RM519 wrote:Pickled Prunes wrote:Why would he be open to a buyout? Why would CHI want to pay him to go away? None of this sounds like a story with any merit. He'll be in CHI for a while, and if the put a decent roster together he'll look like a decent coach again.
Wrong team
LOL, brain fart! I was talking about DET but had just posted something about LaVine so my fingers still wanted to type CHI.
My point stands. DET was going to be bad this season. They signed Monty for 6 years so that he would be with them through the rebuild. Nobody thought that this squad was going to be good already. (Or at least they shouldn't have.) Monty was paid to teach, not win... so why judge him by his win total?
People jump in here and rant about his rotations like he's trying to make the playoffs or something. No, there was no coach, alive or dead, that was taking this team to the playoffs. They are currently developing players and hunting lottery balls. They succeeded on both counts.
I wouldn't expect them to give up their top 13 protected pick next season either. They will probably go get a vet like Tobias Harris to teach them some professionalism as they power through another losing season before attempting a playoff push in 25-26. And while they lose 50+ games next season, it won't be because Monty is a bad coach. I will be because the NBA incentivizes developing teams to lose.