<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources: Before deal talks w/ Mike D'Antoni, one final hurdle today: Houston's second interview with Stephen Silas. <a href="https://t.co/AoR7BgKBBE">https://t.co/AoR7BgKBBE</a></p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/733329341686394880">May 19, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that this guy would probably be a better choice. Of course, before this past season, I would have said the same thing about JBB, that he would obviously be better than MDA. And we all know how THAT went. Can someone give a good cliffs-notes version of what would make Silas a good HC here?
clearly either way we go, D'Antoni or Silas, we are getting ready to REBUILD AROUND JEREMY LIN!!! total protonic reversal.
also thinking about it. I feel Dantoni might be head coach and Silas might be the top assistant. I feel this is very very likely
You could argue that JBB's 41-41 record is not really bad for his first season as coach. He managed to win 1 game against GSW (although without Curry), still not the worst resume tbh
Pros: He's "fresh" blood (ie not a retread) Cons: He's "fresh" blood (ie could be another Morey/FO puppet — He's new, let's pick his assistants, lets tell him this is how we're gonna play. More of the same?)
I'd much rather we go with Silas than D'Antoni. He's more of a wild card, but he likely has better upside. Plus if we can't turn things around for a few years, I'd rather hire a 42 year-old coach who's hungry for his first opportunity as head coach than a 65 year-old who's had multiple stops(the last 2 being failures) and wants to win now.