How about Steve Patterson as GM? (again)

Steve Patterson built a team full of champions that won back to back titles. Daryl Maury can't even put together a team that's capable of winning a fantasy basketball league. Steve Patterson > Daryl Morey...enough said.

 

That's a bingo!

I cringe in sadness when folks take up a lost cause

 

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June 14, 2007: Traded Juwan Howard to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Mike James and Justin Reed.
June 28, 2007: Traded cash to the Orlando Magic for a 2007 2nd round draft pick (Brad Newley was later selected).
June 28, 2007: Selected Aaron Brooks (1st round, 26th pick) and Brad Newley (2nd round, 54th pick) in the 2007 NBA Draft.
June 28, 2007: Traded cash and a 2008 2nd round draft pick (Sasha Kaun was later selected) to the Seattle SuperSonics for Carl Landry.
July 12, 2007: Traded Vassilis Spanoulis and a 2009 2nd round draft pick (Nando De Colo was later selected) to the San Antonio Spurs for Jackie Butler and Luis Scola.
July 13, 2007: Signed Mike Harris as a free agent.
July 20, 2007: Signed Steve Francis as a free agent.
February 21, 2008: Traded Kirk Snyder and a 2010 2nd round draft pick (Paulao Prestes was later selected) to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Gerald Green.
February 21, 2008: As part of a 3-team trade, the Houston Rockets traded Mike James and Bonzi Wells to the New Orleans Hornets; the Houston Rockets traded Malick Badiane to the Memphis Grizzlies; the Memphis Grizzlies traded Sergei Lishouk to the Houston Rockets; the New Orleans Hornets traded Bobby Jackson, Adam Haluska and a 2008 2nd round draft pick (Maarty Leunen was later selected) to the Houston Rockets; and the New Orleans Hornets traded Marcus Vinicius to the Memphis Grizzlies.
February 26, 2008: Signed Bobby Jones to a 10-day contract.
March 7, 2008: Signed Justin Williams to a 10-day contract.
March 8, 2008: Signed Mike Harris to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
March 21, 2008: Signed Loren Woods to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
June 26, 2008: Selected Nicolas Batum (1st round, 25th pick) and Maarty Leunen (2nd round, 54th pick) in the 2008 NBA Draft.
June 26, 2008: As part of a 3-team trade, the Houston Rockets traded Nicolas Batum to the Portland Trail Blazers; the Memphis Grizzlies traded Donte Greene and a 2009 2nd round draft pick (Sam Young was later selected) to the Houston Rockets; the Portland Trail Blazers traded Joey Dorsey to the Houston Rockets; and the Portland Trail Blazers traded Darrell Arthur to the Memphis Grizzlies.
July 10, 2008: Signed Brent Barry as a free agent.
August 6, 2008: Traded Steve Novak to the Los Angeles Clippers. Houston had the option to swap 2nd round draft picks in 2011 but did not do so.
August 14, 2008: Traded Donte Greene, Bobby Jackson and a 2009 1st round draft pick (Omri Casspi was later selected) to the Sacramento Kings for Metta World Peace, Patrick Ewing and Sean Singletary.
August 25, 2008: Traded Sean Singletary to the Phoenix Suns for D.J. Strawberry.
August 29, 2008: Traded Patrick Ewing to the New York Knicks for Frederic Weis.
September 29, 2008: Signed Von Wafer as a free agent.
December 23, 2008: Traded Steve Francis, cash and a 2009 2nd round draft pick (Sam Young was later selected) to the Memphis Grizzlies for a 2011 2nd round draft pick. Houston did not receive the 2nd round draft pick because it was top 55 protected.
February 19, 2009: As part of a 3-team trade, the Houston Rockets traded Rafer Alston to the Orlando Magic; the Memphis Grizzlies traded Kyle Lowry to the Houston Rockets; the Orlando Magic traded Brian Cook to the Houston Rockets; and the Orlando Magic traded Adonal Foyle, Mike Wilks and a 2009 1st round draft pick (DeMarre Carroll was later selected) to the Memphis Grizzlies.
March 3, 2009: Signed James White to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
June 25, 2009: Purchased Jermaine Taylor from the Washington Wizards.
June 25, 2009: Traded cash and a 2012 2nd round draft pick (Kim English was later selected) to the Detroit Pistons for Chase Budinger.
June 25, 2009: Purchased Sergio Llull from the Denver Nuggets.
July 8, 2009: Signed Trevor Ariza as a free agent.
August 12, 2009: Signed David Andersen as a free agent.
September 3, 2009: Signed Pops Mensah-Bonsu as a free agent.
September 30, 2009: Signed Will Conroy as a free agent.
September 30, 2009: Signed Garrett Temple as a free agent.
December 23, 2009: Signed Mike Harris as a free agent.
January 28, 2010: Signed Will Conroy to a 10-day contract.
February 8, 2010: Signed Garrett Temple to the first of two 10-day contracts.
February 18, 2010: As part of a 3-team trade, the Houston Rockets traded Joey Dorsey and Carl Landry to the Sacramento Kings; the Houston Rockets traded Tracy McGrady to the New York Knicks; the New York Knicks traded Jordan Hill, Jared Jeffries and a 2012 1st round draft pick (Royce White was later selected) to the Houston Rockets; the New York Knicks traded Larry Hughes to the Sacramento Kings; the Sacramento Kings traded Hilton Armstrong and Kevin Martin to the Houston Rockets; and the Sacramento Kings traded Sergio Rodriguez to the New York Knicks. Houston had the option to swap 1st round draft picks with New York in 2011 but did not do so.
