Sam learned from Doc, not the best teacher. Mario’s been out of the game. JVG is ancient history. Lucas or an assistant not named Hollins & Abdelfattah are an option OR an old fart who has not done much but puts bums in the seats at TC.
how come abdelfattah not b given a chance? man shows he could coach the d-league to a championship, man must have experience with youngsters.
For the balance of the season - I'd go with Lucas. for next year and to take over the develop process of the rebuild 1. Kenny Atkinson - great with young players and development; long-term solution 2. Jacque Vaughn - will be hard to pry away from Nets now but would offer long-term solution 3. Adrian Griffin - like his grooming under Nurse - defensive minded - long-term solution 4. Kelvin Sampson - the basketball would be ugly - but given our rebounding - he'd make these guys scrappy and defensive minded and can get through to young players.. not sure how long he has left in the tank coaching but could feasibly be a long-term solution 5. Terry Stotts - will raise the bar over sir smiles (not hard to do) but short term solution for 2-3 development years @Nook @Clutch what say you?
disagree. Tilman reduced costs when it made sense too. The rockets are ahead of schedule with the talent they’ve accumulated in rapid succession. That’s likely to the detriment of the current coach and gm as it’s time to get steadies hands to guide the ship. I’d be tempted to retain stone in an advisory capacity so he can learn more - but think both coach and gm are in over their heads when the fuse has already been lit (see what I did there?)
Highly likely Silas is fired in offseason IMO. Realistic replacement ranking 1. Atkinson 2. Sampson (Not sure he would leave UH) 3. Sam I Am 4. Hollins 5. Abdelfattah
Rebuilding years are not just about collecting data on players, but also your coaches. The smart move would be to fire Silas and give Abdelfattah the reigns post-all star break to see what he can do with these kids. Lucas would be a waste of time. We already know he is not HC material. But that’s too much of a logical move for this FO. Fully expect the front office to do the exact opposite, and allow Abdelfattah to become the next Nick Nurse situation.
You have to use Sam entire career on who he has learned from being around Rudy and Lue etc, Doc may be his most tenured but Cassell would bring what he has learned from all those coaches and moments played under others like G Karl etc Cassell or N Nurse is who the Rockets should look into if they move on from Silas Or if they really think outside the box they should reach out to coach K or P Hardaway or that former coach of Villanova
The Kenny Atkinson hype is amazing - never forget the 2018-19 Nets and the fact they finished 42-40. Always forget: every other team he had which was crap.
75-80% of coaching in the NBA is dependent on roster. When did you become so negative on everything? you hate the roster, hate the gm, hate suggestions for alternatives suggesting this team is the pits and nothing can solve it. you're on board for a player in another city more flawed than DD's posting. What happened? Did you catch your wife cheating and accidently shoot your dog aiming for sancho's knees?
Jay Wright would be amazing. I know Coogs fans will hate me, but I’ve wanted Kelvin Sampson to be the rockets head coach ever since he was our assistant. I think I’d pass on the drama of going after a coach K. But great suggestions! If Nick Nurse is available, he and Sam would be on a very short list for me…along with some of great coaches we have at the college level.
Sampson slipped my mind and he should be on list as well, yeah coach K is more like pipedream thinking outside the box, but may as well dream big Appreciate the feedback, great minds think alike
Isn't Quinn Snyder available. I mean he's not a championship coach but he can take you to the playoffs.
Gross. I'd actually take Stan Van Gundy first. Kelvin Sampson would be legit. Coach K would probably flop but he's used to dealing with young star types.
