Rasto wrote:The_Hater wrote:Rasto wrote:Oh my god, please don't. Mike D'Antoni would be horrible for the Sixers.
..If not for Steve Nash, I doubt anyone would actually be interested in hiring MD.
You do realize that most of the modern NBA offenses, including those used in Golden State and San Antonio, are all hybrids off the system D'Antoni first introduced in Phoenix? In other words D'Antoni is
the architect of the modern NBA offense. Popovich and other coaches give him credit for this all the time. I just don't get why fans think he's a bad coach with this and the success he's had with in on his resume?
As it is, D'Antoni is already in Philly as an assistant coach. So if you think he would be horrible for the Sixers then he's already spreading his disease around the organization right now.
There is a big difference between having someone on as an assistant coach or a head coach.
Besides, D'Antoni's coaching stints since Phoenix implies that he isn't very good at running any system that doesn't employ several shooters and playmakers. That is understandable, it is great having many shooters and playmakers. But Philly has neither. They need a coach who can develop the young players, and I don't think D'Antoni is good at coaching anything but variants of the ssol-offense.
Both in New York and LA, he looked weak and overwhelmed. Never seemed to truly have the respect of his players.
All offenses work better with more shooters and playmakers. Why? Because D'Antoni was the one that started the pace and space era.
Either way, the roster you see today in Philly will almost certainly be very different next season. There might be as few as 3-4 players from this years roster returning. Neither you nor I know exactly what players he'll be coaching but it stands to reason that if they hire D'Antoni to coach, they would find players that fit his system.
As it is, Philly has tried to play a similar type of system the past 3 years when they've been among the league leaders in pace every season, the problem is they were playing with too many d-league players to be successful. If you're playing with a d-league roster, Brent Brown, Mike D'Antoni, Phil Jackson, Greg Popovich. It wouldn't matter, that would still be a very bad team.