What 1 move do you wish Daryl Morey could have a do over on?

Here is the issue, you don't really anticipate trades going through like the Harden one. Morey accumulated assets so if the opportunity arose, he'd be in a position to pounce, and he did.

Now in hinesight, Dragic is all well and good. But Lin was brought to the team for two main reasons imo. They wanted to generate some buzz after bombing out of the playoffs yet again (thanks LOWRY), and Morey at the time wanted to maintain flexibility to go after a REAL STAR, not Dragic, in 2015. This is clear as day, at least it should be, and if this isn't obvious to then subconcious bias exists.

Now do I think a healthy Lin running and gunning to the beat of his own drum could put up good numbers? Absolutely. There is enough evidence there to suggest it given his performances without Harden, and 20 odd games without a ball dominant player, with the numbers he was putting up and positive team netRtg. If 20-odd games is enough to declare that Beverley is a superior fit with the starters, then watching Lin average 23/8/3 on 49% shooting and 45% from 3 is more than enough, and to suggest otherwise is simply hypocritical.

Now given Lin's inconsistencies and obvious struggles to mesh and find a happy medium of aggression with Harden, and the all-star performances of Dragic THIS season, a very VERY strong argument can be made.

But this game isn't played with a crystal ball, and at the time, to sacrifice flexibility that would've been necessary to go after a real bonafide star on a 2nd tier player in Dragic would've been silly given our post-Yao run on the mediocrity treadmill.

 

Hands down...resign Dragic, don't sign Lin.

 

Should have gone all in and traded for Ricky Rubio.

 

Believing 3rd time was the charm and tripling down on an injured Yao.

I don't think it was his decision alone, and what he said about "not being to replace Yao" was true, but we could've started rebuilding 3 years sooner.

Maybe with Lerbun and Keving, it would've been futile, but who knows?

 

Your ignorance is annoying.

Don't you have a pyramid scheme to push.

 

Trade lin for dragic? would that work

 

I wish Morey never made the 2nd offer to Jeremy. New York would have matched the 1st offer.

I don't care who else Morey would have signed, but I wish Jeremy never signed with the Rockets.

 

Hooray Knicks! Hooray Jeremy!

 

1. Dragic
2. Royce White
3. James Johnson

 

I thought Adelman wanted say in his assistants.

Was there any evidence that Adelman forced Morey into any of his personnel moves?

 

Harden is the only Euro who is white. :grin:

 

I've heard that excuse over and over again. We should've done more of a background on this kid; he's had a criminal past. And really addressed the elephant in the room--anxiety.

It's a swing for the fences pick-- I get it. But also a potential lawsuit.

I fault the Rockets for not seeing his character issues, and multiply them when you factor in the paycheck.

 

Not according to Adelman:

 

Does anyone knows if lin contract can be bought out? Would that affect the salary cap if any?

 

Trading for Pau Gasol.

 

This was big to me. I hated how we compounded the mistake by not drafting Deandre Jordan.

Having Yao break down as Jordan's game developed was very painful to watch