Fansided · Jul 31, 2019
Houston Rockets: Why D’Antoni will be able to go deep into the bench
Coach D’Antoni is known not to play deep into his bench for the Houston Rockets. In the playoffs when it counts, D’Antoni generally is very selective with who he plays. Here’s why he won’t have any excuse not to do the same thing this season.
Mike D’Antoni doesn’t generally play his entire second unit for the Houston Rockets, which arguably puts a bigger burden on his stars, specifically James Harden. This past post-season, D’Antoni strayed away from his reserves despite having Danuel House, Austin Rivers, Iman Shumpert, Gerald Green and Kenneth Faried to turn to.
