Stephen Silas ‘broke down in tears’ after a game earlier this year because he felt he couldn't connect with his team, per @WindhorstESPN

[Blackrogue]

They got a bunch of talented guys who play me first basketball. No ones gonna care what miraculous numbers they post if they keep getting beat like an illegitimate child. KPJ was talented but Cleveland kicked him to the curb. HE said Houston saved his life yet here he is buying grills while not being concerned about losing every day. Eric Gordon blatantly said theres no improvement. Wall said it was the worst. The coach is crying cause none of them give a damn and this dude Jalen is supposed to have next? Nah Kobe RIP would have been chewing these other guys out by now and taken leadership. Kobe would have been angry as fukk by now.

 

[Henry Orbit]

This just seems like a very toxic situation. Doesn't the GM come into his film sessions and overrule what he's trying to do?

Sucks for Stephen, I remember him for all of those years sitting next to his dad on the bench with the Hornets. Finally, after 15-20 something years, he gets his opportunity and this situation is going to send him back to being a career assistant.

 

[IIVI]

The team needed more vets. That was an error by their GM thinking someone like John Wall would be the main mentor a bunch of rookies needed.

Like there are coaching trees, there are veteran player trees: you need your star rookies to have better examples to follow on the teams they land on. That rant on his way out where he threw youngsters under the bus proved how bad Wall was as a veteran leader.

Should be some really good coaches this year though, but now they need vets to see if they can get these guys right. Point guard is a priority.

It's funny they got the extra pieces a great team needs (scorer, wing defenders, shooters, 6th man which is ideally KPJ, secondary playmakers, scrappy players, etc.), but not the main pieces: primarily a playmaker/pg/floor general and less so a true center.

Look at Sacramento, dramatic change is possible and even win-win trades are possible. They got talent, but now they got to polish then decorate it.

 

[BigTyme Records]

Whenever a team play HOU, WAS, Or ATL

Shyt be seeming like a exhibition game

 

[duckbutta]

Check still clearing though

 

[#1 pick]

They need to fire their GM. I am glad I don't have any Houston sports channels and they are blackout from my app

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

NBA need to do everything possible to keep Wemby out of Houston

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Houston has the most turnovers in the league, least assists, worst 3PT % and allow the most 3 PTers. It's a miracle they won 18 games

 

[RubioTheCruel]

The team needed more vets. That was an error by their GM thinking someone like John Wall would be the main mentor a bunch of rookies needed.

Like there are coaching trees, there are player/vet trees. You need your rookies to have better examples to follow on the teams they land on. That rant on his way out where he threw youngsters under the bus proved how bad he was as a veteran leader.

Should be some really good coaches this year though, but now they need vets to see if they can get these guys right. Point guard is a priority. It's funny they got the extra pieces that are nice to haves, but not the main pieces: primarily a playmaker/pg/floor general and less so a true center.

Look at Sacramento, dramatic change is possible and even win-win trades are possible. They got talent, but now they got to polish then decorate it.

You can't have an entire team of young knuckleheads that are only concerned about getting theirs.

They definitely need to ship KPJ out and bring in a guy like FVV or someone who can facilitate an offense.

 

[Instant Classic]

People underrate having the Pat Bev type of vets in a locker room. There are clearly no vets to help control the locker room. This is not the type of tanking you want because it's going to take multiple seasons to clean up. I wouldn't want a rookie to play in this environment

 

[Rekkapryde]

Silas getting his Van Jones on?

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

You can't have an entire team of young knuckleheads that are only concerned about getting theirs.

They definitely need to ship KPJ out and bring in a guy like FVV or someone who can facilitate an offense.

You can as long as you have a strong willed coach that can help put them in place and keep them in line.

Silas Jr thought he was getting a competitive team and completely checked out once he realized that wasn't the case. You can cry in a locker room of players and think that they will respect you and that's even going for tenured coaches as well.

He lost that team the moment he cried in the press conference years ago.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

I do feel terrible for him. Those kids have such bad fundamentals and habits

 

[getmoney310cpt]

He seems like he would be better off in college

 

[Justise M]

Fireable offense