Mike D’Antoni

One second, Mike D’Antoni is out of head-coaching work in the NBA, the stench of his failed tenures with the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers persisting, even after the Golden State Warriors won a championship, in 2015, playing a style similar to what he championed. The next second, D’Antoni is guiding the Houston [...]

For those who haven’t noticed, the Mike D’Antoni and James Harden experiment is going quite well in Houston. The Rockets are 51-24, James Harden is having one of the more impressive seasons for any NBA player in the past 20 years, Eric Gordon is actually healthy and contributing and not just an albatross and the [...]

Selecting the NBA’s Coach of the Year is always tough, but it’s going to be particularly hard this year. Three main candidates have emerged from the thicket of sideline-stalkers: Mike D’Antoni of the Houston Rockets; Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat; and Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs. For his money, Golden State Warriors [...]

James Harden is not like Carmelo Anthony, or Dwight Howard, or probably Kobe Bryant. He actually likes playing for head coach Mike D’Antoni. Per the Associated Press (USA Today): Minutes after collecting 53 points, 17 assists and 16 rebounds in his second straight triple-double, Houston’s James Harden was asked what it has been like to [...]

Patrick Beverley is on course to make his regular-season debut for the Houston Rockets, which means the team is finally whole again! Well, almost whole. Head coach Mike D’Antoni was quick to point out that the Rockets won’t be whole until they bring back Donatas Motiejunas—assuming they bring him back at all, per Jonathan Feigen [...]

So Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni is really high on James Harden the point guard. As he told SiriusXM NBA Radio: [tweet https://twitter.com/SiriusXMNBA/status/789173796854833152] Don’t fret, Steve Nash. Magic Mike still loves you, too. Still, D’Antoni has a point. Harden has looked incredibly dangerous as a frequent pick-and-roll initiator during the preseason. And sure, it’s [...]

Mike D’Antoni doesn’t have to worry about ruffling James Harden’s feathers. His relationship with him, and his play style, is more similar to his dealings with Steve Nash than his experiences with Carmelo Anthony and Kobe Bryant. That’s been one of the knocks on D’Antoni—aside, of course, from his lack of defensive fortitude—over the past [...]

There is no denying the fact that James Harden is a superstar. He has averaged 27-6-5 in four seasons since joining the Rockets and has undoubtedly been the NBA’s best shooting guard (at least offensively) since joining the Rockets and being given the keys to the franchise. His unique ability to utilize his strong frame [...]

Remember the inception of Jeremy Lin’s “Linsanity” movement during the lockout-truncated 2011-12 season? Of course you do. It’s been a big part of his career arc, and it’s still talked about today. Including Wednesday. Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni, who was head coach of the New York Knicks for the birth of Linsanity, opened [...]

The Mike D’Antoni experiment in Houston will be an interesting one. The team’s brightest star, James Harden, is as gifted as they come from an offensive standpoint, but defense (or lack thereof) is talked about almost as often. D’Antoni has also been dubbed an offensive genius of sorts, but hi shortcomings on the stressing defense [...]