When Bev gets hurt you will know how important Canaan was. Can't believe some of you think Terry and Prigioni can fill the void.
Well no **** you think we are the worst amongst playoffs teams, your bias is clear for all to see. You must be a Cannan only fan?
Morey has done a better job this year of constructing a roster that has some flexibility in it to allow for more and quicker adjustments in the playoffs. All the Rockets had last year coming off the bench was Asik. That's the only legit piece McHale could go to. With the addition of Brewer/Smith/Terry/Prigioni plus the continued investment in DMo gives the Rockets multiple lineups and speciality defensive assignments they can use to counter opponents in the playoffs. If (and it's still a big IF) Howard comes back and is open to the Jordan/Chandler role, then this team looks much better prepared for the playoffs this year than last even without additional playmakers.
Not true. He has gone out of his way to explain why tanking does not work for badly managed teams, which is obvious.
Morey is terrible! He hurts our reputation by trading away players at the drop of the hat, always trying to upgrade! Let the team build some chemistry! Morey is extra terrible! He didn't trade away players this deadline to upgrade! Doesn't he know this team can't win without changes! Morey doesn't know what loyalty is! Treats players like assets! Morey is stupid! Should cut Joey Dorsey! Morey won't stop tinkering with the roster! Morey should get rid of garbage Beverly! Morey! Morey! Morey!
Harden would not have been traded if he's on any other team not named Thunder. All that "careful planning and asset accumulation" would have become trash.
Nobody says Morey can do no wrong, but when numbnuts want him to be fired because he traded away Canaan what do you say to that? This is a straight up garbage thread, blaming Morey for every small thing wrong and then dismissing every good trade he's done as luck. You do realize you want the GM to be replaced in the year the squad has a top 4 record in the season, right? Y'all act like the Rox are 12-50 or whatever. Again as I had said it before, the past is done, it is finished. If you were gonna fire Morey then you should've done it 10 years ago or whatever. Why fire him now when he got Harden, signed Howard and then brought Brewer, Ariza, Josh Smith etc over and put the squad in a position to succeed? Think about it logically, if you were the worst performer in you company for the past 2 years and then this year you became the top salesperson in the entire company does it make sense for the company to fire you now because of your poor performance 2 years ago? Did your GM land a trade for a potential MVP and sign the best center in league? Fire him then! Only in CF
Canaan was important in the sense that our PG position sucks. I don't think Canaan specifically is the answer to this team's woes.
The thing is though, Morey had given multiple interviews before that trade happened discussing why that exact type of trade was going to be out there to be had because of the CBA. I have no doubt that in his mind he had targeted OKC as a team that would have to dump a star because of the CBA.
Can someone please point to a SINGLE post that says Morey is perfect and has done no wrong? Because this is brought up often by the people who want Morey fired.
And to be fair that's one of the central purposes of a CBA in sports - to limit payroll and thereby increase the chances of talent dispersing to other teams. Competitive balance. Morey has shown an ability to understand and game the system.
I have a right to express my opinion. You look at other WC playoff teams, they all have at least two guys who can create their own shots, and we only got Harden. When he's shut down we're in huge trouble
Again, you should have watched him play more. If you saw no name D leaguers making him look ridiculous you might have a more valid opinion on the subject. As to Terry, he's a better defender than Canaan if only because he is good for a few "vet plays" per game. It's funny you mention Canaan getting to the basket because he's been blocked almost a third of the times he's shot the ball within 5 feet, and that includes some wide open layups. He's a block waiting to happen any time he goes inside and that's true in the D league just as much as it's true in the NBA. I have no idea how he got this kind of fanbase, but it's funny that I've never met a Canaan superfan who watched RGV games.
You seriously think Terry and Prigioni can compete with other point guards in teh Western Conference?
Agreed. Morey has definitely made mistakes and not even his biggest fans would say otherwise. I get it though. The thing that is frustrating about Morey is that fans always feel like the team is one piece away or two pieces away. I mean you have someone blasting him for not getting Mo Williams as if that was going to change the outcome of the playoffs for us. Many fans just want "playoff success" and they'd see it as a positive if we made trades that just got us one more round in the playoffs. Morey just doesn't work that way. He doesn't see a 2nd round exit as any better than a 1st round exit and he makes moves accordingly. To a fan, that is extra frustrating because a 1st round exit stings so much.
