Kevin McHale is a legend, a Hall of Famer, a champion—as a player. As a coach, he’s considerably less decorated, and Houston Rockets fans are right to wonder whether he’s the man to take their team into true title contention.
But it would be overhasty to pound the gavel on McHale’s performance just yet. He’s had a short time on the job—this is just his third season holding the clipboard in Houston—and in it, he’s had to make hay with many different casts of talent. Of the roster McHale started with, only Greg Smith and Chandler Parsons remain.
That he’s compiled a 79-69 regular-season record through so much shifting with the team is certainly a positive indicator, especially given the beastly nature of the Western Conference of recent seasons. But the true test of McHale’s leadership comes now, as the franchise’s expectations have raised starkly and a host of new personality management issues have come into the fray.
Not least among these is the task of balancing two superstars in Dwight Howard and James Harden—a dichotomy that might be th ...
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Is Kevin McHale the Right Coach to Take Houston Rockets to Next Level?
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