If Les Alexander and Mark Cuban switched teams, would the Rockets be better?

When you work for a corporation, they pay for the suite. Those aren't owned by 'people'.
Also working for a corporation or any company, you have something called 'culture'. And great CEOs can change culture and make a better product.

As pointed out by Dirk, the Mavericks were trash. They weren't even our rivals. Players didn't want to play there. They were worse than the Sixers of now. Cuban changed that.

Les bought the team the year they won the championship and fired the GM that got all the pieces of the championship team.

And I mentioned I made this thread in 2015. If I were to update this one. I would say the Golden State ownership seems super solid.
They changed the crappy uniforms to a very classic look, built a solid organization and now will move to the NBA's first Billion Dollar stadium.
Somehow they convinced Durant to join too.

 

Oh really? How about Charles Barkley?

http://www.chron.com/sports/rockets...ley-explains-distaste-for-Rockets-8323575.php



NBA legend Charles Barkley was the first guest on Bill Simmons' new show Any Given Wednesday, which premiered this week on HBO. Simmons and Barkley also taped a bonus segment that wasn't aired but is available on HBO Go.

In that 12-minute clip, Barkley retold a story about how he thinks the Rockets cheated him out of money during his playing career, and explains why he is so hard on the Rockets so often during his appearances on TNT.


Barkley has told this story before, although the numbers seems to change with each telling.

The gist is that when the Rockets wanted to sign Scottie Pippen for the 1998-99 season, they asked Barkley to take a pay cut to make room for Pippen. Barkley agreed and played that season for $1 million. Barkley says he only did so because he was promised a big contract for the 1999-00 season. He also says he never got the payday the Rockets promised him.


Here's the version he told Simmons this week after being asked how many years during his career he was out of shape:

"The only year that I was fat was my last year in Houston, because they had promised me $12 million," Barkley said. "When I showed up, the contract was only for $8 million. And I said, 'What happened to my other $4 million?' They said, 'Well we just decided to keep it.'

"I was so pissed. What had happened was I took a paycut so we could sign Scottie Pippen ... So they said, 'We need you to take a paycut so we can sign Scottie.' I said, 'OK, I would love to play with Scottie.' They said, 'We'll give you $12 million next year.' So when I showed up the next year, they bring me a contract. I said, 'This looks like an 8.' They said, 'Yeah, we're going to give you $8 million.' I said, 'What about the other $4 million?' They're like, 'Well, we just changed our mind.' So I wasn't motivated."

 

You know they were looking to sign Rick Adelman while JVG was STILL COACHING
Poor Rick got lowballed so he never came back
Hakeem Olajuwon should have never played in Toronto, he wanted more money but Rockets didn't match and traded him to Toronto.
At least Kobe and Tim Duncan never had to play for another team.

 

Again you don't understand the situation of the past.

Barkley signed a contract to have a back end kicker so we can have a better team.
These type of deals were not legal.
That was called the JOE SMITH rule. The TWolves did this to sign Joe Smith and were caught. So they got screwed over on draft picks.

Here's video evidence that Barkley was owed

 

Says the kid who wasn't there when it happened...

If I had the power to throw you back in time, I'd make you watch those terrible Rockets team without Dream and leave you there

http://www.chron.com/sports/rockets...akeem-Olajuwon-s-trade-to-Toronto-9053966.php

Aug. 2, 2001, marked the end of the Hakeem Olajuwon era in Houston, with the Rockets trading their star center to the Toronto Raptors. For the greatest player in franchise history, the Rockets received a first-round pick in 2002 (used on Bostjan Nachbar), a second-round pick that year (used on Tito Maddox) and a trade exception.

 

I won't stop dropping knowledge on you cause you really know little about the Rockets history

Look at the poll numbers and other people who are trying to actually give a true Rockets fans perspective

And I didn't give one reason why I think Les isn't the greatest owner like you do

 

Cuban did a better job because when he got there, Dallas did not support the Mavericks and nobody wanted to play there.
He changed that team and culture and the city embraced the Mavericks.

Les inherited a championship calibur team with a hometown college hero Olajuwon who took the Rockets to the Finals in 85.
The Rockets were supported by the city of Houston.

Oh, I know.. I WAS ALIVE WHEN IT HAPPENED.

 

If I made a poll on who was better,

James Harden or Kevin Martin.

James Harden would have at least 99% of the vote.

That's not good numbers for your argument. Les should have dominated if he was that great.

I HONESTY HOPE YOU GET A JOB WITH THE ROCKETS NOW.

 

Really? I thought Cuban didn't do anything for his team. he just inherited the perfect situation.

Tell me how much that Rockets salary pays compared to your other offers.

 

Sorry dude ,
@Sweet Lou 4 2 pointed out your naiveness and your lack of knowing the full history of this subject clearly shows.
Buy the book on Rockets history, it will be helpful for you.

https://www.amazon.com/Houston-Rockets-Celebrating-50-Seasons/dp/0990667189