Mike D’Antoni is in a ‘world of trouble,’ could be fired by the Rockets – Stephen A. | First Take
Stephen A. Smith says he would not be surprised if Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni is replaced after losing to the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference semifinals.
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Cappela dont want GSW no more💀💀😔
Hi Ali Bruh… how old were you the last time LeBron missed the playoffs ? What were you doing with your life? Exactly
Where the hell was Capella???? He didn’t do sh*t in that series.
Somregularguy they did in 2017 and won
+Somregularguy awww thanks for reminding me that the warriors are 3-1 against the over-rated choker that cant even make the playoffs in the west lebron James
Hope everyone has a great day today
MustardStang yes sir!
ClutchGamer23 of course man! You too
YOU TOO
Michael Thomas thanks bro you too. For this little bit of motivation you’ve earned my sub bruh 👍🏾
DruPac – thanks man!
“That style of play isn’t going to win the rockets a championship” kobe in February 💯
Literally any basketball fan with a little common sense could see that you don’t have to be Kobe to know the rockets would choke
Wow I posted this same comment on another video. Stolen comment 10-4
Who else has been able to beat the Warriors? 🤔
Captainnn85 They lost in 6 and his everything to do with it. Dantoni will get fired.
Facts
Rockets lost to a better team 🤷🏾♂️
+Jay Rock Jinx He won’t step down. Only way he goes is if he’s fired & by how SAS described how mad the owner was, I say he’ll get 1 more year & anything less than a Finals appearance will get him fired.
James Hall You’re probably right. I don’t have a dog in this fight. Not a fan of Houston but as a Knicks fan I know Mike Dantoni will never take a team to the finals with his coaching. They will run him outta town like LA did.
Keandre’ Sutton they also Trash too don’t forget that lol
They lose against them at home though without Durant/Cousins? That’s not a good look
Everyone acting impressed by what the west allstars was able to do I mean warriors not impressed they got five allstars did what they should do hats off once again to Rockets if Rockets had Anthony Davis and kwahi Leonard oh yeah DeMar Rozen they would sweep the Warriors more impressed with team before Durant and Cousins look at for what it is
Rockets: fans this is our best chance
Steph: hold my 30-4 record without kd
HTX 713 That one was his, Iggy didn’t deserve that one as much as Steph did that series.
LeeTravius Mckay Been telling people all year. The only way they don’t win a ring, is if Stephen goes down, and CJ might be just desperate enough to constantly get in his landing space. Fully knowing Steph has bad ankles, Knees, fingers, and toes.
HTX 713 we all know he should’ve won the FMVP in 2018 not KD
D’Antoni is far from my favorite head coach, but the REAL reason why the Houston Rockets got eliminated is because of JAMES HARDEN. THE most overrated “superstar” in NBA history, IMO (“honorable” mention to Dwight Howard). “Hero” ball and isolation damn sure isn’t the way to win a NBA championship, and especially as the stakes get higher, Harden almost always shits the proverbial bed. I’ve said it MANY times, James Harden will NEVER, EVER win a championship if a team’s style of play is set up to accommodate his style of play.
+HTX 713 he did most of the carrying the other night….carried y’all right outta the postseason.
Stephen A is usually right when he doesn’t have any “inside” information
exactly lol
Facts lol
Lol you are right.
Harden loves D’Antoni to much for him to get fired. I bet Harden pushes for a CP3 trade, before firing the coach.
Even a couple young guys from Chicago, would be worth trading him for. Especially since they need the cap room to strengthen their bench.
Or, maybe CP3 ends up in Detroit with his old lob city guy.
“I didn’t hear anything, I just heard something!” 😆
The rockets traded Patrick Beverly Lou Williams and Montrezl harrell for cp3
Clippers made a terrific trade, management knew Chris paul not that dude
+SamoaVsEverybody_814 ™ 2.0 Exactly…He just evaluates numbers.
Then got rid of Trevor Ariza and another good player
Who said those guys would’ve played like that under the D’Antoni system? “They would’ve beat GS with them”… Stop living in the moment… They didn’t beat GS when they had them, but all of a sudden they do this year? Just knock it off.
yeah!! but chris paul was a handful before he injured that hamstring last year. they had all the chances in the world to still beat golden state last year but missed 27 consecutive shots so let’s not SECOND GUESS WHAT THEY DID IN THAT TRADE!!! but i will say CHRIS TOOK WAY TOO MUCH MONEY AND CRIPPLED THE CAP CAUSING THE LOSS OF ARIZA!!!!!!
Kevin Durant couldn’t even beat the Warriors without Kevin Durant
KD can’t beat the Warriors with KD either
+Alasondro Smith I don’t understand the autism, are you implying another player won a championship as the only player on the court?
makes alot of sense Facts tho they were up 3-1
Gospel 🙏😭
Yeah.. i actually miss the old Dubs and so happy to witness it again 😂
You can only dribble the ball and do a step back so many times…
Yes yes u r so right my brother
+ZIV E the only problem I have with what you said is that Dantoni does nor prioritize Defensive strategy…Fertitta should be able to see that the “score more than them playing no D” style cannot get you thru a playoff slog againt other NBA players, had 3 yrs to try it, we can stop trying to reinvent the wheel now
+Htown Lifer I’m curious what do you think about gsw that actually invented the wheel again in basketball, taking the three point shot and the fast pace to a ridiculous level.. That by the way made the NBA to play zero defense in regular season. Inventing the wheel is not bad if you do it right. Gsw is the proof for that.
