Frankly it's embarrassing watching the mongoloids unable to handle the disappointment inherent with being a sports fan, and subsequently toss any and all rationality out the window. Daryl Morey has consistently made logical and completely defensible decisions in a methodical and precise manner. He has been an innovator in his use of analytics and asset management which has been adopted as the norm in league. Has he won the ultimate prize ? No. Does that make him any less of an excellent GM? No. When you stop and actually dig into the complaints of the dolts in this thread, it always comes down to something incredibly r****ded: "we should have drafted Larry Sanders derp derp, oh my god we signed Brewer to a multiyear deal derp deep.".....as if any of that would make a lick of difference in our current state. You aren't mad at Daryl Morey, you are mad at circumstances, which for whatever reason people become too intellectualy handicap to grasp. You think fans of the Spurs or the Heat are doing back flips of joy right now? No, they are throwing the same temper tantrums our fans are right now. Grow up and stop being emotional idiots.
Excuses excuses, excuses. Either the guy can do the job, and move this team forward or he can't. He has some positives and some negatives - he is hardly a great GM, just one that people who like the stats/analytics portion of the equation hold up as some great wizard of GMing, when the facts are he is ok-ish. Great moves - Harden, Howard (had to do it, though a lot of us voiced the concern of his attitude) Terrible moves - Lawson - lost a first, Terrance Williams also lost a first And we have flipped so many good players that are better than the ones currently playing those positions on our team, particularly at PG. DD
6 teams have won the Championship since 2006 when Morey became the GM. Miami: 06' - Shaq and Wade 12' - Big 3 (LeBron, Wade, Bosh) 13' - Big 3 (LeBron, Wade, Bosh) Note: Still lost 2 finals appearances with Big 3!! San Antonio 07' - Big 3 (Duncan, Parker, Ginobili) 14 - Big 3 (Duncan, Parker, Leonard) Note: Lost a finals appearance Boston 08' - Big 3 (Garnett, Pierce, Allen) LA Lakers 09' - Big 3 (Kobe, Gasol, Odom) 10' - Big 3 (Kobe, Gasol, Artist) Dallas 11' - Dirk was from another planet that year Golden State 15' - Curry & Co. Based on what you are saying, all 24 other GM's who have been around about as long as Morey or longer should be canned no matter what regardless of injuries, deals that fell through, players having bad seasons, competition playing out of their minds, not having LeBron, Kobe or Duncan on their team, etc. I disagree with you.
Rockets finished second in the conference in both regular season and the playoffs. If you consider that a failure because "luck". then you need to stop watching sports- and concentrate on DM ing pornstars on Twitter...as this is likely to lead to less frustration for you than following any kind of sports team. Maybe you can follow the Uconn women's NCAA team? They will not disappoint you. Lots of wins. It was literally the best thing the team had done in 20 years. If you didn't enjoy, you are missing the point.
Just noticed I put the apostrophe after the date instead of before. Crucifixion coming in 3....2....1.....
LOL, what are you some kind of doctor? Please stop. Has he done "logical and completely defensible decisions in a methodical and precise manner" sure, whatever floats your boat You just proved my point. Daryl tried, and tried hard, and failed. The system he has built for so long isn't the right system and IMO will never be successful to win a championship. Murray has a place in basketball, but not as a GM
That is fine - my criteria is not so much a championship but to be a contender year in and year out like San Antonio. I don't think we have advanced to that level, and believe last year was more of a fluke when you have two terrible players like Smith and Brewer hitting 3s, that is certainly not something you can count on.... So, for me, I am ok with Morey staying, but I want a basketball guy either over him or equal to him in the decision making process. I don't want to see the Dragic, Lowry, Parsons, Scola, Patterson's of the world walking out the door because we don't want to pay the going rate. DD
Oh Sam, you always make me laugh... I stand behind what I meant. The conference finals were pure luck. Harden carried this team as far as he could. He probably played his best defensive year too. Go back and watch the games again. Harden had an amazing year. We had a lot of issue back then too...
Because the goal is to win a championship.... We know what a team of a bunch of good role players looks like, it's good for the 14th pick.
So your criteria is to be like the best run organization in basketball for the past 16 years? Hopefully you can see why you are constantly disappointed with goals like that.
Im sure some of them were canned. Not that I agree Morey should be or not be canned either way, just saying. Im also sure that some of the other teams have a concrete chances at the ring. So I think the point is not to say how many teams won championships but how many were actually able to put together a contender and Morey has not done that yet.
I dont think he meant exactly like that but close would be nice or else why not keep looking for a guy who can do that? Thats why coaches turn over so much and players do too, people act like coaches get a bum rap when players are traded and let go way more often. The overall point is this is all based strategy. So you find people who can bring you what you want. We've seen Morey's style and the question is, how long before his style gets the job done? Or atleast gets us close to getting the job done?
What exactly did Morey do to deserve to have his name mentioned together those those from Spurs or Heats, Multiple Championships? wait, Did Morey even build a team played on NBA final once in 10 years? If he could make all right moves from now on, it will take at least 4,5 years to make this team a title contender. so far, I could not see that happening. You guys are incredible.
Lin was claimed off waivers, not signed as a free agent, in December 2011. He was signed in June 2012
How much does he pay you to polish his knob, Cletus? Firing Adelman alone proves Morey is a demented sociopath. Drafting guys like Sam Dekker proves Morey has the narrowest view of an "asset" and discredits anything not to profile. Meanwhile, guys who can actually ball, like Josh Richardson, are still balling.
teams shouldn't have roster turnover. although every team should have some roster turnover. unless they shouldn't. or unless they need a lot of it. but not too much. unless you need some.
