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Sources: Rockets set 2nd interview with D’Antoni
- Updated: May 17, 2016
9:36 PM ET
Veteran NBA coach Mike D’Antoni has landed a second interview with Houston and is an increasingly serious candidate for the Rockets’ coaching vacancy, according to league sources.
Sources told ESPN.com that D’Antoni, currently serving as associate head coach with the Philadelphia 76ers, was summoned for a second sit-down with the club — this time face-to-face with Rockets owner Leslie Alexander — after impressing in his first interview.
The Rockets, sources say, would seek to hire a coach with strong defensive credentials, to essentially serve as D’Antoni’s defensive coordinator, if talks progress to a serious stage and D’Antoni eventually emerges as Houston’s choice to replace Kevin McHale and interim successor J.B. Bickerstaff.
Sources say Jeff Van Gundy has received strong support from Rockets general manager Daryl Morey to make a return to Houston for a second stint as the team’s coach but also maintain that Alexander has yet to be fully sold on a reunion with the ESPN analyst, who has been working in television since the sides parted ways in May 2007.
Mike D’Antoni, above, has Houston intrigued despite general manager Daryl Morey’s calls after the season for significant improvement …
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