Not enough minutes for kcp, Rondo, Hart, Stephenson and you want to add more?
Awesome plan
Yea totally. Why would depth at a position of emphasis in today’s league be a good thing? Silly me. _________________ The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
I can’t believe D’Antoni made this scrub look decent. D’Antoni should demand a cut of his salary.
MDA gets knocked around by fans and the media, and I don't get it. He's made a lot of scrubs a lot of money through the years. Nobody expected the Rockets to be where they were last year, and I can't think of any other coach who could have done what he did with the Rockets. But instead of being celebrated for overachieving, he's always knocked for falling short. But the dude falls short with overachievers. He's never fallen short as the favorite.
He gets the most out of his teams because he doesn't buy into the cliche of "defense wins games." Yeah I said it, that's a cliche. Offense wins games, and even more offense if you're the Warriors. MDA doesn't get on the mic and preach defense just because he knows that's what you want to hear. Other coaches do that because they know what's exactly what you want to hear like Byron, Mike Brown and now Luke Walton. Has any of those 3 coaches deliver a great defensive team? MDA is just real, and I've never understood the hate. While the Pat Rileys and PJ's of the world who hoard hall of fame greats on their roster gets all the love.
Agreed. MDA has preached this recent NBA trend for many years. Ahead of his time. With the right pieces he is a formidable coach. Since when is getting the best out of your players a bad thing? But the operative part is ‘right pieces.’ We all saw what he did with the wrong pieces. Not very adaptable, which has limited his success with that philosophy. _________________ The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
I can’t believe D’Antoni made this scrub look decent. D’Antoni should demand a cut of his salary.
MDA gets knocked around by fans and the media, and I don't get it. He's made a lot of scrubs a lot of money through the years. Nobody expected the Rockets to be where they were last year, and I can't think of any other coach who could have done what he did with the Rockets. But instead of being celebrated for overachieving, he's always knocked for falling short. But the dude falls short with overachievers. He's never fallen short as the favorite.
He gets the most out of his teams because he doesn't buy into the cliche of "defense wins games." Yeah I said it, that's a cliche. Offense wins games, and even more offense if you're the Warriors. MDA doesn't get on the mic and preach defense just because he knows that's what you want to hear. Other coaches do that because they know what's exactly what you want to hear like Byron, Mike Brown and now Luke Walton. Has any of those 3 coaches deliver a great defensive team? MDA is just real, and I've never understood the hate. While the Pat Rileys and PJ's of the world who hoard hall of fame greats on their roster gets all the love.
Agreed. MDA has preached this recent NBA trend for many years. Ahead of his time. With the right pieces he is a formidable coach. Since when is getting the best out of your players a bad thing? But the operative part is ‘right pieces.’ We all saw what he did with the wrong pieces. Not very adaptable, which has limited his success with that philosophy.
Sadly we got rid of him for Byron Scott "old school" RIGHT when the NBA took off in that direction and the Warriors became NBA Championship material. Talk about bad timing. But the fans were screaming for Phil the Triangle and Scott too. So it's not like they weren't late to the party as well and living on the idea that if Phil was here instead of D'Antoni that the 2012 Lakers would have won the chip. _________________ How NBA 2K18 failed the All-Time Lakers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxMBYm3wwxk
I can’t believe D’Antoni made this scrub look decent. D’Antoni should demand a cut of his salary.
MDA gets knocked around by fans and the media, and I don't get it. He's made a lot of scrubs a lot of money through the years. Nobody expected the Rockets to be where they were last year, and I can't think of any other coach who could have done what he did with the Rockets. But instead of being celebrated for overachieving, he's always knocked for falling short. But the dude falls short with overachievers. He's never fallen short as the favorite.
He gets the most out of his teams because he doesn't buy into the cliche of "defense wins games." Yeah I said it, that's a cliche. Offense wins games, and even more offense if you're the Warriors. MDA doesn't get on the mic and preach defense just because he knows that's what you want to hear. Other coaches do that because they know what's exactly what you want to hear like Byron, Mike Brown and now Luke Walton. Has any of those 3 coaches deliver a great defensive team? MDA is just real, and I've never understood the hate. While the Pat Rileys and PJ's of the world who hoard hall of fame greats on their roster gets all the love.
Agreed. MDA has preached this recent NBA trend for many years. Ahead of his time. With the right pieces he is a formidable coach. Since when is getting the best out of your players a bad thing? But the operative part is ‘right pieces.’ We all saw what he did with the wrong pieces. Not very adaptable, which has limited his success with that philosophy.
Sadly we got rid of him for Byron Scott "old school" RIGHT when the NBA took off in that direction and the Warriors became NBA Championship material. Talk about bad timing. But the fans were screaming for Phil the Triangle and Scott too. So it's not like they weren't late to the party as well and living on the idea that if Phil was here instead of D'Antoni that the 2012 Lakers would have won the chip.
Getting rid of MDA at that time was the right call. He would have had us consistently picking between 7&10 because he got too much out of his rosters. Gettingn the tank commander was the right call in hindsight due to his ability to get us the picks we needed.
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Runway8 wrote:
CandyCanes wrote:
I can’t believe D’Antoni made this scrub look decent. D’Antoni should demand a cut of his salary.
MDA gets knocked around by fans and the media, and I don't get it. He's made a lot of scrubs a lot of money through the years. Nobody expected the Rockets to be where they were last year, and I can't think of any other coach who could have done what he did with the Rockets. But instead of being celebrated for overachieving, he's always knocked for falling short. But the dude falls short with overachievers. He's never fallen short as the favorite.
He gets the most out of his teams because he doesn't buy into the cliche of "defense wins games." Yeah I said it, that's a cliche. Offense wins games, and even more offense if you're the Warriors. MDA doesn't get on the mic and preach defense just because he knows that's what you want to hear. Other coaches do that because they know what's exactly what you want to hear like Byron, Mike Brown and now Luke Walton. Has any of those 3 coaches deliver a great defensive team? MDA is just real, and I've never understood the hate. While the Pat Rileys and PJ's of the world who hoard hall of fame greats on their roster gets all the love.
It’s pretty much Popovich, Brad Stevens, and then D’Antoni among top coaches right now. Like you, I have no idea why people bash on him so much. _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
Wait a minute, That guy is still in the league? I fully expected to next hear his name on one of those "Where are they now?" episodes slinging Hyundai's in Gardena. _________________ I'm On point, On task, On message, and Off drugs. A Streetwise Smart Bomb, Out of rehab and In denial. Over the Top, On the edge, Under the Radar, and In Control. Behind the 8 ball, Ahead of the Curve and I've got a Love Child who sends me Hate mail.
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I fully expected to next hear his name on one of those "Where are they now?" episodes slinging Hyundai's in Gardena.
I imagine the price would be right. Adios Zu? Beasley?
