Humility is a virtue and pride is a vice.
No way the Rockets hire him. Their problem was they could not hold anybody under 100 pts, I give D'Antoni credit for introducing the SSOL to the league which led to this 3 ball happy league but he's not the guy to fix Houston's problems. Van Gundy is the guy they need to hire.
With the options available to them I doubt that the Rockets will put themselves in a position in which they will continue to fail. All that Morey and the Rockets' front office needs to do is look at D'antoni's track record with a prime Steve Nash and his track record without a prime Nash. The only way I see D'antoni getting hired is if he gets these guys drunk and convinces them that he could turn James Harden into the 2005-07 Nash.
Humility is a virtue and pride is a vice.
Maybe Houston figures with D'Antoni at the helm they can at least make Harden league MVP by putting up ridiculous offensive stats in D'Antoni's offense. I guess you could argue if the problem with your team's defense is the players and not the coach, hiring a defensive minded coach would not solve anything and that the only option is to try and score even more points.
Regardless, I feel like Houston signing D'Antoni continues to show how nebulous the head coach hiring process is in the NBA. Thibs to Minny. Luke Walton to the Lakers. Vogel to Orlando. Hornacek to the Knicks. Blatt to no one so far. Hard to predict any of this, outside of maybe Walton to the Lakers.
Looks better with a Stache.
You can't refer to him as Mr.Pringles anymore.
Humility is a virtue and pride is a vice.