I would be upset if he's fired. I have never liked the style of constant movement of players, but the team has continuously improved and the quality of the players has gotten better. I hope they can pull it together, as I don't think a gm change will improve things. I didn't like the hiring of KM and I don't like the idea of riding out the season with Bickerstaff. If you are going to make the change, change it all and bring in some new blood and a new way to do things.
I think Morey's a good GM. I don't like him having so much power over the coach. IMO, a coach should have more power.
Uh, isn't it obvious?! Smith is suffering from a broken heart, lol.... On serious note, even with his bad play atm, I think he still would have helped the Rockets (definitely less small ball).
Morey's "system" or "plan" isn't bad but his execution is lacking. How? By acquiring 1-way players. If anyone doesn't see this by now then you're just as delusional as a LOF. Howard: we acquire him for his then-elite defense but avoided the whole discussion of "what can he do on the offensive end on a consistent basis?" Harden: we can be the best offensive player in the game when he's motivated but the bigger problem is when your best player mails it in on the other end of the court. Jones: isn't a game changer on the offensive end as much as we hoped for and his defense hasn't improved at all Bev: defense was his calling card and what got him out of Russia. As for hitting the occasional 3? I think that's more of the icing on the cake IF he's defending at an elite level. Right now, Alston's tenure here, IMO, was better than anything Bev has given us, 2nd All-Defensive Team included. Ariza: Probably our best two way player but therein lies the problem: if Ariza's your best two way player then you got issues. Lawson: defensive sieve that used to have good offensive production but has fallen off the cliff. You look at the elite teams and you see each team's respective top guys usually play both ends. I don't even need to list them out to be honest. THAT's where Morey's vision/plan failed--you hire specialists and when their skills diminish you get absolute garbage in return.
One of the key hallmarks to Morey's transactions is he has a firm grasp of how players around the league are valued and offers contracts that can be moved if needed and if things go south. Now is the time where Morey can "break the glass" and make roster moves since the pieces aren't meshing.
I found a picture of Maury's office chair online: Spoiler Can someone tweet him to verify? He hasn't been active on twitter for a while. Last activity on twitter was a retweet of a Khloe Kardashian message.
You are absolutely right. When it comes to role players that is. When it comes to Harden or Dwight you grab them if you can and ask questions later. It's not easy to get stars. But when it comes to the rest of the roster he finds guys without all around games but with speciallity skills that are usually one way players. Because they are also cheaper, and more movable. And they can be gotten in bargain trades. That's definitely his philosophy.
I suspect the reason is that management wants to first see whether the players can manage to self-motivate themselves and pull together as a team. Why shell out another contract for a coach if we're going to see the same lackadaisical play and lack of chemistry. A coach can implement a good system and even motivate one or two slackers into becoming consistent contributors. But it's way too much to ask a coach to motivate and focus an entire team that doesn't enjoy playing together. I'm of the opinion that this season should be treated as a lost cause in terms of winning, but it could be a good way to analyze which players are quitters (particularly our highest paid players). If Harden continues to dog it on the defensive end and continues his trend toward low-efficiency chucking, then management may decide to move him while he still has value.
Howard doesn't need to be an offensive force. Do you see Bogut dominating the league with his offense. No sir Jones don't have to be a game changer, he just need to play his role. The problem with Lawson is he's not a 2 guard. He's a true point guard that also needs the ball I'm his hand. We all knew he wasn't a defensive specialist and we knew he was a defensive liability. Harden can play defense when he wants to, we seen a lot games in which his defense was stellar. But the main problem is, he thinks he has to preserve his energy for offense. So he doesn't give max effort like he suppose to causing everyone else to make up for his big time mistakes. This is where Lawson suppose to help us out at. His job should be the primary ball handler. Taking some of the heavy load off of Harden. That way Harden can focus more on the defensive end. But Mr. Harden hasn't bought into that because he wants to be the MAN. We need players to buy into the system. Not only that but we need a defensive minded coach that will also buy into Morey's offensive philosophy. Mchale really didn't put a lot of emphasis on the defensive end. He thought teams would have to out score us to beat us. And he was right because we had one of the highest scoring teams in the league last season. Unfortunately nobody in this organization didn't factor in the ruckus that lies beneath the surface. Cyberx made a thread about Howard and Harden not getting along and it looks like he was spot on. I'm thinking Harden's cockiness and selfishness is the reason the two can't get along and coexist on the basketball court. It's gotten to the level of Harden not wanting to pass the man the ball. People in LA were complaining about Dwight not wanting to run PnR. But here he's doing it and Harden's not rewarding the big fella. But as soon as Capela comes in Harden is more willing to feed Capela. You can best believe that's rubbing Howard the wrong way. In order for the Rockets to get out this funk, both Harden and Howard needs to come to better terms with one another. When they make amends the rest will fall into place. Everybody will be able to focus on their specific roles on both ends of the court.
You just know that Les is irate. He's probably calling Morey after every loss yelling at him asking wtf is going on with the team that Morey assembled. He's livid and there is a strong chance that Les fires Morey. It may not be the smartest decision but I can see it happening because Les is that mad.
He needs shooters on this team. Shooters will save his job. The one thing he has failed to get for a few years now.
Looking bad for Morey right now. This team was the end-product. The team that was supposed to challenge GS. Brewer's contract looks awful, Lawson flopped, and there's no role player support at all.
he had them got rid of them and only wanted PFs who couldn't shoot in his system where u needed pf who could shoot never seen anything like it... smith bailed hime out last yr SEE MY SIG
