Houston Rockets-bottom of totem pole SMH

[emcitymisfit]

Originally Posted by Dreamshake1 [LIST] Start rebuilding 3 years ago Kept Carl Landry over Scola Kept Rick Adelman Not traded Shane for Thabeet Not aquired Trevor Ariza Still thinking give me some time............

Landry has regressed since leaving the Rockets. You really think keeping him would have been the right move, instead of selling high?

Keeping Shane doesn't exactly factor into our rebuilding, now does it? You also realize that the trade was basically for a 1st rounder, not Thabeet, right? Didn't we flip that 1st rounder into DMo?

Ariza turned into Lee. He quickly corrected what I think everyone realizes was a mistake.

[Damion Laverne]

OP can go fornicate with a tree stump!

[Spacemoth]

Originally Posted by teebone21 Its amazing how this team is considered a laughing stock to nba players!!! I messaged my old highschool buddy Jermaine Oneal and asked if he had any interest in coming to houston for vet minimum, his reply "LOLOLOLOLOL". Granted he is a injury prone past prime player but his feelings about our club mirrow what alot of other nba players think. As we all see, our team isnt very popular and only gets talked about when our GM seems desperate at draft time. Players and Agents are looking at our team like we are the damn bobcats!!!! 14th pick 3 consecutive years and yet solid players like lou williams, jason terry, Ersan Ilyasova, Dwight, D. WIlliams, etc etc etc wont even give houston the time of day. Les said it best in his interview with watch26 last night stating " we have to get back to the level of popularity we achieved with Yao on the roster" but moreys lowball/moneyball/no extension/ asset hoarding tactics are one of the main reasons it will be years before we have a decent team available to make a push for a ring.

T-Mac is that you? I KNEW you secretly visited Clutchfans!

[roslolian]

Jermaine who? Seriously, why the F would I care about marginal players and what they think of the Rockets? Oh yeah, I bet the ballboy hates Daryl too, fire him and gut the team

[Relentless]

teebone21 is a joke

[rocketsfaninala]

So, would you rather lowball average players or overpay average players? We don't have any stars on this team. We are an average NBA team, it's the hard truth. Morey knows this and does the best he can with it. What sounds like a better strategy, lowballing average players and may lead to a few to complain when they lose their starting spot or overpay for average players and lose all cap flexibility. Morey has played it smart by maintaining cap flexibility. It may not be a sexy approach, but maintaining cap flexibility will eventually pay off with the new CBA.

[mike_lu]

You only overpay the all-NBA players, because you cannot never overpay for them.

[amaru]

Originally Posted by Dreamshake1 [LIST] Start rebuilding 3 years ago Kept Carl Landry over Scola Kept Rick Adelman Not traded Shane for Thabeet Not aquired Trevor Ariza Still thinking give me some time............

Would not have signed Dalembert or traded for Camby

[infinitidoug]

Originally Posted by Damion Laverne OP can go fornicate with a tree stump!

would a cactus stump be better?

[jtr]

Originally Posted by amaru Would not have signed Dalembert or traded for Camby

Uhmmmm. And what was the cost of Camby? Oh wait it was Thabust and Flynn. I am totally missing your point.

[apollo33]

Originally Posted by jtr Uhmmmm. And what was the cost of Camby? Oh wait it was Thabust and Flynn. I am totally missing your point.

His point is, we should've just tanked last season and started Thabeest at center.

[RocketsRed14]

Calm down guys, this is just a cleverly disguised "I'm friends with an NBA player" thread.

[jamisonrocket]

Originally Posted by Big MAK What this thread is really about.... "I'm 'friends' with Jermaine Oneal"

I felt the same way , all this was is a name drop thread. It could also be Hibbert trolling us too

[rocketman84]

Name dropper.

[Dreamshake1]

Originally Posted by emcitymisfit Landry has regressed since leaving the Rocketss. You really think keeping him would have been the right move, instead of selling high?

We've also regressed as a team since then as well

We traded him for Kmart & Kmart ironically didnt even play half a season last year. Who's worth more Martin or Landry? I'd say by far Landry given Martin's coming off injury and part of a firesale by the Rockets.

Originally Posted by emcitymisfit Keeping Shane doesn't exactly factor into our rebuilding, now does it? You also realize that the trade was basically for a 1st rounder, not Thabeet, right? Didn't we flip that 1st rounder into DMo?

Ask Miami & Memphis Battier's worth. He hit a game winner to help Memphis against SA the same year & this year was one of the key contributors to Miami's championship run. We traded him for Thabeet (pure scrub) and D-Mo. How much did Thabeet contribute for us? What's D-Mo's worth as a NBA player? Nothing.

Outside of clutchfans, nobody cares about D-Mo lol

[ObamaFan]

If i was an agent for an NBA Player, i would steer clear of Morey too

no loyalty

I love Dragic just like most of the fans in the city of Houston, but Lowry situation kinda hurt Morey's cred around the league.Lowry was putting up All-Star numbers at the start of the season when he was healthy( got hurt), and Lowry was kinda replaced when he was still under contract( and a pretty good PG) for a PG( in Dragic) who was in a contract year. I think many around the league will look at that, and say to themselves( i dont want that too be me). Also considering that Lowry is younger than Gogi, makes it that much worse

[acjeitherocket]

[XIrocket]

Jermaine Oneal still plays??

[cjtaylorpt]

Of all people to use as a (very small) sample size of opinions represented by NBA players regarding the Rockets you use someone who is not important on ANY team; useless on a contender and a rebuilding team.

[ihatekobe]

Originally Posted by teebone21 Its amazing how this team is considered a laughing stock to nba players!!! I messaged my old highschool buddy Jermaine Oneal and asked if he had any interest in coming to houston for vet minimum, his reply "LOLOLOLOLOL". Granted he is a injury prone past prime player but his feelings about our club mirrow what alot of other nba players think. As we all see, our team isnt very popular and only gets talked about when our GM seems desperate at draft time. Players and Agents are looking at our team like we are the damn bobcats!!!! 14th pick 3 consecutive years and yet solid players like lou williams, jason terry, Ersan Ilyasova, Dwight, D. WIlliams, etc etc etc wont even give houston the time of day. Les said it best in his interview with watch26 last night stating " we have to get back to the level of popularity we achieved with Yao on the roster" but moreys lowball/moneyball/no extension/ asset hoarding tactics are one of the main reasons it will be years before we have a decent team available to make a push for a ring.

I don't even know who Jermaine Oneal plays for anymore. He's still in the NBA?