What about Terrance? He's played for horrible coaching on the Nets and didn't mesh with Adelman. He's definitely shown flashes of how good how he can be. Some players just take longer to mature. Or he could truly be a head case and never amount to anything.
He's a headcase and will never amount to anything. T-Will will never get it. I can't believe we wasted a draft pick on this guy. He's gonna be a career journeyman. We just need to cut ties with him, he's poison to the locker room and don't want him anywhere near our rookies.
What you guys seem to be forgetting is that each player will be better than they were last season. Lowry is currently scoring better than he was during the season. It doesn't matter what type of game he was playing in. What matters is he was scoring in bunches. I expect Jordan Hill, Patrick Patterson, Courtney Lee and Dragic to be better players this season as well. Just think of what players we needed last season. We needed a defensive SF and had one on the bench. We don't need Williams to be a scorer. We need him for his defensive prowess and his assists. If Thabeet is capable of playing 10-15 minutes behind Chuck, that will be a plus. There was some mention of Thabeet playing tennis to work on his footwork and quickness. So he is not wasting away his time. As i have mentioned a few times before, Thabeet has had some success playing with Finch, so that should get him some time on the court.
Also, this is the same team that went on an 11-4 game winning streak after the break. They played some good playoff teams during that stretch too. NO, ATL, Jazz, Celts and Spurs were all wins. So what is to stop them from doing this at the beginning of the season?
Roster - The starting rotation as it stands should not decrease in production injury barring. added good players through the draft that will either contest for roles, or make the current starters fight to keep their minutes... which makes the team better. Young post players should develop and improve. Out of Hill/Thabeet/ Patterson I would say one of out those three should add quality minutes and improve the post play. If they can get consistency out of Hill or Thabeet, then they have improved that much more. However, I dont expect much out of those two. +4 Wins Coaching - Will most likely cost the team a few wins, BUT McHale and co. will also have more focus on player development and use post players and defensive play will be used much more effectively than Adelman. All in all.... -2 Wins Rest of the West - The West currently has three levels of teams. The top dog contenders - LA, OKC, Dallas The Middle of the Pack - SA, Memphis, Portland The low level playoff teams - Utah, Houston, Denver, Phoenix, NO Everyone else- LAC, MIN, SAC, GS, etc. -With the Rockets projected to be about two to 4 games improved in the regular season, I believe NO, Phoenix, and SA will decrease in wins leaving the 7th and 8th spot very attainable for the Rockets. Yes, i believe they SHOULD make the playoffs
Yeah, but they still have to adjust to new coaches and a new system. Theirs also other teams in the west like the Clippers (Griffin, Gordon and Jordan) that will be a lot better come this season, making it more competitive to get into the playoffs. If it were up to me I wouldn't even concern myself with the playoffs with this young team. I would instead focus on their development, by having them learn through playing. Which from listening to McHale in the past looks like they might do....
Les Alexander and D Morey will soon appreciate Adelman a lot more. Look what happened to Sacramento after he left them. I think we're gonna be the new Minnesota, Sacramento, Toronto of the league, where we'll be having a new coach every year and be in the bottom five of the league. This team has exceeded his potential under Adelman, and unless we make major changes we won't be anywhere near the playoffs.
mostly agree with the rest of your post but zero chance we'll be seeing lots of coaching changes with Les as the owner. Alexander will hang on to a coach until his contract expires.
I understand that it takes a while to adjust to new coaching, but it has been said that Finch runs the same offense as Adelman. Also, at the beginning of the season, they will still be using Adelmans system for the most part. This team as constructed, imo, is already better than the Clippers. They should easily make the playoffs.
