"I am really happy with the decision. It's a good fit for us," said center Dwight Howard, who was in Atlanta preparing to leave for China, where he is doing a promotional tour next week for his shoe company. "I've seen what he has done with the guys at Florida. Basketball is going to be fun again here." I saw it on RealGm and they said that he said that right before heading off to China to do a tour with his shoe company.
Remember all of the rumors about Dwight and Hill not getting along? ESPN Insider kept reporting that they would get in fights on the team plane and they disagreed a lot. By the end of the season, ESPN Insider was reporting that the players unanimously wanted Brian Hill out. I wonder if the last quote, "Basketball is going to be fun again here" was a shot at Brian. Sure seems like it too me. I'm glad Dwight is happy though. I wonder if he had a say in hiring Donovan because a team's franchise player is usually consulted before making a decision like that.
<div class="quote_poster">Swish Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Remember all of the rumors about Dwight and Hill not getting along? ESPN Insider kept reporting that they would get in fights on the team plane and they disagreed a lot. By the end of the season, ESPN Insider was reporting that the players unanimously wanted Brian Hill out.</div> That's interesting. Didn't the same thing sorta happen the first time Hill got fired in 1997? Thank god he's gone. Billy Donovan will have a better player-coach relationship.
<div class="quote_poster">Riot Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">That's interesting. Didn't the same thing sorta happen the first time Hill got fired in 1997? Thank god he's gone. Billy Donovan will have a better player-coach relationship.</div> Yeah, Penny Hardaway led a player revolt that got him fired in 1997. Apparently, Dwight had been a minute or two late to the team plane and Brian Hill was screaming to the pilot to take off and leave as Dwight was pulling up to the plane. Howard got pissed and I guess there were more instances where they fought. I also heard that Howard was disgruntled with the amount of touches he was getting and that most of the players felt that their midseason nosedive was mainly Hill's fault for his lack of adjustments. By the way, I love your avatar Riot. I was going to do something similar but I couldn't find a good picture.
