Ime Udoka hired as Rockets coach

[Roy H.]

Mixed feelings on this one.  Please don't poach our players, Ime.

[Moranis]

Breaking

[SparzWizard]

Great, keep him out the East.

[liam]

Great, keep him out the East.

Keep it in your pants Ime!

[hwangjini_1]

i wish him luck...and better self control.

[jbpats]

He better not be whispering in Jaylens ear..

[gouki88]

He better not be whispering in Jaylens ear..

I keep seeing rumours that Jaylen isn’t his biggest fan. No substance to them, but interesting that it keeps popping up

[Kuberski33]

He better not be whispering in Jaylens ear..

Any team with room to fit him will be doing that - probably Houston included.

[jbpats]

He better not be whispering in Jaylens ear..

I keep seeing rumours that Jaylen isn’t his biggest fan. No substance to them, but interesting that it keeps popping up

and i heard the narrative that he was upset about it all. Who knows whats true and whats not. I think he needs to just be awarded all nba, as he should be, so it's a non discussion.

[Goldstar88]

He better not be whispering in Jaylens ear..

I keep seeing rumours that Jaylen isn’t his biggest fan. No substance to them, but interesting that it keeps popping up

I’m not sure that JB was/is super close with Ime. Below is from an interview on 03/21/23.

I didn’t know how to feel. I was a little bit shocked, to be honest,” Brown says. “It was not the vibe, you know what I mean? That’s the way I always describe it. It was not good vibes.”

The Celtics have provided little information about what reports have described as Udoka’s improper relationship with a subordinate, attributing his season-long suspension merely to multiple violations of team policies. Udoka has been a candidate for recent head-coaching openings in Brooklyn and Atlanta, and Brown hopes his former coach lands on his feet.

“I hope Ime is doing well,” Brown says. “I haven’t talked to him, but I hope he gets another chance coaching again. There were some conflictions on the information that was kind of going around and stuff like that … that has put some dirt on his name. It’s a lot. It’s very nuanced. So, whether you stood on this side or this side, they was going to find wrong from a coach that I advocated to bring here to Boston. I wanted to see him back on his feet here, no matter what it was. I don’t think that’s the wrong thing to feel.”

[celticsclay]

I wouldn’t be surprised if harden signs there this summer. Woj was just discussing it again in the past week and hiring ime seems like a win now/soon move

[perks-a-beast]

Nice. Rockets are an interesting team. Hopefully they wont waste their cap space on James Harden this summer. Harden trying to be the main guy at 34 years old and taking shots away from all the young fellas would be an instant headache for Ime. Not to mention he would drive Ime nuts with his lackluster D.

[radiohead]

He better not be whispering in Jaylens ear..

For some reason this is the first thing that crossed my mind too. Good thing the Rockets are a rebuilding team, I don’t think JB would be interested to get into a situation like that.

[Phantom255x]

I wouldn’t be surprised if harden signs there this summer. Woj was just discussing it again in the past week and hiring ime seems like a win now/soon move

My fear would be Jaylen going there too. Harden, Jaylen, a Top-5 pick to go along with the young talent they are already accumulating there. Pretty scary

[Goldstar88]

I wouldn’t be surprised if harden signs there this summer. Woj was just discussing it again in the past week and hiring ime seems like a win now/soon move

My fear would be Jaylen going there too. Harden, Jaylen, a Top-5 pick to go along with the young talent they are already accumulating there. Pretty scary

Why would JB want to go to Houston with or without Harden? So he’s going to leave to play for a coach that he doesn’t seem to be very close with, leave a better situation with teammates that he really likes playing with such as Smart and Horford, plus leave money on the table.. I don’t see it.