Morey may not always get his 1st round selections right, BUT...

DMo was 20th pick too. Guy's about to be top 20 player.

 

Morey realized awhile back that second round picks are undervalued and has been able to acquire many of them, hence the track record of success.

 

This.

 

Isn't that the point? Teams had an opportunity to take him, but it was the Rockets that actually took him.

 

I laughed but did Dekker have sex with your wife or girlfriend? Your hate for Dekker is strong.

 

Nobody "fell" to you in the 2nd round of the 32nd pick.

Anything past top 10 is almost crapshoot.

 

For not having a top ten pick in a long time, Morey has done pretty well. The only big flop was Marcus Morris over Kwahi

 

It might take Harrell a while to pick up rebounding skills, but he plays with energy and within himself (i.e. doesn't take stupid shots). He gets to the line (could be a little better once there). He should be a decent bench player at the moment.

 

That certainly means dekker is the better player, book it. Smh

 

Strawman argument.

His post was in response to guy saying Harrell's rebounding skill would translate to NBA. He never said Dekkar was better player than Harrell. Harrell aggressively went for blocks and played away from basket on defense in college limiting his ability to rebound and develop his rebounding skills. Pointing out that Dekkar is outrebounding Harrell at this point accurately counters the point on Harrell's rebounding skill translating to the NBA.

 

No offense but since when did Dekker become a scrub?

 

to be fair, Rick Smith might be the worst GM in North American professional sports... what a garbage front office the Texans have.

 

#BeWell

 

This makes very little sense. So Morey does not get credit for being smart enough to take a player who "fell" in the draft because all the other GMs just made a mistake?

We are always talking about success in a relative fashion. Who inst a hypothetical perfect GM -- it is about how he does against the real ones. The fact that all the others let Harrell fall and Morey didn't means Morey DID get it right and is relatively much better than all those other GMs.

I mean honestly, Morey is clearly a top 3 GM in this league, as I have always said. Hard to name better GMs.

 

Well according to the know it all's ever since he mowed his mother's lawn.

He has looked like the game is too much for him this preseason but he still looks a 100 times better than Clint looked at this point last year. Some fans have no patience. I'm not saying he'll look like Clint come play-off time but to say he IS a scrub shows lack of understanding. Not all player progress at the same rate.

I'd be fine with someone pointing out he is playing terrible, pressing, making poor decisions but the poster you replied to has an axe to grind every chance he gets about Dekker. It's his current favorite line.

 

Morey will give Les alot of credit, spending millions to get additional 2nd round picks that more often than not are busts.

 

Morey has always been great at identifying undervalued players. That's why he thrives at picking in the 2nd round. He also picked up guys like Beverley from Europe and back up players like Lowry and even Harden when they were undervalued by their teams.

He is not as ingenious working on high picks. He's not bad at that, just not as head-and-should above other GMs in that area as he is at finding undervalued players.

I've always said that Morey is a genius at finding gems in the rough but is only an Average Joe shopping in a jewelry store.

 

Yeah, I don't get it. Dekker didn't even play in the summer league.

This is the first basketball he's ever played at this level, and people on here are already declaring him a bust.

I think one of his big problems right now is confidence. He doesn't look confident in what he is going at all out there. Montrezl does. Montrezl isn't timid and doesn't seem to be phased about playing against the best players in the world. He's got the right attitude.

Dekker seems to be much more timid and unsure of himself on the court. But once he gets more acclimated to the game and gets more comfortable with his role and what he's supposed to be doing on the floor, I think his confidence will come.

Dekker needs some of that Pat Beverley competitive fire.

 

This is a large reason why that I feel is often overlooked. Its not a slight on Morey and his team at all in fact it is a huge compliment to them of being ahead of the trend - or in fact setting the trend. Think about it the Spurs basically built a dynasty by setting the trend of drafting good international players and stashing them away.

Morey is in part able to do this because now that he has his main stairs in place he can get players who will be really good roll players. Most teams still have the mentality of trying to draft the next star late in the first round or bet high on athleticism or potential.

 

I love DMo but this is a super pipe dream here there are at least 10 players alone in the southwest division I would rank above DMo. I would consider DMo a stretch to be a top 75 player. Maybe he makes that jump this season but its hard to say because of his injury (which is another weird story about how little is known and how there isnt really much of a timetable for it)