Stephen Silas

Stephen silas will be the next head coach of the houston rockets as both sides are finalizing a deal according to espn s adrian wojnarowski.

Stephen silas. He is the son of longtime nba head coach paul silas. He also served as an advance scout for the washington. The rockets hope to have john lucas return to their coaching staff under. Per jonathan feigen of the houston chronicle candidates for the assistant coaching roles beneath silas include john lucas jeff hornacek and nate mcmillan.

Stephen silas had gone from impressive to intriguing until finally the more the rockets looked and talked the overriding sense was that he was the right choice for them. Silas has been an assistant in the nba since 2000. With stephen silas set to become a head coach for the first time the houston rockets are reportedly planning to surround the 47 year old with assistants who do have prior lead experience in the nba. Van gundy and lucas were rumored to be the frontrunners to replace mike d antoni in houston.

Adrian wojnarowski wojespn october 28 2020. The son of former nba player and coach paul silas stephen silas has been a candidate for other top jobs in previous seasons and was a finalist for the rockets job that went to mike d antoni in. Stephen silas is the son of longtime nba coach paul silas paul silas was an nba head coach for parts of 12 seasons with the clippers hornets cavaliers and bobcats. The houston rockets and stephen silas have an agreement for the dallas assistant to replace mike d antoni as coach multiple people with knowledge of the deal said wednesday.

Stephen silas born 1973 is an american basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the dallas mavericks of the national basketball association nba. Stephen silas 47 will be the first hire of new rockets general manager rafael stone who recently replaced daryl morey. The hiring of the son of former nba player and coach paul silas completes a significant change in the leadership of the.