Since leaving the Rockets, D'Antoni has never forgotten to return to the head coach, and when the Kings openly recruited a head coach, D'Antoni enthusiastically signed up, which is regrettable that the Kings still did not look at D'Antoni, who is known for his defense. According to the latest news, the Kings finally selected three candidates from the shortlist for the next round of face-to-face communication, and although D'Antoni did well in the interview, he was ultimately defeated because the Kings preferred a head coach who was good at defense. As we all know, D'Antoni is the originator of running bomb tactics, began to study in the Sun Nash period, and reached its peak in the Rockets Harden period, but it turns out that the offense without defense cannot win the championship, so it is understandable that the Kings made such a choice, and the team can not be like the Rockets to have a special assistant coach in charge of defense for D'Antoni, who can only stay at the 76ers first.
Although he is an assistant coach for the 76ers, D'Antoni doesn't seem to be focused on the series against the Heat, but is preparing to interview the Kings, which may make the top have other ideas about him. However, I personally think it is time for D'Antoni to prove himself. Rivers said in an interview that against the Heat, we will let Harden dominate the attack and consider playing small balls. Isn't that the Rockets' model in the playoffs? Rivers revealed tactics in advance is also a helpless move, Embiid has no comeback schedule, the 76ers can only pin their hopes on Harden, and his best tactic is the five small lineup, so that D'Antoni will come in handy, after all, he is the league's real coach with Harden's instruction manual. Taking a step back, if the 76ers beat the Heat, D'Antoni still has the possibility of turning right, and when Harden joined the 76ers, this statement is true.
In addition, Rivers also said that the Heat are a team that puts opponents into foul trouble, and both Butler and Lowry are very good at creating fouls. Although Butler did not respond positively to this, he also expressed his thoughts on Embiid's injury, he believes that Embiid is an MVP-level star, he can improve the strength of the 76ers on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, at the same time, he feels sorry for Embiid's injury and hopes that he will return soon. Obviously, his implication is that the Heat does not want to take advantage of the danger of others, and wants to do a real battle. In addition, Butler also said that his knee injury is not a major problem and cannot affect the G1's play. It is worth mentioning that Butler did not mention Harden, perhaps the two are not a type of person at all, it should be pointed out that in harden did not join the Heat, Butler played a lot of role, in his eyes, Harden is a player who does not have a strong desire to win, he does not want to be a teammate with such a person.