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The Woj Pod

Rockets Coach Mike D'Antoni

The Woj Pod

ESPN

Sports

4.6722 Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Houston Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni joins The Woj Pod to discuss the Chris Paul/Russell Westbrook trade, tensions within the Rockets locker room, why James Harden's voice is so important in personnel decisions, coaching the season without an extension, how he's had to compromise his offensive system to fit Harden's talents, working for a new, hands-on owner and a lingering regret of how he coached the Suns/Spurs battles a decade ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Back here at Vegas Summer League with Mike D.

0:06.8

and Tony, coach of the Houston Rockets.

0:09.4

Mike, how are you?

0:10.4

Fine, Adrian.

0:11.1

How are you doing?

0:11.7

Great.

0:12.4

Not much happening here for you since you've been in town.

0:16.3

Well, never, nothing's happening in the NBA.

0:18.1

It was kind of an off-season.

0:21.0

Let's start right with the Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, trade.

0:28.2

Your thoughts on integrating Russell Westbrook into your team,

0:33.8

how you are going to play he and hardened together.

0:38.7

I imagine when you guys were talking about it, you start to think about it.

0:41.6

Obviously, that's part of the organization's decision-making process.

0:44.6

But now that it's here, it's a different, it's a very different kind of player than Chris Paul.

0:52.7

It's a ball-dominant player who doesn't shoot it as well.

0:56.1

How does this work, how does this work with James with the rest of your group?

1:01.0

Well, I mean, obviously we're talking about some of the talent, most talented players in the NBA

1:05.4

that maybe have ever been.

1:07.7

Chris Paul was incredible.

1:11.0

You know, he's going to be a first round Hall of Famer for sure, and we had two great years with him.

1:16.8

And I've just found that from my Olympic experience and different things, that first of all, if the superstars want to play together, then they will make it work.

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