Ime’s a good coach. No one hating on Mazulla anymore, that’s deaded.
I was having a debate earlier about the Rockets. I think the free offense is good for this team that’s young and trying to focus on the defensive side and build winning habits. It eases the process at this stage for them.
And I disagree, this team is not built to be a top 10 offense. The shooting is just not there. There’s no real optionality when there’s no shooting. I would love to see Duncan/Klay style screen actions for quick 3s etc. We even have Sengun to initiate a lot of it. But we dont have the play finishers. I can’t even imagine Bari running off a screen efficiently and hitting an off balance 3. He’s never been able to do shyt like that. Not to mention no one can really dribble on this team lol. A team like OKC will strip the Rockets 50% of the time on drives. Amen and Jalen have work to do still. Jalen is just a bum though. He plays at one speed and is super predictable.
Still have a roster issue, but they’re playing way better than they should be, and that’s credit to Ime.
The only thing that Ime has proven is that he's a good motivator, but that doesn't make you a good coach.
TheColi has this infatuation with these type of coaches out of some false sense of pride that they buck the trend of the league (where they perceive coaches are all about analytics). None of these cats could tell you a cotdamn thing that he does well as a coach, they just get up on that rostrum and do their best Dead Mike impression about him being
Black.
The shooting isn't there because they're not creating good looks.
Now dig -
The Rockets are last in the league for assist rate, and they're last in the league for shot generation (which measures the quality of shots a team creates).
Jabari Smith Jr. was one of the best shooting big men in a long damn time coming out of college; FVV has had multiple seasons being an efficient high-volume 3-pt shooter; JG has an extensive scoring skillset; Sengun is one of the more versatile scoring big men; both Amen and Eason are two of the better play-finishers at their respective positions.
They have the talent. It just needs to be utilized properly.
They're in year two under Udoka with the same roster, so they should be a lot further along the curve than they are on offense. They don't play for one another, they don't screen for one another, they stand around watching when one another on offense, they don't play with any confidence and they take the path with the most resistance to score.
It's ugly ass basketball, and there's no excuses for it.
To the contrary, you look at a team like Memphis whose most-played lineups this season have consisted of:
Aldama
Wells
LaRavia
Scotty Pippen Jr.
Huff
Clarke
JJJ.
They've all played between 24-26 games, and the likes of Ja and Bane have been in and out of the lineup all season, where they haven't been able to build any continuity and chemistry with one another. Yet their offensive structure and purpose on that end is infinitely better than what Rockets have shown, despite having less talent to work with.
They have a top-5 offense, top-5 in assists, top-2 in shot generation, top-10 in spacing and they actually play for one another on that end. Instead of looking completely lost and disinterested like the Rockets do.
better than Mazzulla still just wasn't blessed and lucky enough to have the superteam wit Jrue Holiday and KP instead had Marcus Smart and Grant Williams
still went to finals
and only reason it wasn't Heat in 6 was cause of one of most miracle game winners ever on a 0.1 second putback and that cause Light Years Mazzulla out of bounds play to win it before White putback saved him was a Marcus Smart fadeaway 3 wit season on the line 
