Nate on why Oden didn't play and Oden's response

He's a rookie and he's not going to be good for another year or two (in our system.) Imagine if he were drafted by Seattle, he would probably be putting up huge stats (and the league might even let him play a couple games)

 

There is a reason the pick and roll is the most consistently successful play in basketball. When properly executed there is simply not enough time for anyone to fight through, or go around, a pick. It's switch or get scored on.

 

Howard had a very solid rookie season. 12/10 isn't bad at all. I wish we were getting that from Oden. And I don't want to hear about adjusted minutes stats because he would play more minutes if he was playing better.

 

Nate needs to go. Simple as that.

A lot of people were praising him for his defensive adjustments at halftime, a few games back, where we won despite the attrocious first half performance.
Hello, these are adjustments , as a coach, your supposed to plan for and make at the start of the game!

Now he's not playing Oden, stifling his development. Guarantee this team would be playing better under a coach who would just let these guys PLAY basketball. We have one of, if not THE most athletic teams in the league. So what does McMuffin do? He slows it down and he puts the leash on. . . Brilliant.

Bring in someone with an iota of common sense and an ability to develop a sub/rotation plan.

MCMuffin makes me McCrazy!!!