The Houston Rockets officially announced their signing of head coach Mike D’Antoni today during the organization’s 2pm press conference.
Among interesting things said was Rockets owner Les Alexander’s immediate explanation of the hire to fans and “naysayers”.
With many people expecting the Rockets to hire a defensive minded coach, fans were upset when the Rockets announced that they were going with D’Antoni.
Alexander made it clear that he was interested in hiring a coach who is able to implement the type of offense that is being championed in today’s league– an offense of which D’Antoni was basically the pioneer.