Anyone who thinks Morey should be fired is dumber than a box of rocks. Just remember what the roster looked like before Morey, the bad contracts before Morey, the bad drafts before Morey. Just remember that Morey inherited two max guys who broke down just as he reeled in some decent role players. Morey has made mistakes, but they are volume mistakes, meaning any GM as active as Morey is going to strike out. It's inevitable when you make as many deals as he does. Let me repeat, if you don't think Morey has done a spectacular job, you truly have no understanding of the complexities of his job or what he is doing. You rage at something you don't understand, like a cave man screaming at the rain for putting out his campfire. Clearly, it's the work of mad gods, best to sacrifice a goat and hope for the best.
People really need to chill with the Morey bashing! Saying that he should be fired is like thinking a poker player didn't play his pocket aces correctly because he got all his chips in the middle of the table pre-flop but lost because he got called by some donkey that caught lucky cards. Morey made the right plays, he just got unlucky and they didn't work out. It's also quite possible that this could be a blessing in disguise. There's still a lot of talent on this team and sometimes it's better to have role players than stars at almost every position.
What Morey did was a reasoned professional move. Every GM in the league would've done the same. It just suck it had to be us.
Hogwash. Morey's been here since 06 and the farthest we've gone was 2nd round playoffs (and THAT'S because of Adelman). Getting 2 superstars isn't worth mentioning if they haven't won anything. The real question is does Daryl Morey know how to put together a championship team. We know he can manage the cap. But cap space doesn't coach games or play defense. I think his lack of basketball background is his biggest flaw, he only knows numbers
what a stupid thread, yeah fire the guy who had the guts to build assets that led to sign Howard and Harden.....
I don't blame him for putting Parsons on the market either. In fact, I think it was the smart move. Sure the contract is over value but Parsons is still an above average player with room to develop. Paying him 900k this year and letting him hit unrestricted free agency next year would surely give him even bigger contract offers and you lose him for nothing. At the very least he is a highly coveted young player entering a 2-3 year contract with a contract that can really go a long way in acquiring a Love, Milsap, Aldridge, Randolph, etc at the trade deadline. I don't think the Rockets took a step forward but I don't think they've taken a step back either. And they still have a likely lottery pick from NOLA, cap space, room exceptions, TPE's, etc. Plus attractive assets like Parsons available at the deadline.
Ok.. Well both you and Morey made a bonehead decision. It was no secret that Miami could offer Bosh the max if LeBron left Miami. And Morey (and you) shouldn't have been so arrogant to think Bosh would choose him and Houston over Pat Riley with his track record, south beach, and a fat azz 5 year contract. But I'm not saying Morey should be fired _ I'm saying he F'd up and it's nobody's fault but his.
of course not...didn't you hear!?! Compiling big names is the metric for success...2013 lakers proved that and why Kupchak would also be the greatest GM of all time since he put together that super team.
You just faulted Morey for something. El Morey must never be accused of something according to the cult rules you just broke
The 2013 lakers had 2 players way beyond their prime in the corpse of Steve Nash and an aged Ron Artest. Additionally Dwight Howard was coming off back problems. That's not exactly a fair criticism. When teams have gathered superstars in their prime they've succeeded every time. Heat, Lakers with Kobe and Pau, celtics, spurs pre 2014, lakers with kobe and shaq, spurs with Robinson and Duncan, the Chicago bulls, rockets with Hakeem and Clyde, lakers and celtics of the 80's. The only teams who have not had multiple stars and won championships in that timeframe of nearly 35 years are the 94 rockets, 04 pistons, 06 heat (very arguable), 11 mavericks (I guess you could say this), and 14 spurs (also arguable). That's 5 out of 35. Not sure why people are obsessed with those odds.
Exactly. Almost every person criticizing the GM doesn't even have a basic understanding of the complexities of what that job entails. It's really simple minded raging.
what How is it his fault? He made a bold move and Riley countered with a wise move. Bosh chose that 5th year money. 33 million more on the table. Morey has done a great job getting us to this point. We are relevant again and an exciting team. As we see with Melo too that 5 year max money trumps 4 year. We had to get rid of Omer and Lin. Neither were happy ere.
Everyone b****es about the Rockets treating players as assets. It's CF that treats people as assets! "Fire this! Fire that!" Is it so hard to just like a team as is? Used to be, fans were proud of their loyalty, not their backseat driving.
So in one offseason he works magic to get us our first star. That was after FA, so basically no chance to improve the team further. In the next offseason he does a great job to get us our second star. After that we had no capspace left, so only chance to improve the team more would've been a trade. He explored all options but no valuable trade was possible. This offseason he positioned himself in a great position to add a third star and give the Rockets the best starting 5 in the league. He just missed. But he isn't finished, let's see what he does in the next 48 hours. So basically: what do you expect? Getting 2 stars is something most teams never accomplish. And when they do it is either by draft (a chance our owner didn't allow) or because they are a big market team. Adding the right team to surround them takes time. Maybe we get that this year. And last season we were a 55 win team in the west. That'S pretty hard to do, especially when you couldn't build the right team around your 2 stars yet, because you haven't yet had an offseason with capspace or even the MLE yet.
Why would you want to fire Morey? We're seeing how he responds in the dying seconds of a game. Can he pull something out? Pressure's on him, but I have faith he will deliver and improve the team from last year.
Neighbor of The Far East- Varughese Fire THE MOREY? That reminds me of the time they killed Jesus. My friend, do not bite the hands that feed us; do not insult the universe. I like everyone on the Rocket's Roster/Books... From Alessandro Gentile to James No-D Harden. In my humble opinion, THE MOREY made a few BAD DECISIONS : -2nd Stevie Francis signing (EH...over it. We did the poor guy a favor) -trading Patrick Patterson (THIS HURT ME) -drafting Royce White, (EH...) -keeping Kevin Mchale (EH...It's understandable. may not a bad thing, i'll wait to see how the season plays out). Its the nature of the beast. None of the mentioned moves are terrible mistakes to warrant THE MOREY'S dismissal. THE MOREY also gets blamed for things that anyone else in his possition would do: -not keeping Nicholas Batum -letting go of Steve Novak (more of Van Gundy's fault) Dude... FIRE THE MOREY? When I was younger, I didn't realize that The NBA was not just Basketball, it's the Business of Basketball. I trust in The Lord. I believe in The Morey.
The only way in which Morey has really failed the team is not getting a PF over 6'9" that can really make an impact. If he had found a stretch 4 with enough defense to alter just a couple of Aldridge's shots then they're in the second round and in contention. (Or a coach.. would really like a coach who inspired confidence) He worked hard to bring Bosh in and Bosh went with the money if a five year deal. Why are people suprised the Heat made a max offer to retain their own player? The fifth year option was designed to do exactly that. Provide a financial benifit to stay with the team. Nothing more to be done about it. We came in second. Better than not being in the discussion. There are other good defensive 4's out there. It's not as if only Bostrich can fill that need. I wanted Bosh. But there are options. Lets at least give the man his 48 hour window before we crucify him? IF anybody has some video of Morey out partying or street racing or doing anything other than working the phones right now... that might change my mind.
