{"id":66025,"date":"2020-09-13T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mike-dantoni-leaving-rockets-as-nba-coaching-market-heats-up\/"},"modified":"2020-09-13T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T19:17:00","slug":"mike-dantoni-leaving-rockets-as-nba-coaching-market-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mike-dantoni-leaving-rockets-as-nba-coaching-market-heats-up\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mike D\u2019Antoni leaving Rockets as NBA coaching market heats up"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Mike D\u2019Antoni leaving Rockets as NBA coaching market heats up<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 13, 2020 |<\/span> 3:17pm <\/p>\n

\n A day after intimating he wanted to come back to Houston, Mike D\u2019Antoni told Rockets ownership he\u2019s becoming a free agent and won\u2019t return.<\/p>\n

Just like that, the list of elite coaching prospects on the market just got deeper. As did the number of ready-made win-now vacancies.<\/p>\n

ESPN was the first to report that D\u2019Antoni \u2013 whose contract expired after Houston got eliminated Saturday by the Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals \u2013 would not be returning.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s with incredible sadness and gratitude that my wife laurel and I announce that our incredible journey in Houston has ended for now and that we\u2019ll be moving to a new chapter,\u201d D\u2019Antoni said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The veteran coach had been in the last year of his deal after rejecting extension offers not once but twice last offseason. His agent Warren LeGarie and Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta have blamed each other for the breakdown, but as late as Saturday night D\u2019Antoni had said he hoped to return to Houston next season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a great organization, great city, great fans, team\u2019s great. I mean, everything\u2019s good here. We\u2019ll see what happ<\/a>ens, but I couldn\u2019t ask for a better situation. I had four years. Hopefully it keeps going, but you just never know. But everything is good on this side, for sure,\u201d said D\u2019Antoni.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was fun. It\u2019s still fun. You always hate to lose. It\u2019s always a little bittersweet, but I couldn\u2019t ask for better people to work with and better players to work with. A lot of things stand out, a lot of little things, but I had a great four years, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

That great four years saw the best record in the West (.682), but only one trip<\/a> to the conference finals and none to the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

Rockets star James Harden had expressed a desire to have D\u2019Antoni back.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course. Of course,\u201d Harden said Saturday night. \u201cMike has done some unbelievable things here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now D\u2019Antoni \u2013 a two-time NBA Coach of the Year \u2013 will join 2016 champion Tyronn Lue and highly regarded Billy Donovan on the open market.<\/p>\n

The 69-year-old D\u2019Antoni is expected to draw plenty of interest, including from both Philadelphia and Indiana, according to ESPN. He\u2019d been a 76ers assistant under recently fired Brett Brown before landing in Houston.<\/p>\n

D\u2019Antoni revolutionized the NBA with his ahead-of-it\u2019s-time \u201cSeven Seconds or Less\u201d offense in Phoenix, playing with a pace and 3-point penchant now widespread in the league. His Hall of Fame point guard, Steve Nash, was just named as the Brooklyn Nets\u2019 coach instead of Lue.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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