When the Houston Rockets went out and decided to make Mike D'Antoni the head coach, it was met with a lot of doubt, nationally and locally.
It seemed like the hiring, much like a Randy Orton "RKO," came out of nowhere.
D'Antoni at the time wasn't a head coach anymore and hadn't been one since 2013. Last year, he was working as an associate head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers, one of the worst teams in the league. He had previously been at the helm of three different teams: the Los Angeles Lakers, the New York Knicks, and Phoenix Suns.