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I highly highly highly doubt Durant will come here. He'll re-sign with OKC. It'll be Melo/LMA part 2.
This happens every year with Rockets, once their pipe dream star leaves us dry then we miss out on even more players because of that. I expect no different this year.
Most of the people here didn't want LMA, comparing hm to Durant is apples to oranges, literally. And it's not like Morey waited for Aldridge to decide, he just got one with re-signing people independent to it. Personally given some of the things i've heard (and seen in one case) it almost felt like pursuing Aldridge was going through the motions with no real intent.
I hope you are wrong before that thread reaches 100million views and 30000000 pages , something will eventually happen...
And Kyle Lowry. The Rockets did get Dwight the second time around, but otherwise the whole "signing superstar free agents" plan rarely pans out. Not that I have a problem with Morey doing what he can to put the Rockets in the best position possible to sign Durant next summer, but I don't want it to happen at the expense of going for a title this season. Besides, as the Spurs just showed(and the Rockets did a year ago), it's not that difficult to trade away players in order to clear capspace if necessary. So they better not nickel and dime their way through the 2015-16 season just to maintain "flexibility". I've said all along that I can't think of a better pitch to Kevin Durant than to offer him the chance to join the defending champs.
I would go for Mike Conley as a 1st opyion ahead of Durant, offering of course a max contract. Make him feel wanted, and he may be signable if Grizzlies do not progress this season.
I still think not going harder after Lowry was a total mistake, a rarity by Morey. With two stars in place, Lowry would've legitimately solidified our roster at a position of need. Hindsight is 20/20 and yes, Lowry signed very early in free agency, but I think we had a MUCH greater shot at him. But once we told him that we were going to wait on Melo, we lost out.
I was just thinking last night how it shut down this opportunity... but wait.. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">One more tidbit: Sources say Lawson has agreed as condition of trade to make the final year of his contract -- 2016-17 -- non-guaranteed.</p>— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/623241514806808576">July 20, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
