H e l l o Patrick Fertitta -- Morey's new li'l buddy??

Oh noes.

I thought this was a joke in the presser, and the young twenty-something sons were just studying the Landrys business with Dad and the hospitality side of the Rockets.

But Patrick wants to be in the draft room, and his older brother says Patrick is sharp and studies bball and can describe Bucks trades from 2005 ...

I'm crying here...someone hold me.

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Rockets ownership a family business

Michael age 25
Patrick age 23
Blayne age 20
Blake 17/18

Fertitta said the Rockets will be a family business, with his children one day to take over. Even before then, when he said he is too old at 60 to gain the expertise to take over the basketball decision-making, he said pointed to his oldest sons Michael and Patrick and said they will begin those studies.

They will not begin telling Rockets general manager Daryl Morey who to select on draft night. But they will know who he will choose long before the commissioner shakes his hand.

“One of the things that made this franchise so attractive to us, beyond that it is in the city we love and that it is a franchise that is prepared and ready to win, is that the executive management team is second to none,” Patrick Fertitta said. “We firmly believe that. It starts with Tad (Brown, the Rockets CEO), Daryl and his guys Monte (McNair), Gersson (Rosas) and Eli (Witus). These are some of the best in the business at analyzing the game, developing players and studying what talent is out there.

“So, we’re going to do our best to learn as much as possible and absorb as much as possible from those guys. Hopefully, down the road, our insight is valid and useful and we can be an asset in any type of way. But right now, we’re so comfortable being able to rely and count on Daryl and his team. They’re excellent.”
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Still, Morey might see as much of Fertitta’s oldest sons when working the phones as he will his new boss, with Patrick especially coming into his role as a particularly avid fan.

“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t looking forward to being in those rooms and being a part of those conversations on draft day and trade day,” Patrick said. “As of right now, it’s just something we find a joy and a pleasure. For right now, we’re going to let those guys who do this for a living make the decisions.

“Myself, my brothers (Michael and Blake) and my sister (Blayne) we’re all fans of the Houston Rockets. We’re going to do whatever it takes for this franchise to be a perennial contender and hopefully win numerous championships for decades to come.”
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Michael said he will need to catch up first with Patrick’s knowledge of the game, saying his younger brother can describe Bucks trades from 2005.

“While I’ve been a fan watching the game, Patrick has been studying the game,” Michael said. “Now, I have to keep up with his pace.”
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Until then, Michael and Patrick said they are in training, knowing their role can grow in the decades the family owns the Rockets franchise.

“We talk about the future a lot,” Patrick said. “We’ll have really big shoes to fill here at the Rockets and over at the unbelievable diverse company our dad has built over the last 30 years. Our goal is to get smarter and be more of an asset every day.

“If the opportunity presents itself to take on an executive role here, it would be an honor, it would be a privilege and it’s something we certainly get excited talking about. Until then, we’re just trying to learn as much as we can every year.”​

 

I hope they know how to keep family secrets like a good mafia kid. If Patrick leaks a Morey trade, ima gonna be pissed, although I'm sure this bbs will eat it up.

We're about ready to see an explosion of fake insiders claiming to go to high school or college with the fertitta kids.

 

Our only hope is Blayne ... and the Son In Law taking over

Blayne Fertitta-Watt



Otherwise we end up with the Game of Thrones version with Blayne as cute little sis on mommies lap



Maybe the older brothers screw up and leak trades, then Blayne takes over like Jeannie Buss

 

Ummm...Jim Buss was the Head of Basketball Operations and certainly was hiring the coaches and involved in trades. Jeanie finally had to fire him.

#TeamBlayne

Jeanie Buss on firing her brother from running basketball side of biz --

Yeah, you know, the way my father set it up was he wanted my brother to oversee the basketball and me to run the business side, but ultimately, he wanted the team to be run the way he had set it up. The Lakers are a franchise that people know what you stand for, they know what you’re looking to do. And for, you know, 3 or 4 years, it just seemed like the team was lost in terms of what we were trying to build. And so a decision had to be made that was tough for me, which was to remove my brother from overseeing the basketball. We didn’t see eye to eye on how things were going, and it was time to make a change. You know, that’s why we got to the point that we did.”​