March 2, 2010: Signed Will Conroy to a 10-day contract.
March 24, 2010: Signed Mike Harris to a contract for the rest of the season.
June 24, 2010: Selected Patrick Patterson (1st round, 14th pick) in the 2010 NBA Draft.
July 20, 2010: Signed Brad Miller as a free agent.
July 28, 2010: Traded David Andersen to the Toronto Raptors for cash and a 2015 2nd round draft pick.
August 11, 2010: As part of a 4-team trade, the Houston Rockets traded Trevor Ariza to the New Orleans Hornets; the Indiana Pacers traded Troy Murphy to the New Jersey Nets; the New Jersey Nets traded Courtney Lee to the Houston Rockets; and the New Orleans Hornets traded Darren Collison and James Posey to the Indiana Pacers.
August 23, 2010: Signed Ishmael Smith as a free agent.
September 24, 2010: Signed Antonio Anderson as a free agent.
December 15, 2010: As part of a 3-team trade, the Houston Rockets traded a future 1st round draft pick to the New Jersey Nets; the Houston Rockets traded Sergei Lishouk to the Los Angeles Lakers; the Los Angeles Lakers traded Sasha Vujacic and a 2011 1st round draft pick (JaJuan Johnson was later selected) to the New Jersey Nets; the New Jersey Nets traded Terrence Williams to the Houston Rockets; and the New Jersey Nets traded Joe Smith, a 2011 2nd round draft pick (Darius Morris was later selected) and a 2012 2nd round draft pick (Robert Sacre was later selected) to the Los Angeles Lakers.
December 15, 2010: Traded Jermaine Taylor and cash to the Sacramento Kings for a 2011 2nd round draft pick. Houston did not receive the 2nd round draft pick because it was top 55 protected.
February 24, 2011: Traded Aaron Brooks to the Phoenix Suns for Goran Dragic and a 2011 1st round draft pick (Nikola Mirotic was later selected).
February 24, 2011: Traded Shane Battier and Ishmael Smith to the Memphis Grizzlies for DeMarre Carroll, Hasheem Thabeet and a future 1st round draft pick.
March 23, 2011: Signed Mike Harris to the first of two 10-day contracts.
April 11, 2011: Signed Marcus Cousin as a free agent.
June 1, 2011: Hired Kevin McHale as Head Coach.
June 23, 2011: Selected Marcus Morris (1st round, 14th pick), Nikola Mirotic (1st round, 23rd pick) and Chandler Parsons (2nd round, 38th pick) in the 2011 NBA Draft.
June 23, 2011: Traded Brad Miller, Nikola Mirotic, Chandler Parsons and a 2013 1st round draft pick (Andre Roberson was later selected) to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Jonny Flynn, Donatas Motiejunas and a 2012 2nd round draft pick (Will Barton was later selected).
June 23, 2011: Traded cash to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Chandler Parsons.
December 12, 2011: Signed Jeremy Lin as a free agent.
December 20, 2011: Signed Jeff Adrien as a free agent.
December 24, 2011: Signed Samuel Dalembert as a free agent.
February 8, 2012: Signed Greg Smith as a free agent.
March 15, 2012: Traded Jordan Hill to the Los Angeles Lakers for Derek Fisher and a 2014 1st round draft pick.
March 15, 2012: Traded Jonny Flynn, Hasheem Thabeet and a 2012 2nd round draft pick (Will Barton was later selected) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Marcus Camby.
March 18, 2012: Signed Courtney Fortson to a 10-day contract, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
March 26, 2012: Signed Earl Boykins to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
June 26, 2012: Traded Chase Budinger and Lior Eliyahu to the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 2012 1st round draft pick (Terrence Jones was later selected).
June 27, 2012: Traded Samuel Dalembert, cash, a 2012 1st round draft pick (John Henson was later selected) and a future 2nd round draft pick to the Milwaukee Bucks for Jon Brockman, Jon Leuer, Shaun Livingston and a 2012 1st round draft pick (Jeremy Lamb was later selected).
June 28, 2012: Selected Jeremy Lamb (1st round, 12th pick), Royce White (1st round, 16th pick) and Terrence Jones (1st round, 18th pick) in the 2012 NBA Draft.
June 29, 2012: As part of a 4-team trade, the Houston Rockets traded cash to the Dallas Mavericks; the Dallas Mavericks traded Lamar Odom to the Los Angeles Clippers; the Dallas Mavericks traded Shan Foster to the Utah Jazz; the Los Angeles Clippers traded Furkan Aldemir to the Houston Rockets; the Los Angeles Clippers traded Mo Williams to the Utah Jazz; and the Utah Jazz traded Tadija Dragicevic to the Dallas Mavericks.
July 11, 2012: Traded Kyle Lowry to the Toronto Raptors for Gary Forbes and a 2013 1st round draft pick (Steven Adams was later selected).
July 11, 2012: Traded Marcus Camby to the New York Knicks for Toney Douglas, Josh Harrellson, Jerome Jordan, a future 2nd round draft pick and a future 2nd round draft pick.
July 17, 2012: Signed Jeremy Lin as a free agent.
