Chris Mannix: In trade pursuits, Ime Udoka ‘a real asset’ for Rockets

.... it doesn't.

Anyway, I'm not going to continue arguing with complete morons during the offseason while nothing is happening, it's a waste of time.

 

Just like players coaches can improve. Ime is just in his 40s did you see Chris Finch when he was the interim for Rick Adelman? Right now Ime is not good enough but tbh so is the team, Amen is 21 well for NBA coaches 40 is like 20.

At least Ime already has an area of strength (defense, street cred) he just needs to improve on roster mgt and offense.

 

Yes, I will take it all back if Ime will improve. The problem right now is I don’t think he thinks he needs to. He certainly has never acknowledged that he needs to do better. I would absolutely love it if he became a good offensive coach as well as the great defensive coach he already is.

 

Unless IMe learns how to develop and trust young players like Popovich did he will never win squat, he will overplay his favorites cause injuries because of it and fall short just like JVG and Tom Thibedeaux always did.

DD

 

The whole Ime thing is such a non issue, it's a simple fix with one offensive coordinator hire. We overachieved because of Ime, not the players.

 

Yes & no. There is a simple solution, like you mentioned. Will the Rockets and Ime admit this thus be willing to hand over the offense to an assistant coach. I have my doubts.

 

Regardless of that, the man deserves way more respect and the benefit of the doubt for what he's done with this team in 2 seasons. Swap out any player on our roster the last 2 seasons for anybody else and I guarantee you it has less of an impact than if you swap out Ime. He got us here, all the slander to prop up our "star" players who've never achieved star-level of season performance is ridiculous.

 

Whenever I see Thibodeaux on the sideline, I always think of his players, "40 mpg".

 

There have been a lot of good coaches that had fatal flaws that prevented them from wining when it mattered.

Ime is looking a lot like the Rick Adelman or Van Gundy's type who are unquestionably good coaches at a lot of things, but never win due to those fatal flaws.

Some Rockets fans are fine with that and will want to hang banners saying "Hey, at least we made the playoffs" and some Rockets fans set their sights higher.

 

For sure, man. It is also on Stone for building such an imbalanced roster. I am willing to see what Ime can do with a team that has some offensive talent. Right now, all eyes should be on Stone.

 

You might be misremembering if you think Popovich didn't set standards and expectations for play.... Popovich would have also not have played Reed and Cam if they didn't meet the standards.

 

Come on dude.... this is still the early part of the rebuild. We literally overachieved most Rockets fans expectations and definitely the expectations of NBA fans.

Y'all are worried issues that are ahead of our current spot. Lets see how this offseason goes.

 

It truly is. It's a byproduct of expectations leaping too far ahead of reality.

 

What, you mean Amen isn't the greatest player who ever lived, Sengun a demigod and both just held back by our evil GM and coach?

 

I really don’t get the Ime hate by some of you. This franchise has been completely turned around in a short time and Ime is a huge reason why. Players sell out for him.

Does the offense need some adjustments? Yes. That will come with coaching and personnel. Ime is well aware that he can be better too.

For everyone complaining about playing the young guys… How many young guys can he play? Reed and Cam will get there when the time is right.

 

It's like they forget what some of our players looked like before Ime started turning them from boys into men tbh. It might not have all worked out in the playoffs, but I'm not sure people realise how rare it is to seemingly have all but 1 player on the roster (Cam) buy in to the point that the mantra "sometimes you, sometimes me, always us" actually plays out on the court with no arguments on the team and everybody moving in sync. We're not OKC, we just drafted some players at the same time as them, Ime accelerated our rebuild at least 2 years compared to where we were at the end of the Silas era, people need to put some respect on his name.

 

Popovich played a 19 year old PG in Tony Parker, he also played an out of control Manu Ginobli, Pop recognized talent and lived with their warts as they learned because he knew it was the quickest way to getting to be a contender.

DD

 

The goal is not a winning team - the goal is a championship contender, and I don't believe IMe is a championship level coach, yet - he got outcoached in the GS series and we lost to a weaker team.

He doesn't seem to count stats or Jabari would have been starting over Amen and playing more in that series......he overplays Green who shoots too much, is poor on defense and is mentally weak - and that is shocking, you don't win with players who are scared of big moments.

DD

 

Never forget the Hornets game. We had no business losing that game. Dissect that game and you'll see the same coaching deficiency that hasn't changed throughout the season. The only difference is Amen has gotten better

 

Just cherry picking a HOF/top 3 all time NBA coach as an example along with two HOF players.... Have you considered that Reed and Cam wouldn't have met Popovich's standards for getting more minutes?

Not to mention you are also dismissing the young players that have improved and developed under Ime.... as clearly you don't count Green, Sengun, Amen, Tari, and Bari.....