He made the cp3 deal happen. Just got blocked by stern. Oh the things that could of happened if that trade went through.. Front Court of gasol/nene or gasol brothers... What's so great about Morey as a gm is he doesn't overpay for players, but usually gets more in return.
I think you nailed it on the head there. He has been amazing with finding talent, but not so talented with trades.
Hes done a terrific job thus far given the circumstances. To boot, he's been a great talent evaluator. He's pulled more players out of thin air than any other GM in the league over the past couple of years.
He seems to imply that Morey isn't well liked around the league. Who knows. That would be the sort of thing the Chronic could clear up, but that would involve real reporting, so I'm not holding my breath.
It's pretty cool that the same people calling Daryl bad at trades are denouncing trading Luis Scola and Kevin Martin in the same breath.
The only bad trade Morey has ever made was Battier for Thabust. Find me another trade which has been poor for the Rockets? (and please do not say the Gasol deal as a) it didn't go down and b) time would have been the only way to tell whether or not that trade was good for the Rockets, and please do not mention the Battier deal as Battier was an outstanding fit for us and the goal at the time was to win with YaoMac and Battier put us in a better position at that than Gay would have).
Links? My guess would be he has a rep for often not being willing to pay enough to get a deal done, because he's set himself a limit on what a guy is worth. But, I don't see how that translates to not be willing to do business with him.
How are you blaming this on Morey?? I have to scratch my head and laff and repeat, how are you blaming this on Morey? Stern totally screwed us out of this deal. The Rockets as structured are a mediocre team. He had a deal done that makes us better but Stern and his monstous ego effed it up And as far as these sources about alienating agents, where are they? please show a link
Morey has the capability to get the job done. Maybe it's time that Les changed his approach...I dare anyone to find another GM that can rebuild while still being competitive. And by competitive, I mean fighting for a playoff spot.
maury! Mauryball is cute and all but at the end of the day the old suck and get lucky in the draft is still the best way to go, especially when today's 'superstars' just want to tag team each other. As to finding talent in the draft, the don was able to find dirk and scouted yao way before anybody without using his pentium 1. I blame Maury's failures on yao's foot. =( We should have been 2009 champs. Go Morey!
Lowry, Bud, Lee, Morris, Patterson... We would have been just fine. A front line of Gasol and Nene would have been one of the best in the league. That's a lot of size and scoring in the paint. Something we have not had since Dream played here.
