In my view if Rockets end up with better then 65 wins and raptors fall short of 60 wins, I don't see how D'antoni can be overlooked, considering how the talking heads were ranking the rox to get worst as two ball dominant point guards would never work.. Considering we were ranked to not even be a top 5 team in the league, and now are running away with the best record by more then 6 games.. Only other coach that could make a case is if Brad Stevens finished with 57 to 58 wins, because of what his team went through... But I think D'antoni is definitely superior to Casey as of now.. Now if Raptors get close to winning out and end up with 61-62 wins and ends up with a better record then warriors, then I agree he is probably deserving of it, on the criteria that D'antoni got it last year, but considering how much our team has improved on defense and is the all time best rated offense he is just as deserving as any coach.
"I would vote for me. The body of work, how I'm doing it, what's been happening with our team all year long, how we've got so many injuries and things of that nature, guys in and out, to be able to still keep this thing afloat, I definitely would vote me." - Not Gregg Popovich Waiting for the media to hop on the Pop wagon like they have LeBron. "He's the best player coach in the league." "What he's doing in year 15 22 is incredible." "He suffers from Jordan fatigue. He could & should win the award every year." Mike or Dwane Casey. Honorable mention to Nate McMillan, Brett Brown & Quin Snyder.
If the Rockets win out, D'Antoni should get some serious consideration. That would be a 34-1 close to the season, two B2B 17-game winning streaks sandwiched around a single loss, and a 68-14 record which would be tied for the 5th best winning percentage in NBA history. Short of that, he ain't getting the award for a 2nd straight year(and for the 3rd time overall). It's either gonna be Dwayne Casey or Brad Stevens.
celtics have a winning record without kyrie. they beat portland, okc, and the jazz without kyrie. brad stevens got that **** locked up.
Def Brad, it's pretty unbelievable how many wins they got from such a injury devastated squad. Casey is overated imo, it's more like their GM built them a super bench out of nothing.
Not sure why D'Antoni isn't in the conversation more. People were questioning whether Paul would work here
Because he won last year. B2B Coach of the Year awards don't happen. In fact, I don't think they've ever happened in the history of the league. He deserves consideration, but the sad truth is he's simply not going to win it. Like I said, if the Rockets win out, he'll get some buzz. But he won't actually win the award.
Media is being catty with the Houston market....We only get 1 award: MVP, CoY, or EoY. The rest loses because the guy who won "carried the team" Harden's new gf?
A lot of people on CF seem to think that we should rest guys, even if we lose a few games. But to my way of thinking, winning out would be a serious mindf$#k for the other teams in the league. "34-1? How they hell can we win 4 games against these guys?" Sure, rest and rehab for nagging injuries is important, but don't overlook the power intimidation has to get into someone's head.
dantoni and its not even close cmon he beat convincigly the team impossible to beat that supposedly ruined the league
Naw. This will definitely go to your boy down on South Beach, Spole. For getting a "griddy" team with "no true star" into the playoffs in the "highly competitive" East. No way they let D'inchonis win it twice in a row. No way.
I'm torn on this. I obviously wanna win as many games as possible. But I also don't think we should risk players' health in the process. The good news is we really don't have to. Here's the remaining schedule: PHX @sas WSH POR OKC @LAL @SAC The Suns are an easy win. The Spurs are definitely beatable sans Kawhi and possibly without Aldridge. The Wizards are an average team. The Blazers have struggled a bit since their winning streak was snapped(by guess who). The Thunder are arguably the most inconsistent team in the league. And the Lakers and Kings have zero to play for and are mediocre ballclubs. The only games that even remotely scare me in the closing stretch are San Antonio, Portland, and OKC. And 2 of those are at home. The Rockets absolutely could win out without even trying that hard.