He got a lot of flack for things like sticking with Perkins vs. Miami. But it seems he is making more reasonable in-series lineup changes nowadays. Ibaka' return is big of course but he also made other changes like sitting Sefolosha.
Somewhat...he's actually made great adjustments from half to half and game-to-game, mainly changing the rotating and playing the young guys. He's changed his strategy to shut down the perimeter. Having Ibaka helps...
He sat Thabo. He deserves credit for that even though it should have happened during the season. Should have sat Perkins a bunch during the season and given more time to Adams. One move doesn't absolve Bonehead of being slow-witted and uncreative.
Right answer is here. Broken clock is right twice a day. and spare me the but but but but Clutch City crap from a certain someone.
you don't like the truth or Rockets history? It is true. Scott Brooks was part of Clutch City, he knew there were worse things than being down 0-2 to the Spurs
I never liked him, at all. Thought the Thunder would never win a ring with him, still stand by that. But, he has coached a great last 2 games this series.
Coaching Westbrook would need more patience than most coaches have, that's for sure. The whirling dervish is always capable of winning a game for both teams on the court.
I live in OKC so I'm around the fans all the time here. He finally made the changes that every fan was calling for 2 months ago. You can give him credit sure, but the fact is that the average fan here already knew it needed to be done before these playoffs even started. The Thunder fans here can't stand him. They can't wait for a new coach, but aren't likely to get one anytime soon.
Rockets fans like to call Brooks garbage and compare him with McHale. BIG LOL Brooks is on a much different higher tier. Brooks is at worst a top 12 coach while the cluless incompetent lousy embarassment to the Rockets McHale is a bottom 5 coach.
Another coach who'll never receive his due credit. "The homeless man on the corner could do his job and have the same success!" <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Scott Brooks isn't as bad as his critics suggest. <a href="https://twitter.com/Pflanns">@Pflanns</a> takes the stand in defense of the Thunder coach. <a href="http://t.co/E4effIHel2">http://t.co/E4effIHel2</a></p>— SB Nation NBA (@SBNationNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SBNationNBA/statuses/471648204564733952">May 28, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Scott actually made changes that helped the team...inserting Jeremy Lamb into the rotation and putting Reggie Jackson into the starting lineup. Also, these players have gained confidence playing at home in game 3 and 4. Now they must have it carry over to San Antonio. But the San Antonio big 3 plus Kawhi are due for a good game collectively. I expect them to be fired up in San Antonio.
Mchale outcoached him in a playoff series? His adjustments are always years late? Hours and hours and hours of Kendrick Perkins, effectively rolling out one of the worst starting lineups in the league whilst having the mvp in that lineup?
But these "changes" should be of the common sense ilk You have 15 players for a reason. You will probably not go that deep but you should at least develop/utilize 5-6 players from your bench so that when the time comes you can actually use at least 3 in the playoffs. Sitting Thabo and Perkins was something Brooks should have done a long time ago. Did these boneheaded moves cost them a championship in years past? Absolutely not. Could it have cost them this year? Absolutely yes. The biggest confidence booster was Ibaka coming back plain and simple. Without him back, switching lineups would have been inconsequential.
To his credit, I feel a lot of coaches would have squandered away Westbrook's potential by keeping him in a box. Or they simply wouldn't deal with him and he would have been traded.
