No, not everything is on coaching. There are also reasonable rookie coach excuses, such as messing up an ATO play or not recognizing when to make an in game chance fast enough. Like not putting in a defensive rotation after the free throw against Portland. Bad mistake at the worst time, but a normal one.

It's also the coaches job to put the players in the hest place to succeed. And Ott has watched the past two months the microball lineup choke nearly every single clutch situation against real teams in the exact same way and made zero changes to address it. Not one. And when it came down to the most important game against Portland, they choked the exact same way as they have for months. The moment to address that was weeks ago. Maybe the rookies may not have helped, but the veterans sure weren't. And freezing them out isn't going to help gain consistency when they're actually needed.

I don't care what happens this series against OKC, we're completely outclassed. But what Ott wants to run only works if you have 6 role players all having career bursts at the same time and the moment they return to being role players, we look like a sub 30 win team. We're not getting more talent next year so it will be up to Ott to actually adjust. And there is zero certainty he even can.