Amick: Dantoni felt disrespected by organization, chose to quit on plane

ive yet to see anyone on this forum say how he was outcoached.

 

Fertita is the one behind the Westbrook disaster.

DD

 

"outcoached" and "doesn't make adjustments" are just things every fanbase says after their team loses, whether it means anything or not. just like the winning coach is somehow always a brilliant tactician (until he gets to the next round and loses because he has no clue what he's doing). somehow there's always another adjustment to make that would have solved things, as if a team hasn't been working on things all year and mostly figured out what they can do and what they can't and as if no strategy can be the best strategy if it didn't work. it can never just be that russell westbrook was terrible and no matter how much you adjusted, the lakers were just going to not guard him and muck everything else up.

ultimately, there's only so much adjusting that can be done if a player/players can't make certain basic plays like hitting any shot or driving into the paint without a turnover (much like us just leaving guys like dort or roberson open). we used him fairly well in the regular season when he would just drive and kick after traps on harden, but he seemed to lose that ability in the bubble or at least post-injury. at that point there's no where on the court to hide him because he'll always be left open to double other people. i guess we could have just not played him but it seems impossible to believe that we had a championship ceiling if we just benched our second best player so you just hope he gets better. he didn't.

that's not to say there's never something a team could have done differently but the adjustment angle feels wildly overstated to me. the vast majority of series and basically all championships are won by the team with more talent. it seems unlikely that they just all have the coaches who make the best adjustments as well.

 

Sorry Mike leaving Was right choice.Now we need someone who will hold everyone accountable that’s including Harden. Jeff Van Gundy or Sampson are the obvious choices. The culture of patients running the asylum needs to be abolished. If Harden or anyone plays with no energy you sit his ass

 

I actually don't see the Gordon deal as a big yikes. That contract is going to actually allow the Rockets to have salary to trade. I'd bet Morey paid Gordon so much partly for that reason.

 

I have told this story before but I was sitting near him at a bar and overheard him confidently assure his companion that Chris Paul was going to miss the third free throw on purpose with eight seconds left in this game https://www.espn.com/nba/playbyplay?gameId=400975466

 

This piece makes both Tilman and MDA look awful .

MDA finally grows a backbone and is “disrespected” gimme a break . Where was that fight , where was going to the press when we were being screwed vs the warriors?

MDA has massive flaws and I’m glad he’s gone . Tilman we will have to put up with . Hopefully Morey has one more rabbit up his sleeve and we can get / DEVELOP enough talent to keep competing

 

Eric Gordon has negative value on that contract...he will require assets to move, or get swapped for an equally sh*tty contract, just at a different position

it was a bad move

 

I think Mike leaving was also the right choice, but there is a certain amount of professionalism you need to treat your staff with to attract the very best talent. I think it's awful how Tilman treated the situation and Mike certainly deserves more respect than what he gave him.

There is a reason that we cannot compete with the Pat Riley, Doc Rivers, Jerry West, Jeanie Buss of the world. City obviously has something do with it, but even then, those individuals treat their organizations right. Look at NY, idiot owner and they can't attract top talent despite clearing cap space for superstars over the years multiple times.

I don't want to be the NY Knicks. Hell, I'll settle for staying status quo, but Tilman is shifting us in a bad direction here.

 

They’ve updated the wording slightly so now it says the culture reset is ‘expected to still include Morey’ so another report claiming he is probably safe. Can probably edit the thread title

 

interesting that the Rockets felt like they could've got Lebron James in free agency

 

We could probably use an equally bad contract at a different position. I'd gladly take the PF/C version of Gordon on a bad contract. If the alternative to spending that money is EG walking I'd rather spend the money. This team is capped out with a cheap owner.

 

Please be safe, Mike.

 

Gordon hasn't been good this season though.... value dropped.

 

Where was the piece about Lebron, must have missed it.

 

Doesn't matter to me. He can be useful to some teams and he's salary to trade. The Rockets have missed out on deals over the past year or two because they have no matching salaries to get one done.

 

On the Plane to the bubble?\
After Game 2?

Rocket River

 

Lakers tick off both boxes.

Adjustment and good coaching

Talented team

Not sufficient shooters is their only flaw but that could be overcome as percentages go down with the opponent.

 

The only problem is that Gordon is on the beginning of a 4-year, $80m extension. I guess that last year is not fully guaranteed, but still, that's quite a bit of money for any franchise to take on. I think we have to think of equally bad deals (or worse) that we can trade for, however the incoming player would bring a positive value for the franchise.

Al Horford is the guy I want considering how limited the market will be for Gordon. Kevin Love is another option.

The problem will be matching salaries.