Deandre Ayton got Monty Williams FIRED! - Stephen A. Smith | NBA Countdown 

Exactly, at that point you can’t even blame Ayton, he clearly didn’t wanna stay in the first place

That was the dumbest things the suns did was keeping ayton

It's the Suns' fault for drafting him #1 overall when Luka was the clearcut #1 pick. I said it then, and I stand by it. The fans only wanted him to be good because he's big, and they're intimidated by him. I'll slep him upside the head.

exactly

@@Zenigundam😂😂😂😂😂

So glad lol, that would have destroyed our cap and locker room.

The locker room would've been fine. And the Pacers will likely still pursue De'Andre Ayton in the offseason, as they should

I doubt he would be acting like this in Indiana he clearly didn't want to be in Phoenix anymore but they forced him to stay

He just has no fire on the court, it comes out in his celebrations but it's like he goes brain dead when he's actually playing sometimes. Might be asthmatic

@@karimw.9954 He isn't a free agent until 2026

Cuz he a cupcake 😂

@@rohanlawrence the cupcake makes more money than you 😂

Facts

@@xkid.darkskin5178 Is McDonald’s paying you well?

​@@xkid.darkskin5178How do you know that? Maybe OP is Kevin Durant on a sock puppet account. Because KD uses sock puppets. Because he's a cupcake.

You think so

He gave Suns their best season, took them to the Finals.

Honestly, this is good for Monty. KD is super toxic and eventually coaches get sick of him.

Please, Raptors, get this man!!

He’s going to raptors

Coaching is one of the most unsecure jobs ever. I would never want to be one

Ya but some how terrible coach JV from The nets still has a job

What coach won the title and got fired the next year? Huh that doesn’t make sense. That hasn’t happened to anybody lol

Pop, Spo and Kerr are the only ones that are safe. The other 27 guys... good luck.

@@albericponcedeleon2696 some warriors fans are so ungrateful they were calling kerr out for his job this post szn smh

Apparently he doesn’t know how to talk to deandre ayton

@@austinidkneededtomakeanewa6303 Deandre Ayton, sadly, is overrated right now. Never lived up to being the top pick of the draft. A coach can’t play for you, just guide you there, and Ayton never made the next step yet. But he got his money so I guess that’s all that matters.

@@Tomyohann Williams has been the coach of two major blowout season ending games two of the worst in the history of the nba. That can’t happen as a head coach. Bye

@@t-raw4316 unfortunately there’s not many better coaches out there. Maybe Nick Nurse? Team has been declining despite having stars in VanVleet and Siakam, couldn’t even make the playoffs. Budenholzer? They just got beat at home in the 1st round by an 8th seed. It’s hard to say they’ll improve next season, beating teams like the Nuggets, Lakers, even an aging Golden State team. Not to mention KD and CP3 aren’t getting younger, and Ayton is just not the guy.

@@Tomyohann you’re an idiot my guy. Cp and Ayton are both tradable pieces and then they will be able to add depth with mid level exceptions. Stop kidding yourself.

Exactly! I thought he wanted a LA Vs Miami finals 🤡

Nuggets in 6

He will never say so. The man guaranteed that KD would win a chip in Brooklyn.

@@pumelelabanca1442”I’m picking the Nets cause they got KD & Kyrie!” - Stephen A Smith

Nuggets in 4

I'm fine with that, so long as nobody is calling Giannis or LeBron the best ever again.

why not Bron

​@@smoothsavage2870 both are better than KD

@@BoBfrmdalow LeBron is the only one that's arguable. Giannis ain't even better than Jaylen Brown.

@@khaimcmillan9152 LeBron was team stacking for over a decade.

Yeah that’s how business works. Broke boi 😂😂😂😂

They should trade that trash DA out of here

Monty didn't want him there. Previous ownership and GM wanted DA. They stayed bumping heads last year *pause*. Like you said, they should've let DA walk though.

​@@nofsgiven3855True... but unfortunately they can't right now. Smh. For the amount of money and how bad he played, his trade value is just as trash as he is. Lmao

But Monty wanted him gone so u cant blame the coach

Problem is CP3 and Booker (aka the Kardashian Curse)

​@@UnknownRaiderGuyHow is DA a diva. Monty was a trash coach and stumbles into a good situation.

@@Ahmed-uu9ro never said anything about diva

​@Ahmed Monte did not know how to use Ayton. I guarantee ayton was frustrated with his role. It telling by the way he plays.

Monty didnt even attempt to play the bench. He had Ross and TJ on the bench while playing Shamet and Ish Wainwright

Now he going to ask to be traded😂

No, it was because of Book. Nobody asks to be traded just because of a coach.

