Clearing something up: The Rockets didn't choose Lin over Dragic or Lowry

Yeah, I think he would.

He has never given any player or coach except Yao have consideration, while he obviously liked Dragic, I don't think he believed Dragic to be a super star level talent worth a player option after little under half a season of good starts.

We've seen him let a quality scorer and starter he brought over like Scola go just because it would free up room to sign to potentially get Dwight Howard to an extension next season. If Morey thought that Dragic contract could become an albatross like we've seen with McGrady or Jared Jeffries, no he wouldn't have relented, he'd just tried to trade for a PG like Collson similar to how the Knicks and Mavericks eventually had to do when they couldn't resign their PGs.

 

No he's not. Someone will look at him and see how he has come back before and believe he can do the same. He's tradeable even with his issues.

 

It's five years longer than Lin's sample size.

 

The other problem with saying that Morey chose Lin over Dragic is that Morey had no way of knowing the Knicks wouldn't match.

In fact, he said multiple times in interviews that right up until the deadline he believed the Knicks were bluffing and putting up a smoke screen to punish the Rockets for the poison pill offer.

Morey was legitimately surprised when they declined to match.

Remember, Dragic had already signed with Phoenix at this point.

(Which does beg the question of what the heck we would have done at PG if the Knicks did match... Tank, I guess?)

 

ummm Rox would still have been in tank mode... when you signed Lin...

majority of the LOFs are down to earth about the fact Lin is a young player with potential.... thats about it...

with that said... thats why you concentrate on his strengths... and work on his weaknesses in the off season...

I dont know what kind of software program Morey is running with his moneyball... but I dont see Lin as a 3 point threat

 

I agree. TMac was broken down and we still managed to get a decent haul for him. Someone will always bite on potential.

 

NY didn't trade for TMac the player, they traded for TMac the 21 million expiring contract. Big difference if you look at Stoudemire's current contract.

 

The problem isn't whether you can set the activation date or not, the problem is you can't forsee anything. So as the GM what the heck are you suppose to do? Find a new PG? Don't find a PG? It's like playing chess but instead of forseeing your future, you have to wait for someone else to make a move before you can do anything.

By the time Dragic decides, it could have already been too late to do anything. So you're screwed for the off-season negotiations. It's not just as simple as wait it out and trade. The team is stuck until Dragic makes a decision. If he's an allstar, you'd want him to stay, but you can't guarantee that he'll stay because of the player option, but at the same time you can't go out and negotiate with a new PG because if Dragic chooses to stay, your line-up and credibility with the other player is screwed. If it was Chris Paul that the GM was negotiating with, you can kiss your chances of getting him for the rest of his career goodbye.

It's more than just a simple wait and do it, player option is the most inflexible option to give, and that's why no team wants to ever trade for a player with player options unless they are desperate. Because after the trade, the team will be stuck with that person deciding the future of the team. You only give it to superstars/all-stars because you know that they'll produce for sure. Whether you believe it or not doesn't matter, historically in the NBA, only once in a blue moon has a player with player option be tradeable. That's why it's such a big risk which for a rebuilding team is not worth the risk. Of course this is only my theory, Morey obviously know more of the situation than me before he decided to let Dragic go.

 

Rockets should have been on tank mode the day after Tmac left...