Mike D'Antoni Discussion: post in 7 seconds or less

The Rock wrote:I dont understand why he played Meeks only 9 mins tonight, especially with Kobe and MWP having no legs to play defense we could've used some energy to cheese those ORL shooters around screens. Also DNP for Hill?

havoc33 wrote:

Center Court wrote:are people really going to judge MDA on this?

His whole offense is based around Nash. Nash isn't playing so therefor he is IMO just sorta "running" until Nash comes back then he'll let Steve do his thing. Which is a HUGE difference. night and day.

Defensively, he's never been a great coach. That said, IMO it's more about effort then it is x's and o's. Not sure it will get a whole lot better until games mean something, but it's on the players right now.

Rotations.. IMO he's still figuring things out. Hopefully he can still work J Hill into 12 mpg and cut Kobe's mins to 32.

was Phil a better choice, yes. But it is what it is. Hopefully, this team hits a new gear with Nash and in turn focus more on hustle and desire on D.

Which is exactly why his system is flawed to begin with. It doesn't worry you that we are counting on a 50 year old Nash to save the season? If that is the case, it makes us extremely vulnerable.

IMO, with all this talent besides Nash there is no way we should be piling up losses in the way that we are doing right now. We should be able to adjust and win on a consistent basis. It looks like we are struggling because D'Antoni is not getting what he needs out of this roster because of the simple fact that our core players are too old. In other words, he's a bad fit.

Now, I didn't see last nights game yet, but why did Hill get a DNP? He is one of the few energy guys we have, and a good defender to boot. But of course, he doesn't fit with D'Antoni's offensive juggernaut gameplan, so he's already in the dog house, just like he was in New York.

Center Court wrote:

havoc33 wrote:

Center Court wrote:are people really going to judge MDA on this?

His whole offense is based around Nash. Nash isn't playing so therefor he is IMO just sorta "running" until Nash comes back then he'll let Steve do his thing. Which is a HUGE difference. night and day.

Defensively, he's never been a great coach. That said, IMO it's more about effort then it is x's and o's. Not sure it will get a whole lot better until games mean something, but it's on the players right now.

Rotations.. IMO he's still figuring things out. Hopefully he can still work J Hill into 12 mpg and cut Kobe's mins to 32.

was Phil a better choice, yes. But it is what it is. Hopefully, this team hits a new gear with Nash and in turn focus more on hustle and desire on D.

Which is exactly why his system is flawed to begin with. It doesn't worry you that we are counting on a 50 year old Nash to save the season? If that is the case, it makes us extremely vulnerable.

IMO, with all this talent besides Nash there is no way we should be piling up losses in the way that we are doing right now. We should be able to adjust and win on a consistent basis. It looks like we are struggling because D'Antoni is not getting what he needs out of this roster because of the simple fact that our core players are too old. In other words, he's a bad fit.

Now, I didn't see last nights game yet, but why did Hill get a DNP? He is one of the few energy guys we have, and a good defender to boot. But of course, he doesn't fit with D'Antoni's offensive juggernaut gameplan, so he's already in the dog house, just like he was in New York.

Jamison put up 33/15 the other night so clearly he deserves mins. Dwight needs his mins. It comes down to Pau needing mins at the C to be somewhat effective. If Pau can't play the 4 at all, then we have to slide him to back up C and use Antwan as the "Odom role". That means Hill gets no burn.

So right now Hill not getting any mins is a direct result of Pau not producing at all and needing to try and integrate him somehow.

As I've said, trading Pau fixes a ton of problems. Namely, giving Hill mins. If we could hyhpthetically trade him for a SF and young PF, then start Jamison I think we'd be better off. Sign Kenyon too.

Dwight/Hill/Sacre
Jamison/Martin/PF

GoldenKnight wrote:I'm beginning to wonder....

SeasonTicketHolder wrote:

GoldenKnight wrote:I'm beginning to wonder....

So am I...so am I. Hope D'Antoni can get something out of this team but I'm beginning to wonder...like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.

artuditu wrote:I'm sorry to tell but this team is full of talent. If it's so dysfunctional it can only be because of bad coaching.

trodgers wrote:Maybe this is some master plan that will pay huge dividends down the road. For the present, leaving Dwight in the game when they're fouling has lost us two games.