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Thanks Morey for rejecting the Isiah Thomas trade!!!

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by dwhite, May 15, 2017.

  1. dwhite

    dwhite Member

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    Morey was offered Isiah Thomas and Plumlee for his choice of DMo or TJones and a second round pick and he turned it down. Phoenix begged him to do the trade and he refused holding stubbornly out for Dragic. I posted post after post on this site at that time screaming for Morey to grab the much cheaper Thomas at a bargain bin price, but he held out as always only to be rejected by the superstar Dragic. Morey should have sleepless nights knowing that the Suns begged him to take Thomas off their hands at a bargain bin price.
     
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    Thanks Morey for selecting Mook Morris ahead of Kawhi Leonard!!!

    Morey could have drafted Kawhi Leonard with the 14th pick and he turned it down. Rockets begged him to do that in the draft and he refused holding stubbornly out for Morris. I posted post after post on this site at that time screaming for Morey to grab the much better Leonard at a bargain 14th pick, but he held out as always only to eventually dump his so called superstar potential Morris. Morey should have sleepless nights knowing that the Spurs bagged him and took Leonard off his hands at a bargain 14th pick.
     
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    Morey pooped in my Cheerios
     
  4. napalm06

    napalm06 Huge Flopping Fan

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    Phhh, Thomas is short! He'll never pan out in the NBA.
     
  5. Rockets4lf

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    Why is this fat dude no fired is beyond me...he made so much mistakes over the years.
     
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    Are you serious? i was screaming to get IT before/when he got dished... never knew we had an offer to obtain him... thats depressing... :(
     
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    IT would've been a bad move for the Rockets. Unless they traded him to replace Harden and then rebuilt the team to get around IT's defense.
     
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    fantastic thread. plz also fire all other 29 GMs since every team but one passed on IT twice in the draft.
     
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    THANKS MOREY FOR NOT HAVING A CRYSTAL BALL

    EWE IJUT
     
  10. Carl Herrera

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    I wonder if Thomas will be nearly as good on this team.
     
  11. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    Thanks Morey for trading Lowry and Kevin Martin for James Harden.

    I'm I doing this right?
     
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    Lul, the Suns were offering Thomas to everyone and nobody bited...credit to Ainge for taking a flyer on this dude.

    On a side note, would've been great to see Harden and Thomas on defense, the true matadors.
     
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    Codman or someone else report that IT was on the table, but we were after Dragic.
    Dragic was a great plan but finally Miami paid the price first (2 first rounds)
    I never read anybody crying about no trading for Thomas at that time. Now is easy
     
  14. Brown Lost It

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    Thanks Morey.
     
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    Because they said Isaiah Canaan could/would turn into IT. ;)
     
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    Funny, Morey loves short PFs. ;)

    Anyway, I don't blame him. At that time, DMo and TJones both looked to have more potential than Thomas.

    The Leonard miss, though... that's pretty devastating.
     
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    Isiah Thomas is the HOF PG for the back-to-back champion, Bad Boys.

    Isaiah Thomas is that little guy that carries the ball on every other possession for the Celtics.

    Neither of them are Ricky Rubio.

    Please carry on with the premium quality threads.
     
  18. RocketsFido

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    It's not that Morey can't put stars around Harden it's because he refuses to.

    He also passed on Kawhi Leonard.

    The funny thing about the Dmo fiasco is that he's come and said he wants to play for the Warriors for the min. Probably just to spite Morey and get a ring before him.
     
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    nope, i got the best thanks morey line

    thanks morey for signing ryan anderson to 20m per for 4 years so he can avg 9ppg in the playoffs on under 40% shooting from the field and 30% shooting from three. THANK YOU MOREEEEEEEEEY! NOW PASS ME SOME ****IN CHEESEBURGERS AND DONUTS IM STARVIN GOD DAMMIT!
     
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