He's going to Denver now

nah man. he thought with CP3 and book he could cruise to an easy title

@@baldeagle4710 Really, CP3? The player that is never available when you really need him?

It’s a ridiculous expectation no team in the first season of a mid season trade especially trading all those pieces are ready for a finals push

@@Johnlilly252 Especially when the #1 guy Booker only makes 4 shots all game. What a choke job.

Disagree. The job of the coach is to get the players engaged and on purpose. Otherwise why have a coach

​@@TheForkOnTheLeftist they traded away all their depth to get KD, then CP3 suffered another groin injury. Really don't know how anyone expected the Suns to overcome that.

Why can't you guys understand they were down by 30-points at halftime of elimination games TWO YEARS IN-A-ROW? How is a huge amount of that not on the coach? Someone answer me that. Losing is one thing, being down 30 points at halftime of elimination games two years in-a-row is another.

Before they were traded phnx was 9nth seed

Monty was making some dumb decisions though go back and watch gm3 & gm4 when he finally started trusting his bench they produced more heck of he would’ve played Terrance Ross & tj warren during the clippers series they wouldn’t have had to rely on booker & kd so much the coach made no proper adjustments to help his star players.

That's NOT why they lost by 30!!! PHI just got blown out AT FULL STRENGTH WITH THE REIGNING MVP!!! Were they "no bench" when they WON TWO games?!?!?

​@SmokeSmitty Cuz of injuries they was leading the west before that

@@bambam2514 was too early in season to determine top seed but if their depth was so good they could have stayed relevant but they didnt... i think suns are gonna grab pj n embiid, n fred van fleet

I don't see why people take Stephen A Smith seriously at this point. The only thing he's good at is being a loud mouth that acts like he has supreme basketball knowledge.

So he's a racist as well as a total tool..?

yeah, but your roster sucks and lonzo is almost completely done in the nba

@@baldeagle4710 your mother's a man but I didn't want to state the obvious

Omg talk about it he needs to go 🤦🏿‍♂️

@@sjayzposted How about blame the GM that overpaid for those players?

@baldeagle4710 roster sucks. They have Lavine, Derozan and Vucevic. They're underachieving.

Nobody wants to coach the pistons. Lol they suck and will continue to suck with how the organization is run.

​@@edfa3706 stop hating pistons one of few franchise with multiple championship seddiq bey and Isiah steward both go invites to practice with team USA after their 1st year in the league they have agrubly top 3 fastest player in the league in Ivey an amazing point guard in cade a top 5 guaranteed draft pick with the possibility of landed the number 1 overall player with a good young core and alot of money coming in free agency I'll admit Detroit isn't exactly free agent paradise it's not Miami or LA but Detroit has bright young future any coach would love to go Detroit that hateraide ain't good for you

@@kylepatillo5071 bey not even there anymore

I would coach them

​@@kylepatillo5071 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Facts they stagnated aytons growth so much as IMO. Making him the scapegoat for everything.

Ayton was exposed by joker. Joker averaged a triple double with Ayton as his primary defender. Sad when the backup center does a better job that the starter lol

Ayton is weak minded and gives up too easily. He doesn’t have that killer mindset you need in order to be great.

Yelling at him maybe for not putting effort, or maybe for getting bullied by small forwards and fumbling the ball half the times.

FINALLY!!! Someone holding Monty accountable. And cutting DA some slack! DA was strung along for 2 years about his contract and role on the team, expected to just keep on working and growing but without any reassurance that the team is also dedicated to him. All the while everyone is in his ear. There’s no excuse to not work hard, but it’s understandable why DA would be frustrated at times

Hopefully Chicago

😂😂suns were already trash before ayton got injured

@@eduardoromero3365 be realistic my boy , don’t be someone who talks just to talk lol.

@@keshvwn9020 so what does 30 down prove?

Yep. Like having all your starters healthy, let’s start there 😂

ALL THIS SMOKE!!! "Yeah but his wife died" MISS WITH PITY PARTIES

They had 4 all star caliber players stop it

Monty Williams got Monty Williams fired. Not DA.

Well he tried to leave they said no

They shouldn’t of matched his contract when he was going to Detroit

But he said new ownership was the reason. Don't listen to Coonin A. Smith.

​@@555crooked pacers

Why would the Mavs replace Kidd with a coach he outcoached

I disagree with this. J. Kidd is the right man for the job.

Also, relying way too much on his system instead of utilizing the players to their strengths and advantages. Bridges, cam Johnson, Ayton, Payne and every other Suns player all could've been better but Monty never utilized them correctly. That's why Bridges is balling it in a new system

@@Seddysaid Bro Bridges can "ball out" on the Nets but they aren't making the playoffs with him as their best player. By default if you want to win games, good players need to sacrifice their touches to the superstar players. Bridges is an amazing role player/core starter who's job is to defend, shoot open 3's and cut to the rim, which he is good at.

