McHale, Boston Celtics Hall of Fame and the manager of basketball for a long time for the Minnesota Timberwolves, has agreed to terms with the Houston Rockets on Monday night to become the next coach of the team leader. He will sign a three year contract with a team option for a fourth season, and expects to be presented Friday at a news conference in Houston.
The agreement to return to the sidelines of the NBA after a two-year absence - 20 to 43 McHale has in the past four and a half months of the 2008-09 season after replacing Randy Wittman - It has been reported several days. Even Rockets guard Kevin Martin, said, essentially confirming that McHale was selected for employment in Dallas and Boston assistant Dwane Casey assistant, Lawrence Frank.
But McHale, 53, said those reports were premature, because the terms were not completed until late Monday night. "It was difficult to [Martin] and [adopt], because I did not even know until last night," said McHale NBA.com.
Similar reports on his coaching staff - Memphis assistant Dave George and Chris Finch of the Rio Grande in the NBA Development League was mentioned - is too soon, too. McHale said he is in talks on assistants, but would wait for the coaches' contracts expire on 1 July.
As for McHale, a former star player coach reluctantly partial seasons after shooting the men he hired - first Flip Saunders in 2004-05 (McHale 19-12), and Wittman - the desire to try this again surprised even himself. He moved into the role of game analyst and the study of TNT and NBA TV. Kevin's experience with a player coach and manager, along with his vast knowledge of the game and the players made him a brilliant analyst for NBA TV and TNT, "said Turner Sports president David Levy." Our audience is diverse in its approach, and a great sense of humor. We wish Kevin every success in his new role as head coach of the Houston Rockets. "
A similar TV McHale, Charles Barkley, warned him repeatedly on television, believing that McHale finally landed with a desirable organization. He and Barkley does not agree apparently.
"That's the beauty of Chuck, who always speaks his mind," said McHale. "I guess in the end, is a very personal decision. There are only 30 training positions in the league. You can wait, but eventually you have to do or not do."
For all that McHale did not like training against his role as vice president of basketball operations for the Timberwolves from 1995 to 2008 - the travel, the routine, the loser - he found other evidence that has failed.
"I really wanted to train again," he said. "You miss the competition when you're away from it. That's what I missed the last two years. I've done all my life.
"From a coaching perspective, you're [influence] is much more than the outcome of the game when you're GM-ta. In the last stint with the Minnesota man, I enjoyed it a lot. 'And I was the junior team have fun doing it. "
