We haven't improved enough to not be a bottom 5 lotto team and it's going to be the same next year. The sad thing is even though we have the cap space next off-season but there aren't any big free agent signings that will make us an instant playoff team.
KPJ was generally regarded as a high lottery pick but with major maturity issues. And, you can develop more than 1 guy at a time, if Brad Stephens was the coach here instead of Silas I doubt we would be having these issues. DD
Let's be honest here. Go back and read. He had many question marks beyond the off the court ish. Was not considered a lottery pick. Most saw him as a talented scorer who had issues with shot selection, turnovers and BBIQ.
There really not much he can do. I mean your coaching top draft picks, the problem is within the fan base. Houston loves winners, but nobody wants to remember the warriors when they drafted klay and curry warriors was complete trash and they struggled. It's hard but in due time Green/Porter/Jabari/ Segun will be destroying the league soon, let's give this team some time. Jalen and Jabari are putting great numbers for rookies 2nd year players. Positive .. Growing pains suck, they will jell in due time.
To be fair his father Paul took over the head coaching position a few days before Christmas from Larry Brown. But you're definitely right about the nepotism. I'd like to know exactly what they see in him.
Stephen Silas has already proven that he is a very good assistant coach at the NBA level. He has been promoted and had success over the years as an assistant. He was close to getting an NBA head coaching job 5-6 years ago. If the Rockets fire him this off season, he will have no problem getting a job as a top assistant. The question with Silas has been for years whether his personality and knowledge lends its self to being a successful NBA head coach.
He is charismatic, has a lot of experience and success as an assistant. Players in general like him and he has worked with a lot of successful players and worked will with Carlisle (who is a great X/O coach). The problem is that he doesn’t have the personality or fire of really successful HEAD coaches. He also has some very bizarre ideas about line up configuration. He is impressive to meet and likely interviews well…but he doesn’t handle adversity well…. The constant hanging of his head in press conferences was a major red flag. The losing wasn’t about him, and he showed no confidence in his players. He isn’t a leader.
Improvement? Over the off-season from last year, so far the team has improved. We have improved our team’s rebounding, turnover and free throw shooting from last year. The reason we are not winning is, not playing as a team and we do not have a closer-to close out games. We have improved from last year and I’m glad we traded Wood away, but we need to shoot the ball better. Our field goal % is terrible and our team’s assist production is terrible as well. We cannot have Jabari’s shooting 3 for 14 every game, he needs to be limited 10 shots a game and concentrate on his negative traits. Give the ball more to Sengun, get him more involved in the offense because he is a elite passer. Also, either Sengun or Porter needs to be trained to close out games to win, not Gordon.
I think you are right on the leadership angle. The biggest failure of his to me his inability to extract any kind of discipline from this team. They look like a mess on the court. I don't think it's his x's and o's as much as it is his ability to get his players to believe in what he is asking them to do. They look robotic and predictable out there. Part of that might be the offensive schemes, but definitely part of it seems to be they are very hesitant overall.
The problem is that players do not believe that he will hold them accountable and further that Silas has no consistency in his actions. He clearly has favorites and they get away with more than other players do. At this point, the younger players also know that Silas won't be here long term.
seems like a bad situation for development not playing to win now questionable accountability system and no clear plan for the future JC outplayed green at the beggining of last year , yet Green got 30mpg to JC's sporadic pt . Garuba , eason , and garuba all outplaying smith so far ... same scenario Sengun has shown some real prowess and the level of trust and responsibility he gets from coaches is very low beyond sengun it must be killing tate ( tho i guess he's been out ) to still be on a **** team. Its wearing on eric a bit too it seems . I thought with Wood gone we'd be on the same page . IDK if Silas knows where he wants to take us
"There has to be a level of improvement" + "We were hard to play against" = We'll show improvement enough to keep my job but not enough to win a game. I can't hand you the win right away and you have to earn it. I'm going to make it so tough, so tough that you won't be hitting too many Home Runs against us this year, but I'm a kind person, so kind that I'm not catching any steals either. By the way, you guys all misunderstood about what I've been saying a level of improvement. I never say this is about the players, this is all about me. Stop Whamming and embrace the emergence of Wemby to our team. Opps, bare remind I'm an offensive genius coach and I don't tank. Okay?
This is why the concept of "rebuild" should only be heard by management and the fans. Coaches, if not winning is the goal, will put in the young development line ups but the players on the court at all times should be thinking about winning. They need to think they are better. Silas doesn't instill that type of mentality. He sets expectations for the players that it's okay to lose. Because of this complacency enters. Jalen Green should not be telling people in interviews that this team is in a rebuild and be patient. That tells me there is something fundamentally wrong between the coaching staff and the players. The players need to go on the court expecting to win and feel disappointed when they lose. I don't think Silas instills that confidence or expectation.
I see improvement Strange how people say that the Rockets have no business sniffing the Play-In tournament....yet expect us (Rockets) to beat playoff caliber teams (esp on the road?) Players need to adjust to the "so-called" depth perception issue that players claim are present from Toyota Center vs other venues. It messed with Ryan Anderson for years
