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Mike D'Antoni will enter next season as a lame duck head coach after turning down a one year extension worth five million plus an additional one million bonus for every playoff round one.
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For now, D'Antoni seems fine with the arrangement, while Houston owner Tilman Fertitta said he's quote thrilled tohave D'Antoni back.
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Michael, Let's face it.
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The winds of change are blowing in Houston.
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How do you see this entire thing playing out?
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Likely blowing D'Antoni right out of town.
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I mean, you're not gonna come back.
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First of all, it doesn't seem like a real extension that's on the table that was on the table.
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At one point.
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It sounds like parting gifts.
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I mean, you okay, we're gonna We're gonna give you basically half the salary you're making now for that extra year.
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And we're going to incentivise it with these bonuses.
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If you do this.
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If you do that.
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No, Mike D'Antoni's a proven coach.
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Mike D'Antoni's got Houston.
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As far as they've been in the post Akeem Olajuwon era.
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Now I can't see him doing this.
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Other teams going to be interested, and by this, let's face it, the Rockets are unsatisfied with not being able to beat the Warriors.
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How did they even know who's gonna be on the roster with the most recent developments of yesterday?
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And Mike, I think it's complete an overreaction by the Houston Rockets.
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First of all, you don't know if Durant's going to back in Golden State the last two years.
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You've lost to the best team.
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So what do they do?
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They get rid of the entire coaching staff.
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Really?
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That's what it was.
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So you know that they're trying.
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They're poking Mike D'Antoni a little bit now.
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Warren Ligairi, Mike's agent, told the Houston Chronicle that that's really not the extension that they offered.
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It's really 2.5 million if he gets fired before the season for making the house doesn't start until he get until he gets out of the second round.
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So it looks a little bit different than what they're making it out to be.
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And if I might, D'Antoni Mike has accomplished a lot and this idea that can't work that way.
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I'm not buying it.
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The last two years.
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They lost to the best team.
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They're not getting knocked out in the first round by chopped liver.
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They're losing to the to the Golden State Warriors.
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You know what?
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Apparently for teachers.
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One of those owners who wants it now and believes he's got the goods and somebody is short changing it.
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And basically, this is throwing the head coach, Mike D'Antoni under the bus.
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It is no matter what they say.
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And so now you don't you think the other team's gonna be interested enough in D'Antoni, even if you have to take a year off?
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What?
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He doesn't have to do this.
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And Mike, I think this is a case of them.
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May be looking to save a little bit of money.
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Jeff Best Delic was making a lot.
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That was a defensive coach.
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They got him.
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They're looking to get Mike for maybe 2.5 million.
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Someone's not gonna be back out of that group of James Harden.
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Chris Paul.
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Right now that looks so you gonna spend $77 million on two players and not cover your investment with a really, really, really, really fine coaching staff.