

You must not hear him repeat over and over what needs to be fixed and addressed … Wood slipping screens is something he been doing his whole career and will continue to do til he stops being selfish.

Spacing Issues I really feel Stone promised Theis a starting position - Tate, Theis and Wood combined with not having any shooters kills spacing.

Now you may wonder if the rest of coaching staff are executing the improvement of these skills in practice

 

I always thought that its the assistant coaches who teach the fundamentals and the head coach focuses on organization on the court. Seems to me Silas is having trouble with his players executing his offense.

 

For what it's worth, Silas was already credited for organizing Mav's Offense, so maybe he was a big picture kinda guy

 

Even the announcer last night was confused as to why Sengun wasnt getting minutes. He was like if youre rebuilding you play your young guys all the minutes because youre not gonna win anyway most likely. He even cited GSW. Literally every commentator has been against SIlas's approach. It's pathetic and plain as day to see.

 

Definitely.
I think that is what irritates me so much about Wall
Wall has no leadership qualities
We saw that last year .. . he is too selfish
People say Harden is selfish but everyone ate when he was here
Wall. . . if people are with him it was by mistake or desperation

Wood's selfishness is about respect
| think he may have a the BIG HEAD right now
He doesn't respect anyone else on the team is better than him
The complete disintegration of the team when he went out
made him blow up his importance to the team

Capela knew his role and was grateful for him
while he may not be the better talent. . . he is the better player
better teammate

Rocket River

 

Considering the drastic change to the lineups after Walton got fired and then the subsequent rumor that he was on the hot seat, I would wager to guess that they communicate but Silas probably assures him that his way is for the best. Its the only thing that makes sense to me. Stone probably goes along with it because he wants to lose for a better pick anyway, but then Silas sees the rumors and decides to change. There's no way anyone can tell me that Silas went one way the entire season then when he is rumored to be on the hotseat he all of a sudden learned how to coach. He called timeouts in a timely manner. When someone played out of control Wood, Tate, House, he promptly sat them. When he needed shooting late in the game he sat Tate in favor of Matthews and Brooks. He then stated that he didnt need anyones approval which is a sure sign that he does lol Considering most of his interviews have had blatant lies. "Theis is a pro" for the reason why he's sits Sengun late even in blowouts. "Im exeprimenting with lineups" despite clearly keeping the exact same starting lineup the entire season unless someone was injured, untill of course the other night lol. If Stone was dictating minutes then why the sudden change after the rumors? it wouldnt make sense.