July 20, 2012: As part of a 3-team trade, the Houston Rockets traded Courtney Lee to the Boston Celtics; the Boston Celtics traded JaJuan Johnson, E'Twaun Moore, Sean Williams and a 2013 2nd round draft pick (Alex Abrines was later selected) to the Houston Rockets; the Boston Celtics traded Sasha Pavlovic to the Portland Trail Blazers; and the Portland Trail Blazers traded Jon Diebler to the Houston Rockets.
July 24, 2012: Signed Omer Asik as a free agent.
August 20, 2012: Signed Carlos Delfino as a free agent.
September 18, 2012: Signed Scott Machado as a free agent.
October 27, 2012: Traded Jeremy Lamb, Kevin Martin, a 2013 1st round draft pick (Steven Adams was later selected), a future 1st round draft pick and a future 2nd round draft pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Cole Aldrich, Daequan Cook, James Harden and Lazar Hayward.
January 2, 2013: Signed James Anderson as a free agent.
January 7, 2013: Signed Patrick Beverley as a free agent.
February 20, 2013: Traded Cole Aldrich, Toney Douglas, Patrick Patterson and cash to the Sacramento Kings for Francisco Garcia, Tyler Honeycutt and Thomas Robinson.
February 21, 2013: Traded Marcus Morris to the Phoenix Suns for a 2013 2nd round draft pick (Isaiah Canaan was later selected).
February 25, 2013: Signed Tim Ohlbrecht as a free agent.
March 5, 2013: Signed Aaron Brooks as a free agent.
June 27, 2013: Selected Isaiah Canaan (2nd round, 34th pick) in the 2013 NBA Draft.
July 10, 2013: Traded Thomas Robinson to the Portland Trail Blazers for Kostas Papanikolau, Mirko Todorovic, a future 2nd round draft pick and a future 2nd round draft pick.
July 13, 2013: Signed Dwight Howard as a free agent.
July 13, 2013: Traded Furkan Aldemir, Royce White and cash to the Philadelphia 76ers for a future draft pick.
July 16, 2013: Signed Omri Casspi as a free agent.
July 19, 2013: Signed Reggie Williams as a free agent.
July 19, 2013: Signed Aaron Brooks as a free agent.
July 29, 2013: Signed Marcus Camby as a free agent.
August 28, 2013: Signed Ronnie Brewer as a free agent.
February 20, 2014: Traded Aaron Brooks to the Denver Nuggets for Jordan Hamilton.
April 10, 2014: Signed Dexter Pittman to a contract for the rest of the season.
April 16, 2014: Signed Josh Powell as a free agent.
June 26, 2014: Selected Clint Capela (1st round, 25th pick) and Nick Johnson (2nd round, 42nd pick) in the 2014 NBA Draft.
July 15, 2014: As part of a 3-team trade, the Houston Rockets traded a trade exception to the Washington Wizards; the Houston Rockets traded Omer Asik, Omri Casspi and cash to the New Orleans Pelicans; the New Orleans Pelicans traded Alonzo Gee, Scotty Hopson and a 2015 1st round draft pick to the Houston Rockets; the New Orleans Pelicans traded Melvin Ely to the Washington Wizards; and the Washington Wizards traded Trevor Ariza to the Houston Rockets.
July 15, 2014: Traded Jeremy Lin, a 2015 1st round draft pick and a 2015 2nd round draft pick to the Los Angeles Lakers for Sergei Lishchuk.
September 17, 2014: Traded Alonzo Gee and Scotty Hopson to the Sacramento Kings for Jason Terry, a 2015 2nd round draft pick and a 2016 2nd round draft pick.
December 19, 2014: As part of a 3-team trade, the Houston Rockets traded Sergei Lishouk and a 2015 2nd round draft pick to the Philadelphia 76ers; the Houston Rockets traded Troy Daniels, cash, a 2015 2nd round draft pick and a 2016 2nd round draft pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves; the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Corey Brewer to the Houston Rockets; the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Ronny Turiaf to the Philadelphia 76ers; and the Philadelphia 76ers traded Alexey Shved to the Houston Rockets. (Minnesota's 2nd-round pick in 2015 and 2016 are protected for picks 50-60 and 31-45, respectively.)
February 19, 2015: Traded Alexey Shved, a 2017 2nd round draft pick and a 2019 2nd round draft pick to the New York Knicks for Pablo Prigioni.
February 19, 2015: Traded Isaiah Canaan and a 2015 2nd round draft pick to the Philadelphia 76ers for K.J. McDaniels. (2015 2nd-rd pick acquired by PHI will be the worse of MIN & DEN picks)
June 25, 2015: Selected Sam Dekker (1st round, 18th pick) and Montrezl Harrell (2nd round, 32nd pick) in the 2015 NBA Draft.
July 20, 2015: Traded Joey Dorsey, Nick Johnson, Kostas Papanikolaou, Pablo Prigioni and a 2016 1st round draft pick to the Denver Nuggets for Ty Lawson and a 2017 2nd round draft pick. (Lottery protected 1st round pick plus cash considerations)
November 18, 2015: Fired Kevin McHale as Head Coach.
November 18, 2015: Appointed J.B. Bickerstaff as Head Coach.
January 22, 2016: Traded Maarty Leunen to the Los Angeles Clippers for Sergei Lishchuk and Josh Smith. (Clippers also send cash to Rockets to cover Smith's salary)
February 18, 2016: Traded Donatas Motiejunas and Marcus Thornton to the Detroit Pistons for Joel Anthony and a 2016 1st round draft pick. (1st-Rd pick is top-8 protected in 2016; top-10 protected in 2017 & 2018)
February 18, 2016: Traded Joel Anthony and a 2017 2nd round draft pick to the Philadelphia 76ers for Chukwudiebere Maduabum. (2017 2nd-rd pick from HOU to PHI is Nuggets pick)

