Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni has had a career resurgence in Houston, as he’s posted a 70 percent win ratio, going 173-73. In each of the last two years, the Houston Rockets have suffered season-ending defeats only to the hands of the “superteam” Golden State Warriors in the post-season.
But despite the stellar coaching D’Antoni has provided the Rockets, he wasn’t one of the ten finalists in voting for the Coach of the Year award last season. Let that sink in for a bit.
The Rockets were sitting second in the Western Conference heading into their last game against Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder last season, yet D’Antoni wasn’t even viewed as one of the ten best coaches in the league.