SHUT UP AND READ! On Morey/Hong Kong; Mike's job status(apparently now up to Morey); would write a check for a championship, "would never let a tax" keep me from winning a championship Q. The topic of the Hong Kong tweet has come up again lately. The President brought it up. It came up on your CNBC interview. What would you want people to know about your position about that issue? A. “The tweet was seven words. There was nothing wrong with the tweet. That’s why one hour later I told ESPN when I was asked ‘Are you going to get rid of Daryl Morey,’ I was like, ‘Are you crazy? Why would I get rid of Daryl for that tweet?’ I think Daryl’s one of the best general managers in the league. Plus, we truly enjoy working with each other. To this day, we plan on working with each other, and I expect Daryl to be here for years to come.” Q. On the CNBC interview, you distinguished between speaking out on domestic and international issues. Why? A. “What I meant was, and I thought I made it clear, that in America we can say whatever we want to say. We don’t have to worry about our government doing anything against us when we speak up. But we do have to worry if we’re somewhere else, about an authoritarian government penalizing us. And it could be penalizing you in many ways. I was 100 percent saying American citizens can speak out on our soil and nothing will happen to us. Not everybody has the same freedoms we have.” Q. Back to basketball, as someone in the hospitality industry during a pandemic, will that affect decision making on the basketball side of your business? A. “I don’t understand why people would think that. The Rockets operate totally separately. There’s nothing more important than winning a championship. If I could buy a championship, I would write out a check and do it. I’m never going to let a player or a tax keep me from winning a championship.” Q. This is such an unprecedented season. How does that affect evaluations and decisions from Mike D’Antoni and the idea of playing without a center and the roster? A. “We’re getting ready to play eight games and go into the playoffs. When we start those playoffs, it will be like any other season. We’re focused on what’s going on on the court. It doesn’t matter if there’s fans in the stands or not. There’s going to be an NBA champion. Twenty years from now, nobody’s going to know it was a shortened season. Just like I don’t know who was or wasn’t a champion when there were shortened seasons. I don’t see any asterisks. I know San Antonio has five rings and LeBron (James) has a few rings. I would be more than happy to win a championship this year.” Q. And the evaluations in the off-season will be the same as after any other season? A. “I think I have one of the NBA’s great coaches in Mike D’Antoni. And I think I have one of the best basketball ops groups, Daryl and his whole team. Personally, I love Mike. But I’m going to leave it up to the general manager. I surely would like to have Mike back. If Daryl wants to have Mike back, I’m sure Mike is going to be back.” Q. The Rockets have been built and rebuilt around James Harden and Russell Westbrook. Are you still confident that they can lead this team to a championship? A. “I don’t think I can have two better guys to try to lead us to a championship, and they deserve it for their legacy. I want them to win a championship for their legacy because they are two of the greatest players at what they do that have ever played the game. Nobody deserves a championship more than James Harden, Russell Westbrook, P.J. Tucker, Eric Gordon and Austin Rivers, guys like Robert Covington. They deserve a ring. We’re going to do everything in our power to make that happen.” Q. There have been incredible ups and downs in the past few years. How have you liked being the owner of the Rockets? A. “Owning a team in your hometown is the greatest gift a man and sports fan can get. What’s interesting is I love that they told me I’m the 35th-longest season-ticket holder of the Houston Rockets. I’ve had season tickets now for like 40 years. It feels really good, really good, but it’s not going to be great until we win a championship. And then, we win another championship. That’s why I said, if I could just write out a check to buy a championship, I would be the first person in line.”
Reminds me of when someone takes a huge one page ad out for themselves in the high school yearbook...
“The tweet was seven words. There was nothing wrong with the tweet." ... BUT I came out and immediately, publicly rebuked him.
Well he is getting better at lying. I would note that this time he didn’t say Daryl was the best GM in the league. He also didn’t say that he was confident this Rockets team could win a championship. The idea that Morey will decide whether MDA is back is hilarious... and no, Daryl doesn’t enjoy working with Mr. Shut Up and Listen.... neither does his group of assistants and associates.
Which sounds totally ludicrous.... Oh Mike, your future is totally up to Morey. I would, however, welcome the idea of Morey being an interim coach.
Supposedly tillmans mega yacht in Galveston. Goddam pandemic probably had him downsize his mega mega yacht.
I did not know Harris county was allowing professional softball to start up again! Hope they wore masks
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Jerry Jones Would tell his geeves to place that in the spare bedroom closet until the kids want to play with it.
