Mike D'Antoni Resigns

[BallSoHard]

So, what do you do? Bench Westbrook? The guy who got you to OT with a steal and dunk.

Give D Fisher more minutes and risk completely losing Westbrook and all the positive things he gives you too.

It's just not that easy IMO


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I don't know what makes Westbrook tick. It's a person by person basis. I can sure as hell tell you discipline would have been handled before the playoffs though.

[BallSoHard]

I personally thought the thunder should have tried to grab Chris Paul when we were trading him, for Westbrook, but it didn't happen.

[MichaelMcNamara]

I personally thought the thunder should have tried to grab Chris Paul when we were trading him, for Westbrook, but it didn't happen.

Agree. And I also think they should have re-signed Harden and moved Westbrook once Harden's contract kicked if they had to trade one of the 4

[NDHornet]

The Thunder performed pretty poorly in the playoffs last year against Memphis when Westbrook was out and Durant was the main man.

Unfortunately for them, I don't think they surpass the Grizzlies with or without Westbrook overexerting himself.

Scott Brooks isn't a bad coach; this is a nightmare match up for OKC

[pelicans_82-0]

WoW
I'm happy the hire D'antoni discussion ends.
He doesn't fit to our team (smh).
A great fit would be Golden State.

[ItIsRynosTime]

It's not like he was attending games or buying anything not Ryno related, anyway.

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Not true, I bought a Pelicans hat fairly recently from Lids.

[ItIsRynosTime]

I like the question "What has Diantoni done". Oh, just changed the way that offense is played in today's NBA that's all. I remember seeing a graph of average points per game for the NBA through all time. When the run and gun Suns took hole it changed the landscape of the entire league. Championship or not the guy's system changed how we think about offense.
There are a tone of both positive and negative things to say about him but would his system work on our team? I think so. Would it work better than our current system? I think so. That still doesn't mean that I can turn a blind eye to other issues with him or that I think he is the answer. I also very much value stability so I think it'd be a lateral move to slight upgrade.

QFE

[ItIsRynosTime]

So, Monty running a terrible system with few reliable offensive weapons due to injuries had a more efficient offense than D'Antoni running his uber offense (while also having similar injury issues).

Thanks for looking that up!

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