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[The Athletic] Not Morey's Fault

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by lnchan, Jul 1, 2019.

  1. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard

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    Sometimes you can't come home.

    Athletic subscription sooo worth it.
     
  2. riko

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    Damn freeloaders
     
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    Athletic has become the personal mouth piece for Morey, writing in his favor.
     
  4. amaru

    amaru Member

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    I'm not surprised. Professional athletes have to be well insulated from needy family members. Playing in Houston would place Butler close enough to those less than desirable family members and he may get wrapped up in more family drama than he wishes to experience.
     
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    so is Jonathan Feigen. He just made something called Jimmy Butler turned his back on Houston.
     
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    Clyde used always play like **** in Houston, but by the time he got traded here he was able to overcome it.
     
  7. Carl Herrera

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    Tomball is ruining Houston!!!!
     
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    This seems like the sort of thing the Rockets could have known. Something that might have been mentioned when Jimmy and James had been 'texting' all summer.
     
  9. daywalker02

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    Morey has us believe Butler would luv playing here, shame on his loud Twitter mouth.

    If we had his intel, we wouldn’t have endured that.
     
  10. Severe Rockets Fan

    Severe Rockets Fan Takin it one stage at a time...

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    I can't blame him...more money, less pressure. You do you Butler...just don't whine like a little b**** when you get bounced from the 1st round year after year and Miami fans wonder why you don't carry the team to the finals.
     
  11. ThatBoyNick

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    Yeah no offense to OP, or the Athletic, Iko etc

    But **** this thread title, **** whatever article this is and **** this sentiment as a whole.

    It's not Morey's fault we didn't get Butler, I agree. It's not Morey's fault Butler doesn't want to be in Houston due to whatever reason. What is Morey's fault, is leaking a bunch of trade rumors with 3 of ours starters, for leaking a bunch of "extremely confident" bull ****, for flaunting on twitter. If Butler "never wanted to be in Houston" then why the **** would Morey act as if he was in the bag??
     
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    I wonder what happened there.

    My feeling is that he convinced James that he was seriously considering it then he sat down with Riles who amped him up about being the man and getting the torch from Wade.
     
  13. daywalker02

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    I give you that, the sentiment is really bad. I think they were really confident in their assets.

    They probably did not get that overwhelming Yes from Butler from the get go.

    Only the closest friends of JHarden and CP3 want to play here, like PJ.
     
  14. amaru

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    I think this is the most likely scenario.
     
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    I dun think texting would get anything done, you have to meet in person and Harden was in Asia all the time.

    Even when he was stuck in traffic with his scooter, FA moves were dicussed.

    There is no human aspect to texting.

    Going to Asia was growing his brand, but let us be honest.

    His brand is more important than recruiting to him!
     
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    This is what I want to know too. I have maintained Morey being a pretty straight shooter. I still remember when Rockets struck out on Bosh and Morey came out and said that The Rockets would be fine while everyone laughed; Rockets went on to the conference finals. Morey said that he built the best team he had ever built when he got PJ, and Luc to go along with the team; Rockets won the most games in franchise history and a hamstring away from a chip.

    Stuff like that makes me trust Morey, so when he was on social media expressing confidence I was confident too. I want to know what happened. The twitter fingers is Morey style, but the brash less subdued bravado isn't.

    No way Morey does all this grandstanding without some assurances, man.. There is no way. Jimmy must have told James something. How could Jimmy humiliate his friend like that?

    Add to that, Every single Clutchfans insider was confident (they are rarely ALL on board), Kelly Iko was confident. What happened? Deserves a 30 for 30.
     
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    I dun mind Morey losing out on Butler.

    I resent him for thinking the competition is weaker, coming off as an arrogant jerk.........Tons of deals or signings were made on 1 day, one single day.

    He has delivered nothing, not even a good role player.

    McGee is probably the only one he can attract.....and that is a question.

    Okay, if he can sign Looney, we'll see then.

    Ariza gone, DA Jordan gone, ........
     
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  18. PeterKingX

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    Morey needs to be fired.

    Not Morey's fault.
     
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    How could you express 'CONFIDENCE' if this was that big factor for him, Ferttita Jr?
     
  20. RocketsFido

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    it's morey's fault when he decided our big 3 to win a ring was harden, cp3 and capela.

    latter two were both overpays.. especially CP3.
     

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