I know he just retired a year ago, but Greg Popovich provides insight every few weeks for the spurs. I dont see it as a negative. Especially with young guards who we want to tap into offensively. Dantoni has been great for guards development offensively. If he came in as an advisor role and gave some advice to the young guards on this team it would only help
1. Steve Nash Under D'Antoni in Phoenix, Steve Nash won back-to-back MVP awards and unlocked the peak of his Hall of Fame career. [1, 2] With D'Antoni (314 games): 16.0 PTS, 11.1 AST, 3.4 TRB, 50.4 FG%, 43.7 3PT% Without D'Antoni (903 games): 13.7 PTS, 7.6 AST, 2.8 TRB, 48.5 FG%, 42.4 3PT% The Impact: While Nash was already an elite passer in Dallas, D'Antoni's "Seven Seconds or Less" system saw Nash's assists jump instantly from 8.8 to 11.5 per game in his very first season back in Phoenix. [1, 2, 3] 2. Jeremy Lin D'Antoni was the head coach who orchestrated "Linsanity" with the New York Knicks in 2012, handing over full control of the offense to a previously unknown guard. [1, 2] With D'Antoni (26 games): 13.9 PTS, 6.0 AST, 1.6 STL, 29.4 MIN Without D'Antoni (454 games): 11.5 PTS, 4.2 AST, 1.1 STL, 25.3 MIN The Impact: Looking strictly at the peak stretch before D'Antoni resigned, Lin averaged 20.4 points and 8.5 assists. The second D'Antoni left and Mike Woodson slowed the pace down, Lin's numbers immediately dropped to 14.8 points and 6.0 assists per game. [1] 3. Raymond Felton Before being traded to Denver in the Carmelo Anthony deal, Raymond Felton enjoyed the absolute statistical peak of his 14-year career under D'Antoni with the 2010–11 Knicks. [1, 2, 3] With D'Antoni (54 games): 17.1 PTS, 9.0 AST, 1.8 STL, 38.4 MIN Without D'Antoni (917 games): 11.0 PTS, 5.0 AST, 1.1 STL, 29.2 MIN The Impact: Felton was a solid starter elsewhere, but under D’Antoni, his 9.0 assists per game ranked among the league leaders. He was never able to replicate that elite playmaking volume anywhere else in his career. [1, 2] 4. Kendall Marshall Perhaps the ultimate example of the D'Antoni system maximizing a fringe roster player, Kendall Marshall was signed from the G-League by the injury-riddled 2013–14 LA Lakers. [1, 2] With D'Antoni (54 games): 8.0 PTS, 8.8 AST, 2.9 TRB, 39.9 3PT% Without D'Antoni (106 games): 3.5 PTS, 3.0 AST, 1.0 TRB, 28.5 3PT% The Impact: Marshall went from barely staying in the NBA to a nightly double-double threat, highlighted by a historic 20-point, 15-assist performance. Outside of D'Antoni's offense, he struggled to find minutes and was out of the league a few seasons later. 5. James Harden not to mention his boost from allstar stats to MVP level stats just imagine reeds improvement under dantoni
Sengun will be shipped out with the quickness…Amen and Sengun on the court together destroys spacing way too much and MDA is useless without a top tier PG that can get into the paint and playmake at a high level MDA would be garbage with this roster…he’s only a good offensive coach if he has the right setup
Whoa, whoa, whoa, pump the breaks Reeko! In case you haven't heard, there's a new guy in town by the name of quindelin or quandolf or something and he's about to put the NBA on notice!
I'll tell you, if they brought back Pringles to help right the offense I would be more enthused about that than anything else they do this off-season short of bringing in Ant or Jokic.
“We don’t need any coaching advisors or new assistant coaches. Fred is coming back.” Spoiler “Don’t listen to their words. Watch their actions.” Words: we’re good, run it back Actions: we’re good, run it back ♦️ We’re good. Run it back ♦️ Adams, FVV, DFS all being healthy + young core development is enough to win it all ♦️ Some changes on the fringes to the roster are likely (guys 12-15) + always open to opportunistic trades ♦️ No changes to the offense and no changes to coaching staff. Having guys healthy fixes everything
Would MDA agree? They didn't exactly depart on best of terms. The org low balled MDA on the extension offer while negotiations went on in his final year. Less about if pro-or-anti MDA, if the Harden era was going to reset, would have been better to decisively part ways on MDA instead of being wishy washy that entire time. Org thought Silas coming from Carlisle/Luka's offense had the same offensive appitude as a MDA. Designing a system for a specific group of players someone else (Carlisle) designed. The front office's vetting process seemed very superficial during those times. And they didn't really realize the value of their people there. "I want your ideas, but I don't want to pay for them" MDA's head coaching days are behind him, if he wants to freelance and consult, he can still do it with other teams.
I loved Dantoni as coach, but Ime is too arrogantly smug in his own "genius" to bring anyone in to "help" him.
Plus Ime wouldn't want a 2-time Coach of the Year as an assistant because there's always the risk he could get fired and D'Antoni could replace him. We're basically stuck with this anemic offense, poorly constructed roster, and first round exits til ownership finally admits they f'ed up and fires Ime and his entire staff.
the Problem is that Dantoni's system simply hasn't worked and for his offense to work it will take a great point guard. Spacing and high volume 3 pointers aren't a formula to winning. Mike D'Antoni and Daryl Morey saw the game much differently that most coaches or players and they have yet to succeed. People look at the Warriors and their shooting, but Steph is both a shot maker and a shot creator. He gets open open through screens and cuts. Even if we bring Steve Kerr here we simply don't have the players to install that system. Heck I would have been happy with Mike Malone or Billy Donovan but missed out on them as well.
“The only changes I’d like to see is for the head coach to get more head and for the assistants to get more ass, but outside of that we are fine” - Emay UdoughCuh
