Because the talent of the team dropped steeply. This current team is just a bunch of (now overpaid) role players. Adelman must be dreaming to have the best center in the league paired with a top 5 player in TMAC.
what do you think? Okur played one on one on Yao. ...44% on 18 FGA. . vs Protland? Yao: 54.6% with only 11 FGA, and a win, without TMAC. which Yao was efficient? JVG one or Adelman one?
Under JVG Yao averaged about 32 minutes per game. During Adelman's first year as coach he got 37.2 included a 50+ minute (regular season) game and several 40 minute game and what do you know? Stress fracture. The first injury Yao has had that was not some fluke accident.
I'm not the moron that thinks he was not doubled. Joel Przybilla tried to guard him 1-1 and the coach was dumb enough to let him do it. jerry sloan never tried that.
Jus like any other stat freak u throw out some stupid irrelevant stat. Why look at pace & efficiency when you can just compare points per game between Adelman and JVG. Its easy, Adelman averages more possessions and play at a faster pace than JVG EVER did. The Rockets points per game is DRASTICALLY better including fast break point. I believe we were last in fast break points under JVG. LMAO...It's impossible to answer which young player I'd sign under JVG when i dont know who was available at the time. The problem was JVG didnt even TRY to bring in young players and develop them. He consistently went old and slow. You guys are being ridiculous. The Rockets are CLEARLY a better overrall team now under Adelman. The biggest difference is Adelmans PATIENT with young players like Aaron Brooks & Carl Landry. Outside of Luther Head, give me 3 players that JVG drafted and actually PLAYED in his tenure here?
Exactly right. JVG actually had the luxury of having Yao & Tracy together and STILL didnt get the job done. How much of a JVG nutbag do you have to be to not see the obvious..lmao
When will Rockets have another opportunity to have a combo like Yao-TMAC? Maybe never. Completely wasted Whoever hired JVG, traded for Rafer and did not get rid of Juwan Howard should be fired and go to hell after this life.
Maybe if JVG would have kept and played guys like Kelena Azubuike instead of keeping Ryan Bowen he might still be coaching in Houston. "Playing Rookies gets you fired"... Ooops....there it is !!! DD
DM >>> CD I think they're both exceptional coaches. JVG had the chance of accepting the one year deal. I think he still regrets not taking it.
Funny how some people constantly scream about how McGrady is a p***y and a terrible human being... then turn around and emphasize how important it is that Van Gundy had a healthier McGrady and didn't win in the playoffs. Yeah yeah, we know that. But Adelman had Scola and Landry instead of Juwan Howard and Ryan Bowen. Adelman had Ron Artest while Van Gundy had Luther Head. And look at this, games played Yao Ming: 06/07: 48, 07/08: 55 McGrady: 06/07: 71, 07/08: 66. Seems that between Van Gundy's last year and Adelman's first, the coaches had roughly the same amount of Yao and McGrady and achieved similar results. McGrady was healthier in 06/07, but the Rockets had more around talent in 07/08.
What was their record the year that Yao and Tmac were both out at the end? Like 34-48, right, and they both played a significant amount of games that year. What was the team's record last year with Yao and Tmac out all year? DD
