What Houston Rockets Need to Focus on After Firing Kevin McHale

November 18th, 2015 by David McCracken Leave a reply »

The Houston Rockets pulled the plug on the Kevin McHale era earlier Wednesday after the Rockets began the season with a 4-7 record. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports first reported the firing, with the team later confirming, and also announced that J.B. Bickerstaff will become the interim head coach for the team.



Houston currently sits in 11th place in the Western Conference and has been plagued with the injury bug since the start of the season as Dwight Howard, Terrence Jones, Patrick Beverley and Sam Dekker—who just recently had back surgery—have missed significant time on the court.

More concerning, however, is the friction that has arisen between the players and Houston's coaching staff. Ty Lawson said that players weren't listening to McHale during games and would run different plays than he was calling.



But with McHale gone, where do the Rockets go from here?

Bickerstaff has "no assurances" of a position on the coaching staff beyond this season, according to Wojnarowski, but has an "opportunity to earn the job on a full-time basis." Wojnarowski also named Jeff Van Gu ...

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