lot of activity..and one WCF appearance..

 

And neither is the Association today...

 

What a great thread Tinman. Lakers should go after Jerry Buss and the Bulls should go find Jerry Krause.

 

We should go after Jerry Seinfeld.

 

he is as much a legendary GM as he was a player.

is he still advising the warriors? this warriors team could be credited to him as well.

morey isn't a bad GM, he's one of the best in the league, but he has too much power. he's gotta stay out of coaching.

he's also got his hands tied by an owner who refuses build through the draft, but refuses to spend. figure that one out. i think morey has done a good job given les' orders.

 

Charlie would have to pay 15X what he sold for to regain the franchise; and water, coke, foodstuffs etc etc were unreasonable back then, too.

 

i think this is the bigger problem with the rockets. the owner, not the GM.

imagine if les was ok missing the playoffs this year so we could rebuild? i'm not saying tank like the sixers, but at the deadline sitting on the playoff bubble with our first round pick at stake, why not sell off more role players for picks? use the cap space to retool over the summer. why not trade dwight for whatever we could get? didn't morey say any dwight trade could compromise our playoff chances? so what?! none of us care about making the playoffs just to get swept in the first round. only les wants us in the playoffs for the money.

morey has a tough job to win without really being able to retool, and to win without getting into the tax.

if you think about it, the one year les finally pays the luxury tax is the first year morey seems to be on the hot seat lol. i'm not saying morey is perfect, but we should look at the moves he makes, or doesn't make, through the lens of les' orders to win and not spend.

 

isn't this his main money maker? i'd rather an owner who's not living off of what the rockets earn each year. i guess that's my point about morey. i think he's a good GM but is steered in greedy directions from the owner. that and he needs to give up more power to the coach.

 

Where is Patterson now? In a home for old folks?

 

Well, just this past year, he spent his time as Texas' Athletic Director pissing off coaches, players, and fans, and refusing to spend a dime on assistant coaches. UT fired his ass. I don't want him for the Rockets. No way.