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Me thinks Tillman went the budget route hiring assistant coaches and developmental staff.

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  1. WoodDavidWood

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    Sounds like Fertits. Why not? Sure.
     
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    Can you at least give us the numbers? There's nothing to discuss, you posted nothing.
     
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    Well we can’t even afford to fix our game clocks so…
     
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    But man probably the worst thing to cheap ion
     
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    Does he even care about the Rockets anymore?

    seems like he just threw the organization to his son and went on to focus on other stuff
     
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    Here’s some numbers. 6 losses to the worst teams in the league including some of those teams twice. We just set a record for lowest 3pt% in league HISTORY over a 7 game span. Our player development is awful. I don’t know how much we’re paying them though. I do know one of our assistants has “team DJ” as a published area of responsibility. How about assign someone to “team make your f’ing free throws”? Is that enough numbers?
     
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    Who knows. I can imagine buying an ambassadorship isn’t cheap. But those Italian business opportunities!!!
     
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    Ya very helpful, now i know exactly where the rockets stack up in spending on coaches and development compared to the other teams.
     
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    Ferntits broke AF.
     
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    It looks like Ime hired guys he liked from his previous coaching stops with little input from the front office

    3 guys from Boston (Sullivan, Jackson, Moser), 2 from the Nets (Ivey, Splitter), and 1 from Philly (Hodges)

    https://www.nba.com/rockets/news/rockets-head-coach-ime-udoka-announces-coaching-staff

    Under Morey, I think he had more of an input on the coaching staff, offense, rotations etc. I think Stone had significant input on the rotations under Silas. But when they hired Ime, I get the feeling a significant part of the sales pitch was him having the keys to the car, complete control over everything coaching and a big impact on roster decisions.
     
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    But but we hired a good challenge person, up drastically from last year.
     
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    That's the way it appears .... but you know clutchfans, fickle crowd and has to be some conspiracy behind pretty much everything.
     
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    Literally all Ime’s buddies. It’s an echo chamber.

     
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    How embarrassing has THAT been?! It's every game lately.
     
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    I think it's more like: it's Udoka's idea to restrict it exclusively to his guys (and no threats to his job of of course), Stone never disagrees with him and Tilman never says no to a lower budget.

    I think all 3 stooges agreed to this idea. It's actually fine for when he got here, their backgrounds are all very player development-oriented. We had younger guys and were starving for development. We've just outgrown it and now need more experienced tactical coaches on board. Having an offensive assistant who was on Mike Malone or Steve Kerr's staff would be great - they really understood how to use a big passing C and still have a crisp offense.

    I saw a stat the other day: WE HAVE THE SLOWEST HALFCOURT SPEED IN THE NBA SINCE 2013 (according to GENIUSIQ). Our best plays are Sengun and Durant iso lol so we're just so insanely slow despite having a lot of reps.

    Can we please get an experienced offensive tactician on the coaching staff? This offense needs a doctor.
     
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    Met Garret Jackson’s father tonight at a bar in Portland. Extremely random, but true story.
     
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    Half time entertainment is definitely on a tight budget.
     
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    Rockets Head Coach in 2013 - Kevin McHale

    Ime Udoka is Kevin McHale level of a bad Coach on Offense.

    I was thinking Jeff Van Gundy level bad of a Coach on Offense.
     
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    Royal Ivey as a Assistant Coach shows you are not serious on X and O.

    Royal Ivey taught Kevin Durant how to drive.

    Too many nepotism decisions on the Coaching Staff.
     
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