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

This is stupid, it's called basic research. Look at how he did in high school and college, and tell me he didn't deserve to get a single scholarship or get drafted. He didn't learn how to play basketball overnight in NY.

 

Without Lin we would be starting Toney Douglas.

Something people can't seem to wrap their head around is that the talks didn't fall through with Dragic. Morey didn't want Dragic, at least if he came attached with a player option. My guess is he thought Dragic is better than Lowry, which at the time would be bad for us because we just got turned down by Dwight, and were rebuilding (probably with Le$'s blessing). If the Harden trade came before FA I think Morey would have resigned Dragic already, since then we have our superstar and could go from "rebuild" mode to "winning" mode.

As for Brooks I don't want him on the squad, simply because he's too short and is a defensive liability. He was ok in RA offense, but considering the offense we have now is dumbed down he'd just be a liability. I think Lin's just performing bad because he's still injured, and even then he's giving solid numbers, not bad for 8M a year.

 

I take the question in another perspective. Irrelevant to Lin. Ignore all other facts. Should we give Goran the deal he wants? The one with player option?

I ain't sure but I guess Morey actually knows how good Goran is and decide he doesn't worth the deal. I think we all pretty know Goran's upside and limitations and to me he is NOT an all-star calibre player, and never will. Yes he is jerking up impressive figures but he is playing in a system that suit him most, and in a **** team. A comparable case is Martin: impressive figures at Kings and Rockets, but we all know he didn't worth the money, and would not be a key foundation for championship (well, unless he plays as a sixth man like now). The most likely outcome of that deal to Goran is, he plays quite well, the team is playing not bad, but still far from having championship quality, and we all got stucked at the 13-15th draft pick spot again. What's even worse is since there is a player option we won't be able to trade him for great value. We got stucked in the middle again.

Just my thought though. If Goran's deal is that "reasonable", many other team would go for it, which didn't happen. Goran isn't that much a big miss. With or without him we are pretty much the same this season anyway.

 

Oh yea as a side note, Kyle Lowry is a much better player than Goran because of his all round contribution. He is a big miss, but the matter is out of our hand.

 

Kyle Lowry > Goran Dragic > Jeremy Lin
$6 mil for 2 yrs > $7.5 mil for 4 yrs > $8.3 mil for 3 yrs

 

Lowry got us Harden...

too early to judge Lin.... come back after all star break

 

Lowry
Dragic
Harden
Parson
Asik

WOW, that is a force to be reckon with right there...

 

Can everybody stop talking lowry and dragic? They are gone not because of lin and deal with it. Give lin more time, he is not 100% back yet, still have difficulty finishing some lay-ups.

 

Truth be told!

Would the Rockets be better off if Knicks matched and no Goran?

I can tell you one thing, Rockets get No attention from anyone until maybe Harden trade.

Question is, attention good?

 

I am pretty sure his teammates like attention otherwise few people know them. Ask novak and landry fields, they will tell you how to get a big contract.
Lin made teammates around him better is not a secret anymore.

 

Both Dragon and Lowry are significantly better then lin but thats not the issue.

 

Lowry and Dragic were both great point guards that were on our roster last season. Everyone isn't going to magically forget about them because Jeremy Lin arrives. Sorry to disappoint everyone in this thread.

 

If Thomas Edison was so smart, how come he's dead?

 

Your not serious right? That would be a hot mess.

 

Either way you put it Morey/Les chose Lin for $8.3M/3 years over Dragic for $7.5M/4 years. They were not going to pay that much for 2 guys at the same position, that would be silly.

No one is demonizing Lin. The organization signed Lin over Dragic for reasons other than current basketball abilities. That's what some people are upset about.

 

basically, you didn't read anything posted on this tread.

 

You dummy...

 

Did you by any chance come across these two words in this thread - 'player option'?

Or these two words - 'fourth year'?

And people haven't really been lashing out at 'the organization' ... they'e been lashing out at Lin.

 

My eye-test alone says you are at a similar level ...