Maybe Houston took the iso 7000 step back further.. on that i can agree, but if they make couple of changes, they would be stronger enough next season
Step back D’Antoni
+ZIV E Maybe if Houston had 3 guys who could make contested 3s from the parking lot then things maybe would be different
The only thing that’s clutch in Houston is the mascot bear lol
All of a sudden baseball matters? Nobody cares about baseball, y’all are on a BASKETBALL video. Houston is filled with chokers like Har_en and Cp0
Gwen Poole yes..next season Harden will shave his beard..for a change maybe now he might win..
🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻
Carlos M my bad I wasn’t trying to diss the astros. I was more making fun of LA than anything lol
Gwen Poole 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻
R.I.P Houston Rockets
“Live by the three, die by the three”
Don…. I dont even know how the fans thought they were going to the championship dance with that coach.
+apolo kabali most didn’t see his run with the Suns that’s why if they did they wouldn’t have put so much stock in the Rockets.
Yep
Reeal Evans …and the Suns had way better personnel…
+Chris Kreager they literally have the players who can hit contested 3s from the parking lot…its hard to get an NBA team to that level, no matter who you are drafting, those types of talents are few and far between
Nobody :
kobe fans : Kobe said this style of play ain’t gonna win a championship
Exactly 🤣
And it’s not exactly what he said. Not the same style
I swear *ALL* Rockets related videos have about 1k of those comments 😂😂
Kobe just said what we all knew, Rockets suck.
kobe knows his basketball
I agree. Mike D’Antoni literally has them just shooting 3s 80% of the time and run the ball down the court with 30 seconds left
Yeah.. That’s the uptempo offense. Its only useful in All Stars games where defense isn’t necessary
Junior Wizkid – Shooting a bunch of 3 is not the same as an uptempo offense. Rockets are bottom 3 in pace. They average dribbling ťhe ball for 18-20 sec. That is not uptempo offense. Ironically, Houston would probably be better if they did play faster, because their shot selection is so inefficient.
The main reason Golden State beats them everytime is because Warriors are top 3 in pace and shoot more efficient shots, so most of the time, they get more cracks at the basket at a more efficient rate. Houston just keeps up because of occasionally out rebounding, and a bigger freethrow disparity (mostly by flopping).
Junior Wizkid UMM that isn’t uptempo offense. The Phoenix suns with Nash ran an uptempo offense. The rockets play at one of the slowest paces in the league & centers their offense around jacking up 3’s & isolation plays after burning 15-20 secs off of the shot clock.
That’s what Daryl Morey wants them to do
The Rockets’ front office is already typing the “missed foul calls” report to send to the NBA higher ups. Lol.
Justin Figgins L
+1 0f tha Watchman L
Luka Magic 8========D rider
Justin Figgins And they will get the same exact report back, as they did when they complained about Ref. Foster. “You are at a 5.6% *advantage* for missed call under Ref. Foster” And then the whole rockets team shut up about their complaints, until CP3 needs someone to blame for his aging body.
+1 0f tha Watchman Crying Flopets fan. Default L
Personally I love hearing that the owner of the team I follow is totally pissed off when they lose. Really resonates with the fans.
It’s not Mike’s FAULT CP3 and Harden went 👻
Jamais I agree. Every other owner is just in it for the money, they really don’t care if their team does well or not. Hell some will jeopardize their own team just to save money. It’s refreshing to see an owner who actually wants to win
who does espn throw under bus next?
1) Ben Simmons
2) Philly Coach
3) Nuggets Coach
+Jay Rock Jinx doesn’t bother me i’m not white or black, just a fact at this point we know the bullshit Stephen A be up to
T biscuit If Mike Dantoni was black he would’ve bee rail roaded out the NBA already. Yeah he’s trying to get every white coach fired keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. What does he have to gain by seeing him fired? Can’t wait to hear your conspiracy theory.
The first 2 should be, nothing wrong with nuggets coach here
Honestly Steven A. throws just about every losing white coach under the bus.
+Jay Rock Jinx Its blatantly obvious that Steven A. Promotes and favors mostly black coaches. He consistently defends and cries foul when any black coach is fired but he justifies and even alludes and hints to the possibility that certain white coaches should be worried or scared of losing their jobs especially after playoff losses or just 1 bad or mediocre season. He pushes the narrative and definately shows his biased towards the “brothas”.Put any white announcer in his place and reverse the narrative and everyone would be calling him a rascist lol. Fact is Steven A. or any announcer shouldn’t be calling or even elluding to getting coaches in the NBA fired,coaches everywhere get fired on the regular,even after not getting much time to adjust,it’s already a hard enough job without some fool pushing the narrative on mainstream media. It’s not right for someone to try to influence someone into being fired and take away their livelihoods no matter what race they are,I’m sure those organisations can make those decisions for themselves.
Curry: You could not live with your own failure, and where did that bring you? Back to me…
Rockets: …….😢
mrcooldeadly85 lmao!
mrcooldeadly85 lmao
You are not the only one cursed with knowledge.
Lmao! You sir a youtube comment legend! Hold this W!
That is one of the fukin dopest quotes ever
Tillman was pissed after that game. I agree with everything SAS said. The owner has a fighter’s mentality. I expect some major changes with this team.
Tilman Fertitta: Don’t lose on our home floor!
D’Antoni: Hold my beer!
Dantoni is a one Trick Pony.. 3s all DAY!!!
I’m sure Max hates the fact that he can’t blame the Rockets losing on CP3 getting hurt…like he’s done nonstop since last year’s WCFs