I'm certain there are a number of teams wishing they had drafted Chandler Parsons but failed, especially in their fans' eyes.
Lot of brushing off here. Kawhi Leonard falling to #15 is inexcusable. He was, at one time, projected to be a top 10, possibly top 5 pick. I can't remember why he dropped but I remember being so excited that he was there when the Rockets picked, but then they went with Morris. I thought it was a redundant pick given that Patrick Patterson was on the roster. Leonard has more tools than Morris and is a smarter basketball player. Leonard's also almost 2 years younger and was an All-American just like Morris. It was a bad pick, period. People that are trying to brush it off or justify the Morris selection since Parsons panned out are missing it. Yeah, Parsons was a great pick but he and Leonard are both versatile players. The Rockets could have used both and that's all there is to it.
He is one of those guys the Spurs system makes look awesome, then switches teams and you never hear from him again.
That's a completely different situation. Chandler Parsons, by all accounts, was not projected to be this good. That happens and it's completely different missing on a guy as good as Kawhi Leonard in the first half of the first round.
Oh, you mean a college All-American with good athleticism, good measures, a high basketball IQ, great work ethic, and excellent motor? Yeah, sounds like a guy that only Gregg Popovich could make a good NBA player....
kawhi leonard will never be the next carmelo anthony you just wait marcus morris coming hall of fame by the time his career is over
The OP and this thread is r****ded... You don't draft by need when you have a team with no stars. The Spurs have DUNCAN, GINOBLI, and PARKER. They can afford to draft for role players, whereas we were swinging for the fences. Morey was trying to find a star not another role player which he has shown to be able to easily find.
On what planet did Marcus Morris have more potential than Kawhi Leonard? Seriously, this is getting ridiculous. Face it, that was a bad, bad pick.
Did you watch him play at Kansas? He worked the mid-block area like melo and was a mismatch nightmare. His baseline fadeaway was amazing. For the all-american high bbiq argument, Marcus was the same way.
Kawhi Leonard is a two-way player. He's just as athletic, he has a better attitude (never had the maturity issues that the Morris twins did), and he had a much better motor than Marcus Morris. I'm not going to argue with someone that wants to act like Marcus Morris was the next Carmelo Anthony. I was furious when they passed on Leonard for Morris, just like I was when they traded Rudy Gay for Shane Battier.
when I watch the Spurs, I want to start crying. The Marcus Morris pick is Moreys biggest mistake ( parsons was one of the best moves) a lot of people here in these board wanted Leonard, he was not a hidden gem. But it is time to move on, DH is around the corner and Morey makes a lot of exelnt moves, so enjoy the off season
I never thought he had THAT high of ceiling. He had some amazing offensive moves, but wasn't a good defender and had tweener problems. He would of been taken higher in the lottery if that were the case, obviously. And I'm glad we didn't keep Gay or we might of been in a far worse rebuilding mediocrity than we were.
Remember our goal before getting Harden was to get an all star which we could't do through free agency. So we kept trying to draft one. Scola, Brooks, Bundinger, and Landry were all his picks when he already had a star or two. Parsons was too good to pass up. He figured you can always sign a really good role player, but not a really good all-star. Also, it is difficult to trade several really good role players for an all-star. He managed to pull it off though. Now, I expect Morey to take the best player available and not the player who has the best tools to become a star and create mismatches.
http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=205994&page=40 2011 draft night thread. A horrible pick by Morey. Most posters have been saying that.
Come on now, you are being intentionally dense. I was speaking of Marcus Morris. And you're telling you'd want to pay someone who shot .415 and .310 from the field and behind the arc, respectively, 15 million against the cap? Chandler Parsons does the same stuff, better and cheaper, for 15 times less money. And I doubt we would have picked up either Leonard or Parsons if we had rudy gay at the 3.
That was unclear. I thought you could have been talking about Leonard, since you think Morris is better. I'm telling you the Rockets needed an All-Star caliber player, had one fall into their lap, and traded him for a role player. That was a BAD trade. I would have been fine with them trading Rudy Gay but only if it was for something of similar value. Shane Battier was not of similar value. Talk **** about his %s all you want, Rudy Gay still has averaged 18 PPG and 6 RPG per game for his career. And he's a career 34% 3 point shooter, but I understand you're trying to cheery pick for argument so you're going to pick his worst shooting year. Also a career 45% from the field but whatever. Also averages 1 BPG and 1.4 SPG for his career. Waaaay more valuable to the Rockets, at the time, than Shane Battier and it's not even close.
