Concrete proof that Scott Brooks needs to be fired, he gives everyone a green light.

[russwest0]

OKC has SIX guys firing away from deep with horrid efficiency this season...

Reggie Jackson is averaging FOUR 3's a game on 27% shooting
Russell Westbrook is averaging THREE 3's a game on 25% shooting.
Dion Waiters is averaging THREE 3's a game on 0% shooting (for OKC so far).
Perry Jones is averaging TWO 3's a game on 27% shooting.
Nick Collison is averaging TWO 3's a game on 24% shooting.
Andre Roberson is averaging ONE 3 a game on 14% shooting.

If you've watched OKC this season, you'd know that everyone besides Adams and Perkins now has the green light to fire away on this team...

Between all of these guys, they are shooting a combined total of 81/326 from deep on the year, totaling 24% shooting from deep on a combined 15 attempts per game.

Thats basically a whole team of guys shooting like Josh Smith. Thankfully for OKC Durant (5 attempts per game on 43%) and Morrow (4 attempts per game on 40%) are counterbalancing these problems a bit. It's still funny to me how perfect of a fit Morrow is with the starters but can't start because long behold, Scott Brooks has to have his new "Sefolosha" in Roberson.

[dannywpt]

This is actually true. It's incredible how you can compose an NBA team like this in todays league. So many bad shooters who are willing to chuck up several threes a game.

[dazzer87]

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10890694&postcount=3

[Hey Yo]

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10890694&postcount=3
:lol

[russwest0]

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10890694&postcount=3

Of course there aren't any excuses. I stand by my statement.

Brooks has to pull his head out of his ass because he's coaching by far the most talented roster in the league in my opinion. He should have been canned last year but long behold another excuse (Serge Ibaka missed TWO ****ING GAMES...)

[Fudge]

You have guys bookmarking your posts from 3 days ago. :lol

You are an ISH god, OP.

Talk about rent free.

[russwest0]

This is actually true. It's incredible how you can compose an NBA team like this in todays league. So many bad shooters who are willing to chuck up several threes a game.

It's funny because the only guy not named Durant or Morrow who is even shooting a respectable percentage from deep is Jeremy Lamb (33% on three 3's a game) who has been in Brooks' doghouse for weeks now and likely won't be in the rotation for the rest of the season.

[ralph_i_el]

You can't let 3 guys take all the shots. Basketball doesn't work like that.

[russwest0]

You have guys bookmarking your posts from 3 days ago. :lol

You are an ISH god, OP.

Talk about rent free.

Posts that only support what I'm saying here; you have a team absolutely LOADED with talent and zero excuses for not winning it all this year and have them playing like this...

I remember clamoring for Stan Van Gundy this offseason, also saying that I would have taken Kerr. Really wanted SVG though because of how proven he is. If he took a far less talented team than this to the finals with the refs absolutely working against his team, imagine what he'd do in OKC...

Brooks is mind boggingly bad at his job and doesn't even look like he knows WHY or HOW we lost most of the time in post game interviews. They really just need to fire Brooks now and be done with it. Should have done it before the year, but because they ****ed up and didn't do it then they might as well do it now.

[dontgetchoked]

You have guys bookmarking your posts from 3 days ago. :lol

You are an ISH god, OP.

Talk about rent free.

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[russwest0]

You can't let 3 guys take all the shots. Basketball doesn't work like that.

If Brooks isn't gone after this year I think you can start celebrating in Washington at least as being the favorites to land KD in free agency, because I don't know why he'd return to OKC then.

I'm almost hoping KD leaves at this point. I've been calling for Brooks' head for years now, and nothing changes, and yet, year after year the same exact problems keep plaguing this team and holding them back. It's so obvious to everyone that follows them, Brooks isn't taking them anywhere. He's so obviously the Doug Collins to Durant, but whatever. If they want to hedge their bets on Scott ****ing Brooks, so be it.

There are moments every year when I just totally give up on Brooks as a coach. For me that came about two weeks ago when the Warriors went uber small with Green starting at center... Brooks was able to see this out of a timeout and STILL, STILL started Kendrick ****ing Perkins at center leading to OKC getting ****ing dominated.

Durant deserves so much more than this shit and I'm to the point where I'll be glad when he leaves.

[dontgetchoked]

Posts that only support what I'm saying here; you have a team absolutely LOADED with talent and zero excuses for not winning it all this year and have them playing like this...

I remember clamoring for Stan Van Gundy this offseason, also saying that I would have taken Kerr. Really wanted SVG though because of how proven he is. If he took a far less talented team than this to the finals with the refs absolutely working against his team, imagine what he'd do in OKC...

Brooks is mind boggingly bad at his job and doesn't even look like he knows WHY or HOW we lost most of the time in post game interviews. They really just need to fire Brooks now and be done with it. Should have done it before the year, but because they ****ed up and didn't do it then they might as well do it now.
I seriously don't understand how scott brooks still has a job. I have been saying they need a new coach for two years at least. A friend of mine, who doesn't watch much basketball was watching a thunder game with me and he asked me why everyone just stands around while westbrook/durant try to do everything on offense. Then, if all else fails, they kick it out to one of their many terrible 3 point shooters. Have your players play to their strengths. Brooks may be a nice guy, but dude is not NBA coach material.

There have been a bunch of quality coaches without jobs the past two years, and okc just keeps brooks. Why doesn't morrow play more? Put him in there with durant/westbrook more, not with reggie jackson who is more concerned with taking long step back 2 pointers than he is finding the open man recently. He doesn't even have to play starter minutes, but damn man, the spacing for westbrooks drives with morrow, durant, and ibaka on the floor would be crazy.