Adelman is gone. Get over it already. Is he a better coach than McHale.... sure. are Adelmans assistants better than McHale's..... I personally dont think so. Actually, I would argue that McHale's crew in total could succeed Adelman's because of the diversity in what they bring to the table. Its exploratory in the nature of NBA coaching to have have a team of coaches who WERE NOT FRIENDS BEFOREHAND and have very different backgrounds and skillsets, but it could turn out to be genious. Or it could fail and they win 40 games again. Either way, STOP CRYING OVER ADELMAN. Look, the team will play better defense, but might not be as effective on offense. Honestly, I think they might suffer a couple more losses this season due to coaching decisions, but for what they lose they will mostly gain back in development, talent upgrades, and better defense. Is Adelman a hall of fame coach.... Yes. Is he the ONLY reason why the team won 40+ games the past two seasons... NO. If you think they are going to be the laughing stock of the NBA then you need to find a new team forum to hate on and go watch the movie 2012.
It all depends on the length of the season. If shorted to around 50 no. If a full 82, yes. I don't see all of the negativity. We have a core group who was successful last year and I think that Thabeet will develop into a shot blocking and rebounding machine. He stated many times that Memphis never really gave him a chance, they just stashed him on the bench if he made a mistake. He will have his chances with this new era of Rockets basketball. Like it or not, he (and Montejunas if not stashed overseas) are our only legit 7 footers at the moment. Hill has shown improvement over in the off-season and so has Pat Pat. Lowry has another chance to exceed his play from last season. I think T-Will will finally breakout this season, head case or not, the guy is talented. T-Will is probably our most athletic player and can slash to the hope at will. He is also a pretty good passer from what I've seen so far and is in . Scola, as just shown recently, is still a beast. Bud is pretty consistent, now can he step up defensively? McHale, even though having a brief coaching stint, is a people's coach, everything I've heard about him shows that he can inspire players and motivate them. He's one of the greatest players who teamed up with Bird and was a star/superstar during his time. Hall of famers should be able to motivate someone, even a head case like T-Will lol. Morris, seems to have the tools to be a star sooner than later. I believe all of our young players will have room to roam free in the believed to be Adleman style offense (that will be run under Finch). We should still have the same dynamic offense and with the centers we have, a somewhat improved defense. Though deemed busts now, we have 4 top 11 first round draft picks from 2009, they were choosen that high for a reason (Thabeet #2, Flynn#5, Hill#8, Williams#11). We have youth that can grow together (ala Thunder, Grizzlies). All in all, we have the right ingredients to make noise, and this to me stands true even without the star player that I think we will get soon!!
regurgitated in total for its redundant contradiction ... having spent your entire post on Adelman, its you who should "STOP CRYING OVER ADELMAN".
sure, but it was made in the context of April of last season, and being bumped in the context that we might not even have a season to play for. seems moot IMO
*FIXED* It all depends on the length of the season. If shortened to around 50 no. If a full 82, yes. I don't see all of the negativity. We have a core group who was successful last year and I think that Thabeet will develop into a shot blocking and rebounding machine. He stated many times that Memphis never really gave him a chance, they just stashed him on the bench if he made a mistake. He will have his chances with this new era of Rockets basketball. Like it or not, he (and Montejunas if not stashed overseas) are our only legit 7 footers at the moment. Hill has shown improvement over in the off-season and so has Pat Pat. Lowry has another chance to exceed his play from last season. I think T-Will will finally breakout this season, head case or not, the guy is talented. T-Will is probably our most athletic player and can slash to the hope at will. He is also a pretty good passer from what I've seen so far and is in his 3rd yr . Scola, as just shown recently, is still a beast. Bud is pretty consistent, now can he step up defensively? McHale, even though having a brief coaching stint, is a people's coach. Everything I've heard about him shows that he can inspire players and motivate them. He's one of the greatest players who teamed up with Bird and was a star/superstar during his time. Hall of famers should be able to motivate anyone, even a head case like T-Will lol. Morris, seems to have the tools to be a star sooner than later. I believe all of our young players will have room to roam free in the believed to be Adleman style offense (that will be run under Finch). We should still have the same dynamic offense and with the centers we have, a somewhat improved defense. Though deemed busts now, we have 4 top 11 first round draft picks from 2009, they were choosen that high for a reason (Thabeet #2, Flynn#5, Hill#8, Williams#11). We have youth that can grow together (ala Thunder, Grizzlies). All in all, we have the right ingredients to make the playoffs, and this to me stands true even without the star player that I think we will get soon!!
