lol reading these comments is sometimes so pathetic, the JVG lovers just can't let it go and wish Adelman luck! JVG is fired! Adelman is here!
LOL! That's what I was thinking too. Also, quiet a few NYers on this board are ardent Gundy supporters. The rest must be Gundy's relatives because honestly I cant' see how you could defend him after failing to get out the first round in 4 years.
Regardless, it's his team. If he's rolling his eyes and sighing half the time while watching Rockets games, he's going to make a change. The Game 7 loss just gave him the catalyst to do so. Win or loss, that last series of ours was almost unbearable to watch, any Rocket fan or otherwise would tell you that. What do think would have got better ratings, GS vs. Phx or Utah vs. SA? The former by a landslide obviously. I don't think I'm even going to watch the Finals this year... Sorry, but I'm with Les on this one, the NBA is really about entertainment when it's all said and done with IMO... I already have confidence in this team to win, but of course, there is room for improvement there as well. Hopefully, that's the other side of the RA coin.
I really really really liked Van Gundy. He's a guy I never missed when he was on the radio. He cared so much about his team that it killed him and I dug that about him. He had an awesome personality (despite what Les thinks) and put everything he had into the team. But sometimes you just have to make a change. Best wishes to JVG. It sucks really bad that it didn't work out here the way we all had hoped. I hope he has an awesome life and great career in whatever else he decides to do (whether that's coach again or not.) Best of luck to his family as well. Welcome to Houston Coach Adelman.
It's possible, but it dose not mean yao will be a better rebounder. If yao stay in the paint area all the time, and pace is faster, yao will have more chances to get rebounds. Also for offense rebounds, if yao does not have to post all the time, and he does not have to always run back to prevent fast breaks, he will get at least one or two more offense rebounds. Instead of geting 10 rbs from 20 potential ones, he may get 13 from 26.
Now that's the way this should have been handled. Sometimes, you do have to make a change and I see nothing wrong with them (Morey, Les & CD (he's still in the mix folks)) sitting down at the end of the season and telling JVG that while they appreciated everything he'd done, they felt that it was time to move in another direction and that he was being let go. Instead, Les meets with Adelman while JVG is still the coach and decides he wants to see uptempo basketball played at the TC so Rick's his new best coaching friend. This pig stinks no matter how much spin and lipstick they may put on it tomorrow when they announce "a new era for the Rockets". OK, that's his right as the owner due to the golden rule (whoever has the gold makes the rules). Funny, though, I recall just 4 years ago the owner wanting his teams to stop playing ISO ball and to play better defense so he hired JVG even though there were equally qualified candidates out there at the time but again, I digress...I keep letting historical facts cloud my judgement. My bad. All I can say is that Adelman had better be the basketball wizard many here believe him to be because if he isn't Uncle Les will be out looking for a new best coaching friend.
Right. That would be the same roster that JVG held back, correct? So, we really don't need to upgrade players because in the end, it was JVG who was responsible for what went wrong. I mean, it couldn't have been the players, could it? Look at how JVG was such a miserable failure at harnessing all of that vast basketball talent on the bench. Well not to worry! Getting Adelman just made us better because he will succeed where JVG failed, right? I'm kinda of getting pumped - the last basketball wizard I got to see was the Wizard Of Westwood, John Wooten, and that was a very long time ago.
I do not see anything wrong about this. If Adelman cannot do his job as we/les expect, he should be fired.
Hillboy, How will you feel if you see Adelman come in and install his offensive system, and players like Novak, Snyder and V-Span thrive? If Novak begins curling around the high post screen and nailing 18 footers (which is what he did in college), and Snyder gets out in transition and attacks the basket, and Billy comes in and runs the PnR to perfection, will it make you happy? Or will you be upset that JVG was fired? Look what is done is done, and you clearly think JVG was right about the players on the bench, and you very well may be correct. So, let's just see how it all plays out. DD
I don't think Adelman is a wizard. Also, I know it looks like things may have been fishy here, but the only source we have on the matter is the Chronicle. Therefore, I think we know nothing about what happened.
i think novak, vspan and snyder will naturally get more minutes. I actually think snyder would have played more if it hadnt been for his injury and him splitting the last couple of months with bonzi. Novak will be a year older and hopefully he works on his strength and overall mental aspect of the game b/c he just looked lost out there at times and he certainly got abused on defense. Vspan will get his chance. He has sat a year and watched, learned and improved (at least he should have and looked like he controlled the game better in his last few showings). Thats what most late 1st round picks do their rookie year.
Worst ... Hire ... Ever Yao can no more run and gun than Manute Bol could. Yao is too slow to get back and that is not coaching. Not to mention the fact that this will be Yao's 3rd coach in 6 years. A pathetic waste of an awesome talent. If we want to go up tempo, Yao is the dead weight (Unfortunately). In that style a trade for Garnett would be best and acquisition of Bibby. Garnett Hayes Battier McGrady Bibby
Wow! Let's see now: Adelman's system will make Novack capable of nailing those 3's and play (some) defense, give Snyder the ability to actually understand what to do out there on the floor (something he couldn't do at Utah & NO but they didn't have Adelman's "system") and "Billy" become a genuine NBA player in the mold of you-know-who at San Antonio. Yeah, that would be something to see alright. I am overcome with anticipation...
no...he ran a high post offense with divac rarely hitting the low post. the kings were definitely up tempo. in my mind, you run that kind of offense when you don't have the kind of talent we do in yao ming in the low post with higher percentage shots. when your guy is 7'6", you want that guy as close to the basket as possible.
