the worrisome direction coach RA leads this team to

I am very agree with you about the two poor defenders in the backcourt of Rockets is one reason for our poor defence. Another reason i think is coach RA's style. Coach RA's style is alway attack likely, he is never be a good coach for defence.

 

And so, i think in the next season, AB should not be a first player but lowry should play first. As AB's health is a so big short point for our defence and lowry is more fitable for the whole team. AB's speed and attack is more suitable to be a substitute.

 

What does AB's health have to do with anything? AB has never had a problem staying healthy. Has he even missed a game all season long?

 

Did you not read Tango's post in the previous page? He just showed that Adelman's teams were as good, if not better, defensively as JVG's. In fact, you can go back to Adelman's Portland and Sacramento teams and see that there were only a few seasons when he did not have a good defensive team.

People just assume that if a coach is good at offense, he must suck at defense. Adelman has good defensive assistants to help him.

One thing you can say about Adelman is that, unlike JVG, he is willing to take on and play good offensive players who are not very good at defense, if he thinks the players' net impact is positive.

 

You are posting a reply to agree with yourself?? Do you have multiple personalties?

 

everyone stop killing van gundy...he has been gone three years, and he never says anything bad about adelman, morey or the rockets

 

I agree with you 100%. Yao will improve our defense but AS WE HAVE A COACH who's teams are certainly not known for defense, we will need a major shake up, producing a couple of tough athletic scorers and a playmaker Point Guard. ( Possibly JR might be that person).

We could start next season missing:
Scola, Battier, Hays Andersen, Armstrong.

To get something we must be prepared to trade something!

PSI want to see Coach Tom from Boston on our Staff!!

 

EDIT: ....and what do you base your statement on Adelman on???

 

This is why I don't see why we should keep Yao. He is freakin' awesome, but has poor stamina and costs a boatload of money. Its just poor economics.

Its like paying kobe bryant to play 25 minutes a game. Its really helpful to the team, but its not enough to win championships. You need a player that can push 36-40 min a game...like The Dream...although he was one of a kind.

 

Because in that 25 minutes, teams will have to game around stopping him. Yao, changes the entire dynamics about what you can do in the post and we legit PFs like Scola and hopefully a better developed Hill, outside threats like Brooks, Martin and Ariza teams won't know where to go. Nor will their own bigs be able to back ours down or shoot over them easily.


In a NBA, where legit centers are disappearing and PFs are being called centers, how the heck do you let go of one of best offensive centers and tallest in years?

 

Even before we lost Yao, our defense had already been slipping. RA is an offensive-minded coach, so this was bound to happen.

 

It's amazing how even after you have posted hard evidence on Adelman's defensive ranking, people just continue on perpetrating the myth of "Adelman is an offense only coach" without missing a beat.

 

A classic sign of a conspiracy theorist is that they find something that can't be explained and replace it with their own version of events, of which there is no evidence for.

I actually enjoyed reading your post, it's well thought out, but it's total speculation.

 

Sad but true. Ignorance is bliss. A simple check of defensive efficiency of Adelman teams vs....say D'Antoni or Don Nelson teams would open eyes but alas many folks think they are objective but don't really know what it actually takes to be objective.

 

To be objective and practical- just observe the Rockets playing games.
Without consulting , stats or professors, even the lay man or a child, can clearly see that our team has a poor defense and had slowly changed from being one of the top in the NBA to one near the bottom of the list. This change commenced with the arrival of Coach Adelman and the Adelman game plan.
I am hoping that Morey might notice this soon and get us coach Tom from the celtics, to coach defense.

 

no Yao, no Deke
actually Yao's presence fills the paint so opponents do not penetrate easily
but still we need a solid Center or PF if we want to contend

 

You do realize that our defense was better in RA's first year as head coach than in any of JVG's years right? You do realize that in 4 years as head coach JVG only produced one defense that was better than the one RA put on the floor last season right?

Furthermore you want to point to the loss of Artest as why our defense will just not be as good next season? I find this odd because so many on this board was pointing towards the fact that Ron had lost a major defensive step last season and could no longer guard the quicker guards in the league. Most of us thought Ron would be the Rockets best defensive player last season but at seasons end just about all of us knew our best defender was Shane Battier. Ariza is just as good a defender as Ron Ron. He is not as good in the post because he lacks Rons strength but he is better on the perimeter because he is much quicker. Both Ron and Ariza like to gamble and as a result get a lot of steals. Defensively Ron and Ariza are essentially a wash.

I am curious to know why you think the RA defense is so much worst than a JVG defense? Not just based on this season but based on their careers. Are you basing that on FG%? Points scored in a game? Points per Possession?

 

It still change the fact that he only coached one side of the ball, cheated on offense to help the defense, and his idea of basketball was ugly to watch.

BTW, I love him as a commentator. The best there is.

 

It is time for adelman to go. Also medical. I have never seen more injuries. Who is in charge of this?

 

He plays hayes too much