Just caught the end of the last segment. Here's a terse recap: on draft day trade battier for gay was morey's trade cd & jvg approved les felt they should have gotten more important that they got out of a contract (swift) [on players who didn't play] vspan rookies are a difficult process, few ready to contribute wait and see going forward novak mgmt felt he should have played ahead of other guys jvg disagreed synder hasn't found niche has talent and ability got along well with him has to learn the game better very good without the ball, should flourish with adelman [bonzi] great playoffs against spurs hurt much of year lost out on a ton of money (36m to 2.8m) and didn't mentally recover from that from jan on, no problems other than performance luther played well enough to be first guy off bench bonzi needed to get healthy physically and mentally suspects bonzi would have a good year with adelman
Les is right. No matter you opinion on Battier, we gave up a lottery pick for him as well as a bench contributor. He isn't an all-star. We should have gotten their pick or something back in addition to the limited role player we got.
I just got a glimpse of sportscenter but they said JVG might be interviewing for the kings job? how funny
jvg was always pretty honest. maybe they should have got more (a second round pick this year sounds good about now)
When he is not coaching, Grumpy actually is a nice guy. He killed me though when I heard him defending Reefer, and talked about the point guard in Orlando "their point guard is small and doesn't run the team very well" Ha Ha Ha!
I think there is a lot of people that thought and still think that! I hope that Rockets can buy an extra pick.
I found it interesting that JVG said we wouldn't have drafted Gay anyway. The Rox thought Gay wasn't a good player and wouldn't develop. Instead, if they hadn't traded fore Battier, they would have drafted Thabo Sefolsha.
Yeah a lot of us (myself included) were upset by the trade more for the fact that it seems like we didn't get much value than anything else.
Speaking of the Draft Day Deal, i just thought about it. We gave up a High Draft Pick for Shane Battier? Wtf
I really like JVG. I wish things would have worked out better than they did. His interviews were top notch. I also caught him at a few Astros games and was impressed. He was always in shorts and a t-shirt and acted like such a normal guy. Hope for the best for him wherever he ends up doing whatever he ends up doing. Maybe he could take over at U of H!
yeah, i remember hearing that b-roy was #1 and sefolsha was next on their list. That could have been a great pick, sefolsha looks like he will be a dang good player. yeah, its great to have had a coach that loves the city.
Morey said that immediately after the Gay trade on draft day when 610 had a live broadcast. He also severly dismissed Reddick as an option with the 8th pick.
