OKC Fired Scott Brooks

[mds]

WOJ bomb.

 

[Maximus]

Brooks just got fired...

 

[mds]

Kinda shocking. It isn't the coach's fault KD was hurt, but they've had their struggles even when he was healthy.

 

[bigfoot5415]

He wasn't a good coach to begin with. Had great talent and couldn't get the job done. It's the Mike Brown effect. This move is long overdue imo.

 

[mds]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source--thunder-fire-coach-scott-brooks-173528838.html

'The Oklahoma City Thunder has fired coach Scott Brooks, a league source told Yahoo Sports.

Thunder general manager Sam Presti traveled to meet Brooks near his California home on Wednesday and delivered the news, sources told Yahoo Sports.

Florida coach Billy Donovan is expected to become a serious candidate to replace Brooks, sources told Yahoo Sports.'

 

[Jack Brickman]

Two years too late, imo.

I felt the same about us and Mike Brown back in the day. He should have been fired after the Orlando series when he was badly exposed as a coach who had no idea how to make adjustments.

 

[Simon]

Panic mode.

Kevin Durant gone.

 

[mds]

Panic mode.

Kevin Durant gone.

Yeah, so do they try to appease KD with a coach choice? Too little, too late, most likely.

 

[Triumph36]

Two years too late, imo.

I felt the same about us and Mike Brown back in the day. He should have been fired after the Orlando series when he was badly exposed as a coach who had no idea how to make adjustments.

yes, it was a long time coming. i'm actually a little surprised though - between durant and westbrook they almost missed an entire seasons' worth of games yet their playoff chances still came down to the last game of the season. while playing in the much tougher conference, too.

they wouldn't fire him when the team underperformed while healthy, but now they fire him when they basically overperform while unhealthy?

Panic mode.

Kevin Durant gone.

yea there's really no reason to read into this....well, at all, re: durant leaving.

 

[Jack Brickman]

yes, it was a long time coming. i'm actually a little surprised though - between durant and westbrook they almost missed an entire seasons' worth of games yet their playoff chances still came down to the last game of the season. while playing in the much tougher conference, too.

they wouldn't fire him when the team underperformed while healthy, but now they fire him when they basically overperform while unhealthy?

yea there's really no reason to read into this....well, at all, re: durant leaving.

Presti sees the writing on the wall. He has one year to convince Durant to re-sign with OKC, and he's obviously not confident that Brooks is the coach to captain the ship.

 

[gourimoko]

This really affects Westbrook more than anyone. Russell and Scott Brooks were supposedly very tight.

 

[gourimoko]

Presti sees the writing on the wall. He has one year to convince Durant to re-sign with OKC, and he's obviously not confident that Brooks is the coach to captain the ship.

I honestly think Durant and Westbrook are good as gone.

That franchise made too many mistakes to recover from.

Trading James Harden could be considered among the worst decisions in NBA history.

 

[Ohio]

2 years too late.

Durant and Westbrook are outta there barring some unforeseen Championship next season.

 

[theSTEREO.]

Dion Waiters: Coach Killer.

Dang near caught Blatt up in his mess too. Shipped him out just in time.

 

[Birdy89]

Trading James Harden could be considered among the worst decisions in NBA history.

Even if Harden was on the team that team was going to struggle to win anything. Waaay too many cooks in the kitchen as far as high usage guys that need the ball in their hands and are only marginal defenders.

I would take both Westbrook and Durant over Harden, and at some point it has to be about filling in proper roll players around them.

That OKC team doesn't need another big scoring threat. It needs toughness and defense. Harden skillset is largely redundant to what they already have.