Rockets: Houston Rockets are finalizing a deal to make Mike D'Antoni their coach

[313]

Great hire

I called it. Me.

[lefty]

I called it. Me.

[StrengthAndHonor]

I'm trying to find a positive spin on this one, obviously h-town hasn't even started fiddling with their roster but I suppose if they can get the right pieces and Harden goes back to MVP form (likely under D'Antoni's perimeter oriented style), Houston will be a solid 4-5 seed in the West with a potential to upset any of the Top 4 teams.

Good call too^

[da_suns_fan]

Obviously D'Antoni has his flaws but the reaction is ridiculous.

Who should the Rockets have hired? Who wouldnt get said reaction?

Just another solid take by myself.

[da_suns_fan]

Good call too^

And yours was your usual level of tiness.

Mike D'Anotni has taken Chris Pauls place in your eifell tower, yes?

Harden on one end. D'Antoni on the other:

[DPG21920]

I like the hire if a few things go along with it.

1. They find a way to get rid of Harden.
2. They aggressively pursue a PG who fits his style. I honestly don't know who it would be, but one at least competent enough to run his system.
3. He plays Motiejunas big minutes.

I think fans, especially on these boards, think it's a win it all or it's failure type of approach for every team. That's not the case with Houston. I don't think this hire should be viewed as to whether it will help them win a championship or not. Or even get them to a legitimate contender level. To me, it's a hire to get away from the stagnant crap the pair of Howard and Harden developed into. To me, it's a cultural and systematic change to get away from pure one-on-one iso Harden ball. That's why I think it's imperative to move him. If they trade Harden and pretty much start all over, at least things will be interesting. And if they get some nice young pieces that fit, they could even be entertaining, even if they suck. If I were a Houston fan, I'd be so over Harden and Howard.

Trade Harden and I do like the hire.

Yikes.

[DPG21920]

Jam I think they should be careful of getting rid of Harden.
Right now, I agree poor fit. But I think they should least talk to Harden (before trading him) and seeing if he is willing to buy in to what Mike D is selling.
If he buys in maybe he could be iso Joe Johnson on Steroids the way JJ was when he was with the SSOL Suns ...
IF he balks at playing alongside a PG and giving up the heavy iso dribbles then I would agree dish him even if it's for 75 cents on the dollar.
But you shouldnt give away talent liek that wothout even trying ...

My fear if they do trade Harden Lakers would offer some of your pieces to get a "star" and then Luke would probably be pissed.

Right on here.

[StrengthAndHonor]

And yours was your usual level of tiness.

Mike D'Anotni has taken Chris Pauls place in your eifell tower, yes?

Harden on one end. D'Antoni on the other:

Dude, I'm not CN.

[Chris]

I know people don't like three first names here but you can't over look his impact in the league. He made passing cool again and really provided a lot of European coaching influence. Pop most definitely copied from him.

Sure his defense sucked and his offense is way too PG dependent and it's all pick and roll and kick, but he still makes the top half of nba coaches.

The fit with rockets though is PG to run the system, maybe harden could be that role but he is too selfish for that. The defence will be worse than last year, which is already pretty bad. Dwight can't get in that system at all unless it's a harden Dwight pick and roll every time down the court. The rockets also don't seem to have enough shooters to run that system.

Overall, I think dantoni is a decent coach but a horrible fit.

Amb called it

[Caltex2]

I could not have predicted this would work out so well. I thought getting tot 50 wins would be a good year and while they may not get there, it looks like they may 60 halfway through the season.

[benefactor]

Jammy with the rare bads tbh

[StrengthAndHonor]

Amb called it

Can you read?

[ambchang]

Amb called it

Nah, I thought D'antoni would be a horrible fit (mostly due to Dwight and Harden's selfishness), but I was off on Harden unwilling to share (felt he could be, but was unwilling), wrong on defense (they stayed pretty much stagnant), and off on the Rockets not having the shooters (they didn't have Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon when D'antoni signed, but even with them, I wouldn't expect that type of production from the two of them).

[lefty]

Dude, I'm not CN.

[Chris]

Can you read?

What are you disputing? He was the only one to mention the possibility of Harden running the point which ended up being a genius move by Dantoni. Yes he put qualifiers on it but no one was in that stratosphere.

[Chris]

Nah, I thought D'antoni would be a horrible fit (mostly due to Dwight and Harden's selfishness), but I was off on Harden unwilling to share (felt he could be, but was unwilling), wrong on defense (they stayed pretty much stagnant), and off on the Rockets not having the shooters (they didn't have Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon when D'antoni signed, but even with them, I wouldn't expect that type of production from the two of them).

Most of us thought Mike D would fail terribly give yourself some credit

[RsxPiimp]

come on, it's d'antoni tbh. he made kendall marshall really good the only surprise is how well the rockets are playing defensively.

[ambchang]

come on, it's d'antoni tbh. he made kendall marshall really good the only surprise is how well the rockets are playing defensively.

Yeah, D'antoni turns chicken into chicken salad every where he went, except with the Lakers. I mean, he turned every single back court player he had into something much better than they really are, again, except with the Lakers.

[Chris]

Yeah, D'antoni turns chicken into chicken salad every where he went, except with the Lakers. I mean, he turned every single back court player he had into something much better than they really are, again, except with the Lakers.

The Kobe Effect

[313]

The Kobe Effect

[JamStone]

Damn, superbads on my part.

I would have never imagined Harden having this type of season as a pseudo point guard on offense. Big ups to him and D'Antoni making it somehow work up to this point.