Exactly, last year the suns got embarrassed by Luka in the playoffs and Monty Williams was completely out coached by a mavs team they should’ve swept😂😂😂

Nailed it entirely

Both Denver and last year's Mavs were better teams than the Suns. Cut him slack this year especially, what's he to do with zero bench, no CP and no DA ?

The organization depleted the roster to get KD....Then Kev and Dev have to play 40+ minutes in the playoffs ,CP3 gets his usual flat tire and Ayton shows how much love he has for the game ( NONE).The only reason he plays is because he doesn't want to be Foot Locker's tallest employee.All of this is Monty's fault.

If you don't try because you don't want to be there u should be ousted from the league entirely in my opinion.........this is ridiculous......in no other job can you refuse to play up to your potential and still earn ANY paycheck.....let alone one worth millions....... so many of .these athletes are entitled pampered morons.......

he didn't give him touches?!? He shoots short jump-shots-hooks. He doesn't go in and dunk like should. There were times when Booker and Durant would drive to the basket and get double-teamed and I can see them looking at DA and decide not to pass it because he has soft hands.

ayton is soft asl dude got out rebound by cp3 afraid to dunk and punkd by landale he will never have the dog in em

Yess he is my favorite.

CP3 is the primary reason. SAS is a fool.

Who else would you play with CP out?

@@davidfong7848 you make adjustments with what you have. He did the same thing last year against the mavs and the same thing against Milwaukee 😆

@@PrettyboyPa ok, what adjustments should he have made?

@Birdie’s Revenge play kd and book without each other on the floor to spread minutes instead of stashing both in at once for 45mins a game. Cp3 and ayton was there for when clippers series and he did the same thing he did against Denver 😆

@@PrettyboyPa play both of them 45 min but not at the same time? Lol ok

How about 70%?

Exactly!!

How does that make any sense!!!! ayton cannot guard the backboard

@Timothy Abdul all I'm saying is how can someone sit up there and say oh the 3rd or 4th best player on the team got his coach fired. When we know the NBA is all about superstars. Yes, Ayton lost his match up badly against Jokic. But you would expect KD and Booker in an elimination game to outmatch KCP & Jamal Murray. Don't make Ayton the scapegoat all I'm saying.

​@@hammadrandhawa6297 on the head bro! But they don't hear you tho

Yeah and nobody else would have done any better under the same circumstances. They were down 1 and Monty sat him and denver went on a 17-0 run. Wait till kd is in a stable and winnable situation again.

@Brendan Bloom we will never know. All I know is Monty deserved to still be the head coach, and I'm not even a Suns or Monty fan. I'm just talking about what he did for the team. Also, Kd ain't getting any younger. I wish him the best. But he isn't nor has he even been the best player in the league.

He wasn't expected to stop Giannis but at least limit him while also making him work on defense. He did neither. Writing has been on the wall with Ayton for 3 years!

Nobody can stop giannis fool 😂😂😂😂

Ayton gonna have to prove me wrong he can’t guard no one not even a block a game come on now

So said literally every playin the nba fool 😂😂😂

He just sucks. Stopt the lies.

Facts. But then Stephen A. Said it was new ownership that got him fired. Stephen A. Is a 🤡

I confirmed I wanted DA gone either way just right after Ayton played well in game 2 against Denver because this nonstop backlash of Ayton from fans isn't healthy if Ayton stays,, doesn't matter the narrative Steven A Smith is trying to make, either way Ayton didn't play game 6 and they find a way look for Durant to blame on instead, fans also keep mentioning KD trade a mistake when it's not a mistake at all, Cam and Bridges aren't here no more so get over it talking to harsh Suns fans out there, James Jones giving away McGee, Kaminsky and Saric was a mistake, not the KD trade, I didn't want Bazely and Ross but they're are cool guys but they can't do everything, they need help man, but James Jones passed on Kevin Love, and Kuzma , a big slap in the face to the fans by James Jones, this is what pride and ego can do to Steven A Smith and the fans, greed and evil from the devil controling people's thoughts, I won't sell my soul to the devil,I will always tell the truth even if no one wants to hear the truth and want to hear popular opinion instead of my view , can really affect people with hate issues, not loving, I love all of our fans and pray for them, they don't deserve to get hate control by narratives, Ayton never costed Monty his job and that is a pure fact, people with an actual brain would see that, I never saw Suns content creators saying DA got Monty fired which is a false a narrative they said he got fired because Matt Isbia pulled the trigger after Monty can't win 2 elimination games in 2 years according to Suns content creators, not me, I want to pray for DA whatever happens to him if he does find a new team and gets respected by fans, God bless everyone for a safe and good mother's Day , :) ❤

That was also an issue he didn’t decide to play them until cp3 got hurt & the suns were down 0-2 that was foolish on his behalf ppl seem to ignore the fact that the new owner was at the suns home game’s so he was there to see how the team functions under coach Monty.

