Agreed. Rose lack of decision-making/distribution/creativity skills are the main reason. He create shots for his teammates by attacking from a top pick'n'roll or an iso and forcing the defense to collapse on him. But he's not a floor-general by any means. There's a reason why the Bulls are an ordinary offensive team. Give Deron Williams that supporting cast and the Bulls are a top-5 offense.
wow, you give Deron that Bulls team and I'm not confident the Celtics can get past them. Deron is huge, D-Rose, not so much.
By the way, I remember watching D'Antoni playing in Milan, and he was a great player, all smarts and guts. I was surprised when I saw his coaching style, but with Steve Nash on board he looked like a great coach.
I can see he's frustrated, but it's not a great thing to say if you are an NBA coach.
I think D'Antoni is a great coach. He's a true believer in his system, so he needs players that fit it.
That playing style is similar to the one he played under Dan Peterson in Milan, very fast paced basketball,
contropiede as they say in Italy. Except those Milan teams would almost always use a deadly 1-3-1 zone defense. The Milan teams of that era were pretty good, Meneghin, D'Antoni, Vittorio Gallinari, McAdoo, Boselli, Antoine Carr.... Those finals versus Maccabi Telaviv were really funny to watch. Yeah, D'Antoni was a very intelligent player, especially in the later stage of his career (when they were actually playing a little slower).
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