Channing Frye on Goran Dragic: "Unfortunately for the Rockets, they didn't make the right decision."

Reading the article it mentions, "With his devastating pick-and-roll game, improved three-point accuracy and toughness and savvy in finishing around the basket, Dragic couldn't be further from the rookie who struggled so badly when he arrived from Slovenia that some fans called him Goran Tragic. But Dragic evolved first into a solid point guard, and this year, his sixth in the NBA, he has broken through to the elite level, becoming the driving force behind the Suns' shocking success."

So you mean at one point he wasn't that good and he got better over time? what? I thought all NBA players are suppose to be at their best at all times. Don't we expect this from Jeremy Lin?

How old is Dragic by the way?

 

Dragic is now 27 years old, in his 6th year in the NBA and 11th year as a pro (first 5 years playing in Europe).

 

Sounds like Dragic and Frye have become pretty tight bonding over Gogi's 32in Dynex setup in Phoenix.

 

Can someone just be man enough to say the Rockets offensive system is just murder on point guards?

I mean, it's not just Dragic.... Kyle Lowry wanted off this team.... Jeremy Lin has regressed as a player..... And now Aaron Brooks is just killing it with his new team, the Denver Nuggets...... All of these players have performed markedly better in other offensive systems.

And if Lin is gone next season, and then kills it with his new club, will we finally realize our offensive system has a real problem?

We got rid of Dragic because our offensive system made him look worse than he actually is. As it has done with Lowry, Lin, and Brooks.

 

Dang it, a mistake to not give him the player option.

DD

 

Yeah seriously, we've came from being a mediocre 9th seed for years to acquiring 2 franchise players. You win some, you lose some. Lin contract sux yes, but last I checked, Rockets are a top 5 team while the other is in the same predicament we were a few years ago, fighting just to sneak in the 8th spot. Let's not forget Pat Bev too. Is Dragic defense much of an upgrade to Bevs and how's our offense ranked compared to other teams? Let it go. Once the poison pill is done with, I am sure Morey will make better use of his cap this time knowing what exactly he has to work with to improve the team.

 

Morey usually dont give out player options so why start when we had no direction.He was cleaning house for that moment to get at least one superstar and ended with two.

 

It was a terrible move because the rockets weren't consistent about their mindset of not giving out what they believed were bad contracts. We punish OKC for trading Harden away and not amnestying Perkins when at least they got draft picks.

Suck it up and let's move on, but it sounds buthurtish to pretend it wasn't a giant screwup.

 

The backup PGs sem to always take over the starting role as well. Watch out Bev, Canaan is coming for you.

 

Wow the excuses are thick in here.

It was avoidable. Les freaked out watching Linsanity. This is what you get. Wanna freak out now Les watching Dragic and say "How could we?...Oh wait..."?

 

The player option excuse was BS then and it is BS now. Dragic is opting out anyway.

 

pretty much this. I've always pissed and moaned about the cavalier treatment of the pg position by Morey. Maybe it's not a sabremetric friendly position

 

I say, screw everyone who's not currently on the Rockets. Jesus Christ, I wish I could have had Andrea. When I was in 7th grade, I could have asked her out, but I didn't, I screwed up- saw her on Facebook last week, and she's ******* hot- and married. So, what am I going to do, beat myself up over it? Hell no. Just print out her picture, whack off to it, and that's it.

So, anyone of you that is still longing for Dragic, just print out his picture and jerk off to it or something. Otherwise, who gives a crap? He's not a Rocket, so he means nothing to me, a Rocket fan. It's over, folks- move on.

 

This. I've been saying this for some time now.

People were laughing at Dragic last year. They just don't remember how bad Dragic's situation was playing in Phoenix now that he's tearing it up. Nobody wanted Beverley (including the Rockets) when he came out of college. And people are writing Lin off like it is set in stone that he will never be any good.

That said, it just tells you that Morey is not infallible when it comes to talent evaluation. Sometimes people act like he is god and defend his decisions regardless. He first made a mistake cutting Lin to keep Jonny Flynn. Then he made another mistake in letting Dragic go and had to throw the poison pill contract at Lin for the gamble.

Were those logical decisions? Hell yes. I don't think Morey ever makes illogical decisions. But they were logical because he did not possess infallible talent evaluation.

 

Hindsight is 50-50

 

I don't have a color printer. The black and white makes it oh so bittersweet.

 

Rofl! Literally blew water through my nose reading this.

 

I agree with your sentiment, but some of the pining for Dragic is a reaction to Lin being on the team. Once Lin leaves, the pining for Dragic will stop. Career wise, Dragic's percentages are not that much better than Lin's. He's had one good year. Meanwhile, outside of shooting percentage, Kyle Lowry is the superior player, and he and Dragic both left the same year. Yet I see no pining for him. I assume this is because his leaving was not tied in to Lin's contract in most people's minds.

 

I agree its time to move on from this. Nothing can be done now to change facts.

At the time, I will say I did raise an eyebrow at Morey's insistence not to give him the player option, but .... In Morey We Trust. Plus, his absence probably is the reason we have Pat Beverly and Isiah Cannan on the roster.

Gotta look at the bright side of this move.

 

I remember the reports stating that Les was all in Morey's *** for missing on Lin. Les was determined to bring Linsansity to Houston. The whole thing was an embarrassment for Les, especially considering it was going down in New York.

The logic regarding the player option is all nice, but I really suspect letting Dragic go and offering Lin the insane contract was driven by Les.

But hey, any way it goes, you can't hit on 100% of the moves.