aznkillabeezZz wrote:None of the coaches available are good enough. Mchale is a question mark, but apart from him being boring during tnt game talks, he has a wealth of bball knowledge. Not impressed with casey or frank. What has frank done except made the nets worst?
MaxRider wrote:if you're looking for coach with good experience
then there's no good candidate other than phil jackson, adelman, larry brown, jeff van gundy
but you just need to give opportunity to someone sometime
all of these coaches are nobody when they first start coaching
you just need to give people chance
KiDdFrESh wrote:No way Utah passes up on a solid white guy at center. He'd be perfect fit for the Jazz.
KiDdFrESh wrote:No way Utah passes up on a solid white guy at center. He'd be perfect fit for the Jazz.
TNT analyst Kevin McHale will get another interview with the Houston Rockets as the team completes a second round of sitdowns this week with the three finalists for its coaching vacancy, according to sources close to the process.
The Rockets have already interviewed Boston Celtics assistant coach Lawrence Frank and Dallas Mavericks assistant Dwane Casey twice, sources said.
After McHale's second interview, sources said, Rockets officials are expected to name their successor to Rick Adelman.
KRIV-TV (FOX 26) in Houston reported that Frank's second interview with the Rockets was conducted Monday. The Rockets also completed a second interview with Casey late last week while the Mavericks while were waiting to find out their opponent in the Western Conference finals, which begin Tuesday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Dallas on ESPN.
Source close to the situation tells me that McHale and Casey are neck and neck in that race for Rockets job with Frank third
The Rockets have been researching candidates exhaustively for weeks, calling everyone from ex-players, agents, front-office executives and coaches. The hiring of a coach could come down to the willingness of a candidate to accept a deal on Houston’s terms. It’s possible that an offer could come with only two guaranteed years, and $2 million per season.
Another element of the Rockets’ job will be the prospective coach’s willingness to include the Rockets D-League affiliate’s coach as an assistant. Rockets management is enamored with Rio Grande’s Chris Finch, and some see him as a future head coach in the NBA. Finch had left a more lucrative coaching career in Great Britain to take a paycut in the D-League. In his first season, Rio Grande won the D-League championship.
KiDdFrESh wrote:No way Utah passes up on a solid white guy at center. He'd be perfect fit for the Jazz.
There might be a tendency to believe the Rockets indecision on the coaching position indicates Dallas’ Dwane Casey is the favorite among the finalists. Kevin McHale and Lawrence Frank are available now. Casey is not. If the Rockets keep waiting, they could be waiting for Casey.
That might eventually true, but they have not aimed for a decision this week. Morey is going back and forth between interviews with coaches and draft prospects. Leslie Alexander is out of the country.
If the Rockets had to make a decision now, they probably could. And they could certainly get every thought needed from the owner regardless of where he is, assuming he is not off climbing Kilimanjaro. But for now, it is still a three-coach race.
Once Rockets officials return to Houston, they'll huddle with owner Les Alexander and decide among Casey, Frank and McHale.
Yet a source close to the situation said it's doubtful that Frank would take the Rockets' job if it was offered, as the salary is expected to be on the lower end for head coaches (about $2 million per season for two years). Another source close to the situation strongly refutes the assertion that the salary is already set, saying it will be dependent on the quality and experience of the coach. Rockets owner Les Alexander has paid the team's last two coaches, Adelman and Jeff Van Gundy, more than $4 million annually.
MaxRider wrote:i believe casey will be the one
we'll have to wait until mavs season is over for the announcement
If the Rockets opt for Casey, they’ll have to figure out what to do about his current job. The NBA would not allow him to sign on as Rockets coach while working for another team, but theoretically, the Rockets could name him coach while he finishes his duties with the Mavericks.
The Mavericks could ask them to hold off on any announcement until after their postseason run. It is too soon to know if they would, or what the Rockets would ask them since the Rockets have not made their choice or asked anything of the Mavericks other than to interview Casey.
With a strong, late push in the search process, Kevin McHale has emerged as the frontrunner for the Houston Rockets coaching vacancy, multiple league sources told Yahoo! Sports on Saturday.
No final decision has officially been reached, nor are contract negotiations underway, but McHale has clearly separated himself from Dallas Mavericks assistant Dwane Casey and Boston Celtics assistant Lawrence Frank, sources said. McHale made a strong final impression in conversations with Houston officials on Thursday in Chicago, and could receive a formal offer in the next week.
he Rockets are still deliberating on different scenarios involving the three finalists, sources say, but McHale is the candidate to beat for the job. Rockets owner Les Alexander must still ultimately sign off on the recommendation of GM Daryl Morey and his front office staff.
McHale, an analyst for TNT, would need to come to agreement on financial terms and length of contract should an offer be made, but sources say he’s too anxious for a chance to coach to reject a deal.
[...] What he did not say is that it really does not matter if there were a leader of the pack, anyway. Alexander made the call on the previous hires and he’ll make the choice, again.
Daryl Morey will lay out all the information and all of his opinions. But Alexander prefers information to opinions. Always has. And he does not rubber stamp recommendations. It has long been known that to get Alexander’s blessing on a decision in any department you do not say what you think should be done no matter how great an expert in your field you might be. You must lay out the reasons and be prepared to back up arguments.
On basketball decisions, there are tons of long discussions with Alexander before he weighs in.
This is not to suggest that Morey is just a researcher in this process. But there are qualities in each candidate that impress him. There is reason to believe he is torn.
Morey could make a recommendation, but Alexander will want to know everything that went into the choice. Hearing all that, he will pick a coach.
The Rockets could know where he stands at this stage, but have set things up to have those discussions when he gets back. Then, someone could go from front-runner to coach very quickly.