[russwest0]

I seriously don't understand how scott brooks still has a job. I have been saying they need a new coach for two years at least. A friend of mine, who doesn't watch much basketball was watching a thunder game with me and he asked me why everyone just stands around while westbrook/durant try to do everything on offense. Then, if all else fails, they kick it out to one of their many terrible 3 point shooters. Have your players play to their strengths. Brooks may be a nice guy, but dude is not NBA coach material.

There have been a bunch of quality coaches without jobs the past two years, and okc just keeps brooks. Why doesn't morrow play more? Put him in there with durant/westbrook more, not with reggie jackson who is more concerned with taking long step back 2 pointers than he is finding the open man recently. He doesn't even have to play starter minutes, but damn man, the spacing for westbrooks drives with morrow, durant, and ibaka on the floor would be crazy.

I don't even know why I got hyped when we signed Morrow. I knew that he was a perfect fit with the starting lineup, but also knew that Brooks wouldn't start him.

Thing I love about Morrow's stats on the year for us is him averaging just 0.5 turnovers per game, about half what say Sefolosha did last year on the same minutes. He's actually not even a bad defender as well.

[R.I.P.]

Ibaka and Durant (40% 3pters) space the floor by drawing out the opposing SF/PF). Adams and Perkins catch lobs, putbacks, when everybody else just drives and attacks. Brooks is a horrible coach.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

He's not going anywhere either thanks to another injury plagued season.

:lol

[SOD 21]

Scott Brooks is a good coach in the right situation where he has plenty of young talent to develop on a bad team like he did when he first got to Oklahoma. He does a good job of being positive, cultivating a family and team atmosphere, and developing young players. He and Oklahoma City has done a good job of developing their young talent over the years. A team like Philadelphia going through a rebuilding process is a good example.

It made sense to keep the offense simple and let these extremely talented players go out and simply play the game without hindering them in a specific offensive system when they were 21, 22 and 23 years old.

But who here has seen any improvement in their ball movement or player movement over the last couple of years and has seen any type of growth with this team? This team has not demonstrated the ability to grow and continues to make the same mistakes, and worse yet, the players seem oblivious about it. I read a quote from KD last night that he was happy with their ball movement and they were simply missing shots.

We all know Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant are good enough to make shots and bail out their offense. But they simply resort to hero ball and still have no semblance of an offense, and don't see them any closer to understanding. This team is in desperate need of a head coaching change, even if they don't want to admit it.

Scott Brooks is not the man to fix these problems. Oklahoma City must also be one of the league leaders in possessions were only one player touches the ball and jacks up a shot early in the shot clock, too. No discipline.

[salwan]

sooner or later brooks will come under pressure and get the sack.

[juju151111]

Scott Brooks is a good coach in the right situation where he has plenty of young talent to develop on a bad team like he did when he first got to Oklahoma. He does a good job of being positive, cultivating a family and team atmosphere, and developing young players. He and Oklahoma City has done a good job of developing their young talent over the years. A team like Philadelphia going through a rebuilding process is a good example.

It made sense to keep the offense simple and let these extremely talented players go out and simply play the game without hindering them in a specific offensive system when they were 21, 22 and 23 years old.

But who here has seen any improvement in their ball movement or player movement over the last couple of years and has seen any type of growth with this team? This team has not demonstrated the ability to grow and continues to make the same mistakes, and worse yet, the players seem oblivious about it. I read a quote from KD last night that he was happy with their ball movement and they were simply missing shots.

We all know Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant are good enough to make shots and bail out their offense. But they simply resort to hero ball and still have no semblance of an offense, and don't see them any closer to understanding. This team is in desperate need of a head coaching change, even if they don't want to admit it.

Scott Brooks is not the man to fix these problems. Oklahoma City must also be one of the league leaders in possessions were only one player touches the ball and jacks up a shot early in the shot clock, too. No discipline.
A offensive system not really helps KD and Russia(Even though they will probably get more open shots) it will help the other role players that are struggling. Get them open shots or at least get to touch the ball when coming down the court.

[SOD 21]

A offensive system not really helps KD and Russia(Even though they will probably get more open shots) it will help the other role players that are struggling. Get them open shots or at least get to touch the ball when coming down the court.

Yes, I agree that the offensive system is not for Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant, necessarily. But it is for everyone else on the team to get them involved and understand where they're going to get their shots on the floor and to create better ball movement as a team in general.

This isn't much different than Phil Jackson coming to Chicago and implementing the triangle offense. Phil didn't have to be smart enough to implement the triangle offense, he only had to be smart enough to bring in an expert like Tex Winters who understood it and get it. Better ball movement and player movement by swing the ball side to side crates much better scoring opportunities for the other players around those two superstars.

[GimmeThat]

they must not turn the ball over with those horrible %s
or they must be losing terribly.

[lilteapot]

Also the proof is just watching him coach games.

[Pushxx]

sooner or later brooks will come under pressure and get the sack.

I don't know...smart people have known Brooks sucks the fat one for years now...I think this ship has sailed.

It'll take years before the media figures out how bad Brooks is.

[Rooster]

Yes, I agree that the offensive system is not for Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant, necessarily. But it is for everyone else on the team to get them involved and understand where they're going to get their shots on the floor and to create better ball movement as a team in general.

This isn't much different than Phil Jackson coming to Chicago and implementing the triangle offense. Phil didn't have to be smart enough to implement the triangle offense, he only had to be smart enough to bring in an expert like Tex Winters who understood it and get it. Better ball movement and player movement by swing the ball side to side crates much better scoring opportunities for the other players around those two superstars.

I'm not a fan of Scott Brooks gameplan. Even during those Shaq and Kobe years, they still have to play through that system triangle offense where all players know how they gonna run it based on the other team's defense and the role players know when they gonna get their shots and how to move the ball to create better angles.