oohah wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:New coach Monty Williams, a Portland assistant the previous five years, has done an immediate makeover of what was one of the NBA’s worst defensive teams last season.

“Defense is where we want to make our staple,” West said. “We are really drilling and really working and doing what we have to do in terms of preparation. We’ve been able to execute the game plan defensively from start to finish.”

All of the good teams--you would hear this from their coaches. We bought fools gold with Dantoni

I agree with you BRIGGS. I always knew Monty Williams would make a promising coach. He was a brainy player and he is obviously intelligent. Those are 2 qualities that I think make for a good foundation as a coach.

oohah

I dont mind being patient--and I understand that he didnt have continuity with players--but the fact remains is we have seen the same problem fundamentally with him over this period of time. He just happened to have a special blend of players in tie prime in Phoenix. What Monty Williams has done in 8 games trumps what Dantoni was handed. NO is not that drastically different from last year--they are just being coached differently with a positive effect.