http://blog.newsok.com/thunderrumblings/2012/07/02/new-contract-puts-pressure-on-brooks/ Oklahoma City Thunder News, Photos, Blogs, Videos and more Thu, 02 May 2013 15:06:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://blog.newsok.com/thunderrumblings/2012/07/02/new-contract-puts-pressure-on-brooks/comment-page-1/#comment-72783 Tuesday Bolts – 7.3.12 | Daily Thunder.com Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:26:09 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/thunderrumblings/?p=10028#comment-72783 [...] Darnell Mayberry says the pressure is on Scott Brooks now: “The only way Brooks can rise above the questions and quell the criticism is to continue to show improvement. But don’t confuse Brooks’ improvement with team wins. Those things are not one in the same. Brooks has been blessed with the league’s most talented roster. Some already are under the impression that it’s the players who are carrying Brooks as opposed to the coach putting the players in a position to succeed. Quite frankly, it’s a classic chicken-or-egg riddle for which the front office might not even have the answer. How else can you explain Presti’s original hard-line stance? Perhaps the initial three-year deal Presti reportedly offered was nothing more than a negotiating tactic. Or maybe it was a tell-tale sign of exactly where the organization’s belief in Brooks lies as the right man for the job going forward.” [...]

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