Morey was targeting Flynn and Thabeet; he wanted what came with them which were picks (that turned into Dmo). They were salary matchers. He even got rid of them for Camby and used Camby to stop the knicks from signing Lin. Morey's not perfect, but he corrects alot of his mistakes.
First you really can't take a move that was made with players after a move was made. For instance you can't call it TMac for Martin. The move was Tmac for Jordan Hill/Jeffries/Hamilton and a failed pick swap. Then turn those players into Martin. Joey Dorsey Chase Budinger (though getting 18 for him was a fantastic move) Trevor Ariza Brad Miller David Anderson TWill for a first rounder Cutting Lin when Flynn was on the roster, oh where is Flynn now? Tmac for JJ/Hamilton/Jordan Hill Hasheem Thabeet for Shane Battiers expiring Getting Nothing for Scola Paying 6 million dollars for 3 second rounders. Jermain Taylor then Tradind Taylor and CASH for a draft pick the Rockets never got. Drafting Nicolas Batum then Trading him. Steve Francis part 2 Mike James part 2 Pops Mensah Marcus Cousin Panic Signing Samuel Dalembert then trading him to sign a lesser version of him in Asik No real good picks in the draft since 2007. Patrick Patterson Morris
Correction He's a young BACK UP center with nothing that resembles a jumpshot or post game. All for 8 million? Nope. If we overpaid Lin just for PR purposes Morey should be fired. Putting the future of our team aside just so you can appease you're asian base means you've lost all credibility basketball wise
If this isn't reaching as you say, I don't know what is.. Dorsey = 2nd round pick... Twill = only mistake, but the protection is way in favor of the rockets that it's lottery protected until 2017 then turns into a 2nd round pick. Adelman, jvg = don't recall what happened with jvg, but adelman and Morey wanted different directions. Thabeet = got a first round pick that helped facilitate a deal for Dmo. Flynn = got rid of millers horrid contract and got dmo You fail at trolling sir.
A meniscus tear is not major. Its a minor injury.... Lin is 3 years younger than Dragic and has far less NBA experience so he should be worse. Also Lin averaged 20 PER while Felton had 17. Unlike Lin Felton didn't play a lot of garbage time minutes and he didn't have to play with Iso Melo or under Woodson. Lin is definitely no star but he is more likely to become a star than Lowry or Dragic who are both 26 and about to peak.
I'd like to invite you to leave this BBS. I put you on my ignore list, but now you're starting threads.
JVG apparently was fired without being told he was. Adelman had the best winning% in franchise history and was loved by his players. He was let go for Kevin Mchale, FAIL. Flynn was a failure. Thabeet was failure. D-Mo hasnt played a NBA game yet he's a success? And I'm the troll
Wow. You people defend this dude to the death. The teams hasn't done anything since he's been GM. He puts a mediocre team together to compete for an 8th seed and everyone is happy that we are competing for a playoff spot. What about that is genius? A genius would have us competing for championships. A genius is OKC's GM. Our GM is the O.J. Mayo of GM's. Came in with great hype being compared to LeBron and turned out to be a 3 pt. specialist.
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Lol, Sam Presti's team just sucked hard for 3 years and drafted well to get Durant, wb, and Harden... So that mean your actually calling daryl Morey a genius since he's a pretty good drafters himself.
By us getting killed, you mean in the same way that you are getting killed on this thread? No one is perfect, but so far Daryl Morey has had a pretty good track record in my eyes as far as evaluating talent. And sometimes in order to get over the hump (14th pick every year) you have to pay for it. But we did NOT over pay for Jeremy Lin, it is only 8 mil/year. Now if New York were to match, then by year 3, THAT would have been overpaying. 2011-2012 Top 10 PG salaries: 10. Jason Kidd: 8.5 Mil 9. Devin Harris: 9.3 Mil 8. Jose Calderon: 9.8 Mil 7. Rajon Rondo: 10 Mil 6. Ben Gordon: 11.6 Mil 5. Steve Nash: 11.7 Mil 4. Tony Parker: 12.5 Mil 3. Chauncey Billups: 14.2 Mil 2. Deron Williams: 16.4 Mil 1. Chris Paul: 17.5 Mil Even if you think we're overpaying, it looks like our Jeremy Lin investment is AT LEAST as good an investment as some other teams, if not better.....
No, Sam Presti was smart enough to make his team suck by trading Ray Allen and Lewis (2 All-Stars at the time) because he knew the team wasn't going anywhere. He then used those picks and drafted well and built a contender. He knew when to blow it up and see the big picture and not just keep the team afloat just to put money in the owners pocket.
I meant to say he let Lewis walk and didn't over pay him. Another foreign concept to "The Genius". Not overpaying players.
I would assume the owner gave him the go ahead to do so, but in morey's case, les wanted a winning team on the floor even when morey said tanking for picks would be the best way to go. The rockets are currently 16 mil under the minimum payroll and MUST either sign guys or spread the money with the players. Asik and Lin are getting 8 ea to fill needs while reaching the minimum payroll.
