Head coach Stephen Silas of the Houston Rockets (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Nothing has gone according to plan this season for the Houston Rockets. The franchise started the season with playoff aspirations and is instead in the driver’s seat for the league’s worst record.
Overseeing this debacle of a season has been rookie head coach Stephen Silas. Coaches are inevitably judged by expectations and the win-loss columns. If that’s the case, then Silas is on borrowed time.
David Blatt led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the NBA Finals and had the team first in the Eastern Conference in his next season and was fired midway through the year.