A Few Thoughts Regarding the Team's Approach and Morey's Tenure

The question I have for this Morey fellow is..

Can you beat the flewbot while you honk the tonk rat?

I believe we can at least all find common ground there.

 

But your entire premise is based on the following two events: (a) Howard valuing money more than a championship and (b) Deron coming to Houston to play alongside him.

Consider (a) Let's say that Howard would be satisfied with the guaranteed money. It would also mean that he'd also have to be willing to live with the possibility of not winning a championship to validate his status as one of the great players of the game. Now, I just don't believe that his ego works that way and with Lebron finally getting his ring, you can bet the farm that Howard not only wants one for himself - he wants to be the reason his team wins the title. Given all of this, just why would he want to come here where his chances of doing so are greatly diminished?

(b) Deron actually coming to Houston is dependent on Howard actually choosing to stay on in Houston which is dependent on Deron coming to Houston. Do you see the problem here? You cannot have one happen without the other because both events are linked. Howard won't commit to stay unless he knows Deron is coming to play with him which cannot happen because Deron will want concrete evidence (contract extension) that Howard will be there to play alongside him before he commits to the Rox.

I will be the first to admit that talent evaluation has been better under Morey than it was under CD but that is not saying much because it sets the bar very low. While he's managed to overhaul the roster, Morey still has not been able to find the size and athleticism this team will need to really break through and compete. So for, all "the Plan" has managed to do is cycle through a number of players with similar ability none of whom can be considered to be a difference maker especially within the division. The end result hasn't been all that different from that under CD what with the numerous NBA lotto appearances. All I can see down the road is more of the same with the Rockets if they continue to follow this path because all it does is keep them stuck in NBA mediocrity.

 

no duh Bynum is better than Nene. Bynum is the second best 5 in the world at the moment... And they didn't win because it is a TEAM game and they had about 1 player on there bench who could score at all, but you our right about not wanting to give Nene that deal!

 

well I would assume that if this was actually like a possibility that Dwight and Deron would talk to each other and say "lets go to Houston" (im 99.7 percent sure they won't) much like how Dwayne Wade had been recruiting Lebron for much longer than just that summer... (Lebron knew he was going to Miami very early into his last season in Cleveland) if they really do want to be together which im not really sure they do they have already talked about and probably made up their minds already

 

No doubt, getting Nene would have been a HORRIBLE move.....

DD

 

you knew it was bad when they traded him for Javelle "Wrong way" McGhee just to get out of paying him.

 

I knew it when we were discussing it last summer.....ridiculous.

DD

 

Mcgee's got talent, and he's a nice prospect. They're going to have to pay him too.

 

i honestly wanted Nene but not for what he got payed. I swear the NBA is just stupid with contracts, Max contracts should be for like franchise players but you get desperate teams that start offering max contracts to slightly above average players and it just messes everything up!!!

 

His talent is he is 7ft tall in a league where there seem to be less and less true centers but honestly i think he is trash he is like a Deandre Jordan type player and he will probably get a contract like his that he hasn't earned at all

 

So you didn't see him running circles around the Lakers this post-season? And he is an elite shot-blocker, yes he will be overpayed but to say he is trash is ignorant. Somebody is going to offer him that money, is he supposed to say no?

 

So now people are claiming they were so against the Rockets signing Nene last Summer... please. Give me a break. Seems like a pretty convenient time to make those kind of statements.

Very good, borderline all-star centers are hard to come by. He was healthy at the time they were pursuing him in free agency like every other team in the NBA was doing, and Im positive the signing would have been contingent on passing a physical.

Yes, we all would have been upset when he went down with injuries this past season, but nobody at that time wouldn't have pursued Nene.

If anyone on here is claiming to have been strongly against signing Nene I would love to see some historical quotes from July to December 2011 of your strong opinions of Nene when looking into your crystal ball. And I dont want to hear a thing about him being worth the $. Especially since those same people that bash Les A. for being a "Cheap you know what."

 

Funny I remember some of these "Nene is garbage" posters in this thread were sportin' wood last summer when they thought we might get him. Seems memories are short and hind sight is 20/20. Politicians?

 

I like Moreys approach. It will lead him to good things.

 

Naw, according to the Tea Party, all Commissioner Stern has to do to make things right is cut the luxury tax and reduce unnecessary and cumbersome rules and regulations (zone defense) that inhibit the ability of (small & medium sized) players to drive to the hoop and thereby generate more scoring opportunities for the rest of the NBA teams. Once that's done, the benefits will then trickle down to teams like the Rockets thereby making them more competitive in the global basketball economy. This will allow Morey to keep his job for another 10 years without the need to produce an NBA championship.

 

no I didn't because I have absolutely no reason to watch a Denver- LA
series! And yes he is a dare I say great shot blocker but again that's because he is 7ft tall in a NBA were there are hardly any true centers! But this guy makes more dumb plays then possibly anybody ever, he will get overpaid and the team that does it (probably Denver) is going to be stuck with a bafoon!

 

Great post.

 

Actually when Morey was asked about his ideal CBA structure, he said a hard cap with no other rules (i.e. no restrictions on contract amounts, lengths, guarantees). Such a system favors the smart and prepared.

If I recall he received a heavy fine for those comments.