Monty Williams Fired

[Wally_West]

[Wally_West]

[TOO]

Buckle your tits. I'm glad he's gone tbh. He had grown very stale.

[Wally_West]

Shams tweet makes it sound like James Jones is staying. Hmmm.

[Sunsfan4life]

Right move. Love it was done right away. Now let's cast a large net

[TOO]

I'm just guessing here but Nick Nurse is their target, smart basketball guy, not rah rah family guy. Book and KD seem like junkies, Nurse is a junky.

[Split T]

Guess Jeremy was right…surprises me. Let’s see who they bring in. I’ll wait for that to decide how I feel

[SunsRIt]

I’m happy about this.

I also think this means Ayton has at least another year here with a new coach.

[Wally_West]

Wouldn’t surprise if Monty goes to the Bucks, but let’s see how the sixers series go. If they lose, wouldn’t surprise me if they fired Doc and hired Monty.

[Wally_West]

I’m happy about this.

I also think this means Ayton has at least another year here with a new coach.

I think Ayton is gone regardless.

[JeremyG]

I bet the final nail in the coffin was starting Landry Shamet in an elimination game.

[Wally_West]

My gut tells me Ishbia gots Book’s blessing on this.

[Kryptonic]

Good…. His rotations were horrible and hope he takes shamet with him.

[JeremyG]

I’m happy about this.

I also think this means Ayton has at least another year here with a new coach.

I think Ayton is gone regardless.

We’ll see. Nothing would surprise me from Ishbia at this point.
But I wonder if the reason DA said he wanted to stay in Phoenix was because he heard Monty was getting fired.

[ShelC]

The blowouts fall on Monty. Can't have your teams come out like that in elimination games. There's no getting around that. A team takes on the personality of the coach, maybe we need more intensity instead of calmer and relaxed.

I really don't think it was Xs and Os or not adjusting or anything like that. His teams didn't show up in the biggest moments. I still really like him, think he's getting a bit of a raw deal with the team changing so much and new ownership. Maybe he wanted to move on himself and not coach a 2-star roster.

Sometimes coaches just need better players, and having a top heavy roster creates imbalances. Also, if we're being honest - Nick Nurse and the Raps won a title because GS lost KD to injury and Budz was a KD toe away from getting fired, not to mention being down 0-2 in the Finals against us. They're the veteran names tho that have been to the mountain top. Vogel too. Maybe there's an assistant somewhere that gets a crack.

Ishbia made this move. I'm dreading the words "Isiah Thomas will be involved", as I feel like that's coming if he's not already in Ishbia's ear. And if that's the case, fire Jones too and let Thomas f-k it up right now just to get it all over with.

[JeremyG]

Mat really does think he can get whatever he wants, I love it.

[Split T]

I won’t complain at all if we get Ty Lue

[Uncle_Gene]

Hope Mark Stein is right.

I'd love to have Tyrone Lue as coach. When new owners come in, they tend to make changes. Especially with the head coach. Monty was good, he helped lead a team to the finals, but it's time for a new voice.

[JeremyG]

But what do we have to offer the Clippers? It seems like it would take a first round draft pick or something.

[Wally_West]

+1000