Les is a decrepit idiot and he would be making a huge mistake if he were to let Morey go. Stop overreacting and start deciding to spend some money. Whatever you do, you aren't going to beat the Warriors or the Spurs for the next 2-3 years. Let Morey continue to do his work. Firing McHale was not Morey's decision. It was yours, you fool.
Exactly. People like that never change. Being book smart has nothing to do with character. Cant you tell he has a twitter issue. He loves manipulating the weak and feeding them bull****. Les is pretty damn smart if you ask me. He's a billionaire
Agree morey build a WCF without a being bad. off course he makes mistakes, but he makes more positive things. he is great Top 10 GM for sure
Look Mauri is largely responsible for the mess this season. This entire roster top to bottom is of his choosing. The players were all acquired by Murray be it through trades or free agency or drafts. There are no leftovers from the Yao-Tmac-Adelman era. The entire coaching staff was hand picked by him and it is in all honesty a ****ty coaching bunch. Probably the only guy who was already here is that fat lump Keith Jones who doesnt know how to fix contact lenses or stop bleeding. But we all know that Keith Jones is going nowhere. He is the only one who will accompany Mauri to the trans fat loaded buffets around town while the rest of the players are in the gym as these two have never stepped foot in a gym. Morey needs to shed some weight and lose the triple chin. It will help him with his thought process. He needs to clean house, dump the entire coaching staff. Be less of an egomaniac thinking he has solved basketball. Respect the value of coaching, stop playing lackey and servant to Harden's demands. Hold him and others accountable. Spend less time on twatter batting for the team. Hire a basketball guy who knows about chemistry, and what it actually takes to win big time instead of just statistical models etc. Needles to say it's a big summer for him and all the above only applies if Les doesn't kick Murray's can out of Houston
Then you also have to give Daryl Morey credit for building a team that made it to the WCF in just 3 seasons. You also have to give Daryl Morey credit for never having a losing season prior to this one. Daryl has been the GM for a decade and this is the absolute 1st year his moves did not make the Rockets better. Loses his two superstars from the previous model and rebuilds without ever having a losing season. So are you going to give him credit for the good job he has done prior to this season?
Why do you rip off my fake DD posts? http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?p=10325994&highlight=spreadsheet#post10325994 Classless and LAME as usual. DD
Morey's been the full-time GM for 9 seasons. In those 9 years, what have we accomplished? 5 playoff appearances and 3 trips to the lottery. We're on the verge of a 4th if the Jazz don't collapse over the next 4 days. And in those 5 playoff appearances, we've gotten out of the first round only twice. And 2 of those first round defeats came despite having home court advantage(I'll put an asterisk by 2008 though since Yao was injured). Honestly, if you look past the regular season records and focus on what really counts(playoff success), we're an average NBA franchise at best.
I really think it's hard to rebuild without a high draft pick. Very few teams have done it successfully.
Have any recent teams done it? The core of the Warriors is almost entirely made up of lottery picks. The Spurs have been built around a #1 pick in Duncan. And he was originally added to a team that featured a #1 and #3 pick(Robinson, Elliott). The Thunder's core is lottery picks. We could even throw in the Clippers. Blake was a #1 pick and most of the rest of their current core(Paul, Redick, Green, Crawford, Pierce) is made up of lottery picks from other teams. In the other conference, the Cavs had the #1 pick 3 out of 4 years after LeBron left which helped rebuild the roster and entice him to return. The Raptors' core outside of Lowry features Valančiūnas, DeRozan, and Ross, all lottery picks by that franchise. And Patterson was a late lottery pick by the Rockets. Those are your top teams in the NBA this season. Aside from the Spurs, they're pretty much all built with lottery picks. The blueprint is there. Les may not like it, but there's a reason we have an NBA lottery. There's a reason some teams go out of their way to not be good in a season where they know they don't have a prayer of competing for anything meaningful. Nobody's saying we need to be like the Sixers. But there's nothing to be gained from trying to eek out a playoff spot every year instead of building toward an eventual title contender.
Blah Blah Blah Morey in the hot seat. The guy should be replaced along with JB. I can't wait to see what really happens.
Correct. In fact, if we look at the history, back to 20, 30 or more years, every champion team was built in this pattern. There is no exception. Why the development is so important? 1) Financial benefit. developing players are cheaper than traded-in stars. 2) You have long term plan to build around your core. 3) Team Stability and improved chemistry. You bring in players to fit in the culture, not bring in culture. Knowing this fact, it is not hard to ask such a question, what has Morey been doing all those years? yes, Morey has been only trying to build a playoff team, not a title contender. It is time to rebuild, to have a foundation for a championship team.
