J.B. Bickerstaff will get his shot at fixing the Houston Rockets defense and righting a ship that's dramatically off course.
In the opening years Kevin McHale coached the Houston Rockets the defense was never top tier. That all changed when Kelvin Sampson left to coach the Houston Cougars and J.B. Bickerstaff became the team's top assistant.
Last season the Rockets played the franchise's best defense since the teams of the mid-2000's. The man credited with the turnaround was Bickerstaff.
Wednesday the Rockets fired Kevin McHale and promoted Bickerstaff to helm the ship.