With the Thunder failing to make the playoffs last night, the Bill Self to coach the Thunder rumors are heating up. I'd love to see it, think he'd do a good job in NBA
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Bill Self to OKC Thunder?
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Had he added a question mark I wouldn't have clicked on the thread, it worked. But I totally agree some of the threads are ridiculous around here.
Had he added a question mark I wouldn't have clicked on the thread, it worked. But I totally agree some of the threads are ridiculous around here.
Westbrook and Durant won't be there after next year so I don't know why anyone would want to coach there.
Firing Brooks after this year would be a sign of a poorly run franchise. I think Brooks should have been fired several years ago, he's not a good coach. But if you stuck with him through all of his terrible playoff crunch time offensive sets only to fire him after this year, when Durant, Westbrook and Ibaka all missed significant time and there was so much roster turnover doesn't make a lot of sense.
ESPN's Chris Broussard was just on and he said that both KD and RW really like Brooks and would be upset if he was fired that combined with the injuries this year will lead too him being likely retained. I would guess he stays, really if the front office wasn't comfortable with him they could have moved on two years ago.
I figure Westbrook is going to be running the LA express in a few years and Durant is going to be challenging for championships with John wall in Washington.
OKC got so lucky to have all that talent together (3/5 best players in the world at one point, and another in the Top 5 for defense in the Durantula, Westbrook, Harden, and Ibaka).
Kind of amazing, really. Funny how it's going to fall apart (probably) with zero championships because of poor coaching, a really daft dodge of the luxury tax, and bad luck on injuries.
OKC got so lucky to have all that talent together (3/5 best players in the world at one point, and another in the Top 5 for defense in the Durantula, Westbrook, Harden, and Ibaka).
Kind of amazing, really. Funny how it's going to fall apart (probably) with zero championships because of poor coaching, a really daft dodge of the luxury tax, and bad luck on injuries.
So let me get this straight; if the Spurs beat the Pelicans last night as everyone expected then OKC and Brooks make the playoffs despite last year's MVP in Durant missing most of the season, a top 5 MVP candidate for this year in Westbrook missing more than a dozen games and of the the five best defenders in the NBA missing nearly 20 games in Ibaka and Brooks job status is not in question. In fact he probably gets talked up as doing a GREAT coaching job for getting that MASH unit to the playoffs despite all the injuries. But because the Pelicans pulled a win out of their rears and upset the Spurs to sneak ion the playoffs ahead of OKC, Scott Brooks should be fired? Only in the NBA. Why on earth would Bill Self leave Kansas, where he already gets paid MORE per year than Scott Brooks, to go work in the NBA where you are likely getting fired if anything out of your control goes wrong? I get he's from Oklahoma but that's silly.
Thats nice.. To bad those two likely won't be there after next year regardless of who's coaching. Durant has said he feels no loyalty to OKC and will make his decision based on what's best for him. In other words he's not staying.
So why do you think Self is showing interest? Maybe KU isn't that great...he'd be immortalized down there a la Hoiberg in Ames.
The only college coach I've heard from the talking heads this morning in regards to possible replacement is Billy Donovan. He has the past flirtation with the magic to make this plausible I guess.
Self IMO makes zero sense. Of course that means I agree with Tuco, which makes me seriously question my reasoning.
Self IMO makes zero sense. Of course that means I agree with Tuco, which makes me seriously question my reasoning.
I like having Bill at Kansas. Having a successful villain at the top makes us all hungrier, and as a result, a better basketball team.
If keeping Brooks keeps Durant and Westbrook, then you keep him. If they are leaving then let Brooks go and start over.