Erik Spoelstra & Mike D'Antoni to share NBCA Coach of The Year

[duckbutta]

How many times in the 'history of NBAdom' has a team started 11-30 and then finished 30-11?

Wasn't Spo the coach of the team when they went 11 - 30 ?

It's like giving Spo all this credit for coaching himself out of a hole he coached himself in to...

 

[Brozay]

Wasn't Spo the coach of the team when they went 11 - 30 ?

It's like giving Spo all this credit for coaching himself out of a hole he coached himself in to...

Team wasn't expected to even be good

Who the hell values how a team starts over how they finish anyways smh

I'm going with the actual coaches around the league than the coli pundits

 

[DonKnock]

Kevin McHale took the Rockets from 34 wins
to 45 wins
to 54 wins
to 56 wins

Then got fired after a 4-7 start in 2015
The team finished 41-41 with Bickerstaff.

Then D'Antoni comes in and they win 55 this year.

What has D'Antoni really done?

Top 10 offense of all time

 

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Top 10 offense of all time

Sure, the Rockets are better offensively under D'Antoni.
And worse defensively.

If a Top 10 all-time offense only nets you the 3rd seed in your conference, there's something to be desired.

 

[FTBS]

Wasn't Spo the coach of the team when they went 11 - 30 ?

It's like giving Spo all this credit for coaching himself out of a hole he coached himself in to...

Exactly. That said, I can understand the other coaches giving it to him.

 

[MJ Truth]

Turned an 11-30 team and ended it 30-11 with one of the best records in the league in 2017. Tiebreakers killed us but Spo did a fantastic job and earned my faith.

Would have been tied for the 8th spot in the West

He coached the 11-30 team as well though.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Another blemish on LeBron's legacy. His former coach won coach of the year without him.

 

[DrexlersFade]

I see a new trend forming kinda like how all kids get trophies.

shyt should be Dantoni's only

 

[duckbutta]

Team wasn't expected to even be good

Who the hell values how a team starts over how they finish anyways smh

I'm going with the actual coaches around the league than the coli pundits

Bulls started 2 - 0 in the playoffs and everyone thought there was value in that

 

[Mic-Nificent]

Kevin McHale took the Rockets from 34 wins
to 45 wins
to 54 wins
to 56 wins

Then got fired after a 4-7 start in 2015
The team finished 41-41 with Bickerstaff.

Then D'Antoni comes in and they win 55 this year.

What has D'Antoni really done?

Helped get rid of Dwight Coward.

 

[GunRanger]

 

[street heat]

the heat had a great turn around, but i dont think spo should win because they were great half the year. what about the first half ? its impressive but still.....

 

[Colin X]

the heat had a great turn around, but i dont think spo should win because they were great half the year. what about the first half ? its impressive but still.....

I see what you're sayin but, a turnaround like that means he knew exactly what needed to change and be adjusted and the right way to execute it