The list is long. Here are the most obvious ones:
1. He has Harden guarding him in the paint, he’s a foot away and he short arms the shot. James no defense Harden. How’s that on the coach?
2. He tries to back down Gordon, gets the ball almost stripped. Recovers. Then instead of passing the ballot a guard, he tries backing him down again and gets the ball stripped. How’s that on the coach?
3. He grabs a board and tries to go coast to coast. Almost gets it stripped. Later in the game, does the same thing, the Rockets rookie jumps him and he gets the ball stripped. Bags did have one coast to coast assist which was nice early in the game. How’s that on the coach?
4. Bags is defending in the paint and gets bullied by a parade of 6’4 rockets. Dude’s 6’10, They use the same move. Bump into Bags, he goes flying, score an easy lay up. A decent IQ player would play lower, waiting for the bump. Instead, dude still plays too high, inviting a bump, How’s that on the coach?
These are ALL between the ears mistakes. Haliburton makes a mistake and corrects it in game. It’s taken Bags three years and counting. At what point is it on the player to fix them? The coaching excuses and the playing time excuses are getting old.
1. He missed easy shots, it happens when you're struggling. The part that is on the coach is everything described in the posts above and brought up during the game,
why are you pounding it inside to begin with? And BTW, Harden is known for his post D on bigs. So is Tucker. That isn't a weakness for them. Just like post play other than selectively isn't a strength for this team and certainly doesn't make Fox any better or more dangerous.
2. Again, what part of posting up is the identity of a Fox at PG and Holmes at C unit?
NONE. It might get them once and awhile but it's not an identity.
3. Where did I bring up open court broken plays as being on the coach? He wants them to run and get the ball up from any position. He's said that. The overbearing issues I see are in the half court with spacing. And for the record, relative to the rest of the league at this point the Kings aren't the PACE team Monte wanted. I'm not sure how up to date they are but the Kings are tied for 23rd in PACE right now so they ARE mostly a half court team. He got stripped but he has run coast to coast with success at times too as you said so it goes both ways. Players make mistakes, coaches have to negate the mistakes by putting them in a position to succeed elsewhere so the mistakes aren't the only imprint they leave on the game.
4. Bags bullying people won't be his calling card on his best day and yes, the Rockets are capable of stuffing bigs like Bagley. It's one of their calling cards. Learn the lessons and draw up some other plays if it ain't working. If Bagley is freelancing, stop him.
Remember Jerry Reynolds. Young bigs take time. Haliburton is a different player and rare but pick and roll guards have a huge advantage in todays game so the transition should be easier. Bagley needs to improve and the smalls again look like the calling card of this team just like last year and there are a ton of reasons for hope as to how that will help Bagley have an easier time in his own right sooner than later. This isn't the team Monte wanted to see even if they've been competitive against the Nuggets. There is still more time and perhaps they develop some unreal chemistry as a big team but so far it's 1 - 2 against your prototypical small ball teams.