Stupid take. You can’t let a number 1 pick walk. Act like you have a thread of sense when it comes to business

They're so undecided that they can't let him walk for nothing.

@@bruskydu undecided or decided it’s SIMPLE business practice to get your return on investment. Letting number 1 pick walk for nothing would be detrimental. Try and use your brain a tiny bit I know there’s not much there but try

@@t-raw4316 Problem is people are too scared of the unknown. They don't know what players they'll get if they let DA go even though they have lots of options now. But people will instead settle for mediocrity because they're familiar with it and it makes them comfortable, which is what the Suns did. Now they reap it.

Ayton would've been an allstar under Pop

what did you want him to do when he legit could only play like 3 people that would give any type of good production? they had 0 depth and that wasnt his fault

@@bignean2280 bruh u stuck on this post season go look at previous series

@@bignean2280 They were loaded last season Williams got people soft on him for being a widower or he would've been fired before last season

​@@tay3583 Its not like they are getting swept or losing in the the first round. They lost in 7 games last year and in 6 this year to a better all around team. They were also down their 3rd and 4th option on offense

@@bignean2280 It is his fault when he refuses to play TJ Warren and Terrence Ross. Then the fanbase proceeds to talk about how it's not his fault they lack depth. What a joke lol

Ayton and Paul will Both be on different teams next year

@@t-raw4316 I can only hope and pray, baby T.

We got another Mark Cuban on your hands! Whoa!

Yup, makes sense now that Book dipped out of the press conference.

Mikal Bridges balling in Brooklyn got Monty Williams fired.

@@rashidthegreat2915 Monty didn’t trade bridges? That’s the gms job you goof 😂

How did Booker get Monty fired?. And no Booker didn't leave the press conference because of Monty. He left because he didn't want to answer any questions about the game.

@@Kekejewels You don't fire your head coach without the teams superstars okay, it's been like that forever.

It's not Booker's fault the team sucks. They traded all their depth for KD. The only 2 wins the Suns got in the series was due to Book and KD dropping 40 pieces, which isn't a way a true contender can win.

​@@TrueGuardify everybody getting LBJ treatment for losing if you're the superstar of the team you're the blame for the lost

@@BoBfrmdalow That's dumb. It's a team game. They have no bench or pieces whatsoever outside of Book and KD. People who actually deserve criticism are guys like Tatum, Embiid, Giannis, who have a great team but can't get it done.

@@TrueGuardify duh that's why posted that

@@TrueGuardify and Giannis got it done he is a champion

No they weren't 😂 They complained for days about that but, like Monty, he also deserved to be fired.

Wouldn’t be surprised if they just switch jobs tbh. They’re both good coaches

Ja won’t be in the league for long

@@user-lq8gq8hp4w 😭😭😭😭😭

You mean Mr 2 guns morant

@@user-lq8gq8hp4w Just talkin. Put money on that or pipe down

How is this on Durant? He averaged 30 points while averaging 40 minutes this playoffs. Seem like he was one of the few to show up

@@algill5079 and shot awful and completely folded in game 7 but you know that already

@@flexwashington638 there was no game 7. In game 6 he was the second best scorer on the team with 23. Devin booker only had 12 so again how is it on KD?

What about Booker and Kd. They are the only two people who played I'm the series. What are you talking about?.

@Optimistic swirl they all played badly including kd and booker. KD was just as bad as Ayton. What's your point?

@MooNwALKER My point is you don't fire Booker and Kd because of one bad game . That's crazy. If that's the case, then. You need to fire Steve Kerr.

Monty was brainless for designing his entire offence through them. His low IQ got him fired

KD+Booker were essentially the entire offense for most of the series. Ayton got used and abused by Jokic all series. He was essentially ineffective to the point Landale was getting more run than Ayton.

he’s exiled for the LBJ comments 😂😂😂

Does he even want to coach? He has a pretty good gig on TV, no pressure & less stress.

Nawl

@@RoyMunson from what he said from a TMZ interview last December, I think he very much still wants a shot a coaching again. Especially since that warriors roster was built on the wisdom and coaching bones of Mark Jackson.

Nobody defended against the Splash Bros better than Jackson's coaching. I have no idea how people can listen to Jackson and Van Gundy call games and think they could be great coaches. People give way too much credit for people just because the networks keep announcers for so long instead of looking for better ones

I've seen crazier things.. KD vouched for him before, you never know