Uptown wrote:Is he starting with Duhon or in place of him....Hope its the latter.

with our luck, with. but i like to see nate/hughes start together. let duhon chill out on bench.

fishmike wrote:Post is saying Nate might start tonight. About 11 months too late but OK

Did anyone even know Duhon was a captain?

LOL at the bold, couldn't agree more. D'Antoni is making this personal with Nate it seems. Can't completely fault the guy but he is just feeding the fire at this point. Here's hoping for a change in direction starting now. Let's see Douglas and Hill too please...

McK1 wrote:

earthmansurfer wrote: Here's hoping for a change in direction starting now.

hire Mullin. fire Mike. pay Avery.

OH PLEEZE!!! Avery had a TON of talent and couldn't keep his damn job!!! Mullin has never won anything. He may well one day end up in our front office, but he's got a lot to prove too. 1st of all this is 15 games into a nothing season anyway, so what's the big deal? They'll eventually make a move, but I don't really fault MDA for hesitating on Duhon. Players don't want to see that the coach has a quick trigger if you're playing poorly. Tho he's made changes to the SL for the most part he's been patient with the guys and tried to allow them to play their way out of the slumps. Duhon when he was playing well was a good fit for us. MDA had to allow a good amount of time to see if he could get right. Maybe now he's ready to move forward and give someone else a chance. I just don't see any of this as proof somehow that we have the wrong GM and wrong coach for when we DO ACTUALLY HAVE THE TALENT TO WIN.

nixluva wrote:

McK1 wrote:

earthmansurfer wrote: Here's hoping for a change in direction starting now.

hire Mullin. fire Mike. pay Avery.

OH PLEEZE!!! Avery had a TON of talent and couldn't keep his damn job!!! Mullin has never won anything. He may well one day end up in our front office, but he's got a lot to prove too. 1st of all this is 15 games into a nothing season anyway, so what's the big deal? They'll eventually make a move, but I don't really fault MDA for hesitating on Duhon. Players don't want to see that the coach has a quick trigger if you're playing poorly. Tho he's made changes to the SL for the most part he's been patient with the guys and tried to allow them to play their way out of the slumps. Duhon when he was playing well was a good fit for us. MDA had to allow a good amount of time to see if he could get right. Maybe now he's ready to move forward and give someone else a chance. I just don't see any of this as proof somehow that we have the wrong GM and wrong coach for when we DO ACTUALLY HAVE THE TALENT TO WIN.

Yeah, I don't get that. According to Wikipedia, his won-loss record is .735%. Was that just because he had great players or does the guy have some talent as a coach?

B) you are delusional if you think the other 14 players on the team respect Mike for sticking with Duhon 40 mpgs while he plays this awful and the team has won 3 out of 15 games. if you were playing would you really want the guy who is paid to make the tough decisions to totally flake like Mike has with this duhon thing at the expense of winning?

C) really don't get where u r going with ur criticism of Avery...Mike D'Antoni had more talent than Johnson did and he lost his job too. At least Johnson can say he coached a team to the Finals...how bout MDA?

D) Doc wasn't on the hot seat. Regardless of what I think of his ability to coach, he did win a division title and made the play-offs 2 of the 3 years prior to them getting KG and Allen. He also was a complient soldier through Ainge tearing down the team and he didn't stifle the development of guys who had a future with the team like Kndrick Perkins for veterans like Ratliff who had no future there.