More David Locke with Rockets Coach Kevin McHale

HALL OF FAMER KEVIN MCHALE PAINTS TOUGH PICTURE ON BIG GUY DEVELOPMENT



The Houston Rockets head coach Kevin McHale is one of the greatest big men the NBA has ever seen. His post game was comparable to the fundamental game of Tim Duncan with an array of moves that were unstoppable.

Tonight before the game I took the opportunity to ask him about developing big men like Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter. The Hall of Famer didn’t paint a pretty picture.

“They are real raw but they are young. Honestly and to be truthful, they end up being causalities of coming out and not being able to develop. It is one thing to be developing against other 18 and 19 year old your development gets stunted when Dwight Howard is the one you are developing against.”
McHale continued and explained why so many of the young bigs never completely get all out of their talent.

“You have to have success at some point. That is why too many guys come into our league and don’t have any success and they become rebounder and shot blockers and they become specialty guys. Where had they stayed somewhere for three or four years and got good tutelage and got bigger and stronger and got their offensive games going. You don’t get a lot of confidence going against Dwight Howard.”

McHale coached Jefferson in Minnesota prior to his knee injury and said, “I don’t think you ever come back fully from a reconstruction. I think he is really close. It is hard to have reconstruction. Al never relied on explosion he is more craft, but before he got hurt he was playing at a really high level, he was able to carry a team through tough stretches.”