You're right for once. It would make 0 sense to draft this kid anywhere close to the lotto. In fact, he's closer to a 2nd rd pick than a 1st rd pick. Jopa used ben gordon as an example, but gordon has proven in the ncaa,nba regular season,and playoffs that he can get his shot off over anyone.
dmorey: Our early TOs were the diff in the gm-too big a hole to dig out of. @LScola4 kept us in it. @Klow7 one of few PG leading team in deflections
The worst part is I think a team like the Heat-Lakers-Celtics will be drafting him. Perfect situation for him and I hope someone before the conteders pick him up before they do because he could be dangerous...extremely so id he has guys like Lebron-Wade-Bosh around him and all he had to do was hit open shots.
What about him? He has been great for 1/2 a season. There are countless other examples like Bryant Reeves, Chris Mims, etc that more than help prove the rule.
They closed that loophole in subsequent CBAs. You can't draft a player that has remaining eligibility unless they declare for the draft.
dmorey: Unbelievable effort by@LScola4.AB&@Klow7 set up good looks.LAL D too tough in 1/2 court.We made it very tough on ourselves to get stops late dmorey: Very tough to lose to LAL but their success is no accident-@JeanieBuss/Phil/Mitch R all top notch.Phil would say "give them some F* credit!"
Yeah where is the props to the only man that go FT's in the game? DMorey believes in moral victories. It's like Rockets lost, they have a losing season but "great job everyone!" "You showed amazing effort." "Props to the org that just handed my org its arse." Moral Victories, in high school..yeah, college...maybe, but not in this business. Losing stinks, thier is no moral victories. Theirs only three types, the winners, the losers, and mediocres. Guess what this team is...
Seems to be the norm for a while now. Martin has played well enough to be mentioned on several occasions. Could be nothing, but I'm starting to think Morey has his reasons for dropping certain players names. I'm not convinced it always has to do with strictly play, but I'm usually looking for an angle on most things.
Maybe because Martin is already a veteran, well-established player with high value around the league? Kyle actually has a twitter account, so tweeting him something positive doesn't hurt. I couldn't agree more -- I think he might name drop to raise stock. For instance, he tweeted about Dorsey right before we traded him.
There are moral victories for fans, like the seven game series against the fakers. There are again moral victories for teams, such as the loss that happened today. It may not be a win, we won't win the league this season, but these are the type of games that can make players and the organization as a whole better. These are the type of games the true loser teams will never get a moral victory from.
Scola gets criticized a lot for poor D, but his effort level in these last 3 losses against very strong teams has been sensational. The GM has noticed. Brooks: +++ Martin: ++++ Battier: ++++++ Scola: ++++++ Yao: + Lowry: ++++++++++++ Hayes: ++++++++++ Hill: +++ Lee: +++ Miller: +++++++ Smith: +++ Budinger: ++ Patterson: ++ Morey's Twitter Log: Spoiler @LAL (L): Tough as LAL were beatable tonight but overall more good than bad.TOs, missed def assignments, fouling, &poor finishing (50% @rim) killed us @GSW (L): Need to do more to overcome hot shooting. Can't give them 2nd chances on their rare misses. Must make it harder in the paint (GS 77% at rim) DEN (L): Too many mental errors to beat a solid team.Poor shot selection&gave in on D w/fouls&off reb.We have strong competitors who will bounce back NOH (L): Our D principles require defending w/o fouling & strong D rebounding - we have struggled so far. We need transition or offense too difficult ... Just saw a cruise line brochure my daughter created for a school project that offers a "despair re-Iiving massage". I want off that ship! @SAS (L): Great effort. Have lost close games to very good teams (24-4). We need to build/maintain leads in these upcoming games. We will fight back. MIN (W): Executed the game plan for the W. Consistency is key to turn the corner. @yaoming progressing well. Ish w/32 gr8 passes & only 1 bad so far. @WAS (L): Need consistent play throughout game.Did not knock down open looks.Could not secure rebound at key moments.Early offense struggled to finish @IND (W): Rockets basketball. Defense solid (except rebounding). 39-30 transition points edge. @klow7 is back! His defensive activity was contagious. @NYK (W): Chuck D on Amare changed gm.Good ball mvmnt,hard cuts by Kevin/C.Lee,& 45 trans.opps keyed offense.Need to take care of biz @home Tue vs CHI CHI (L): Chicago paint D & transition D made offense hard. Our D got misses we need but our def reb let us down. Starters solid - bench got beat up. @OKC (L): Defense was the key - fouling without forcing TOs & not securing rebound when they did miss. We will continue to work to correct. @TOR (L): Had many good looks-most set up by Kyle-did not knock down enough. Reserves have to maintain lead. Fouling & def rebounding killed D again. PHO (L): Very tough.A few things to build on such as off reb& @jordanchill43 but not enough.Could not knock down gr8 looks set up by @Klow7/@ishsmith GSW (W): Team W. Hit 8/12 of our goals. Chuck off-season free throw work paid off tonight. Luis/Kyle/Shane/Chase/Chuck kept us strong on the boards. @CHA (L): CHA made transition hard-we struggle in 1/2 court w/o @Thirty2zero&@YaoMing. Wildcat O & entire bench gave us a lift - need all to W on road ... "I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired..." -John Stuart Mill ... You know times are tough when I start tweeting quotes. Rockets fans-please know the entire org is working hard to get us back on champ path. OKC (W): Hill/BMiller/CHayes rebounding was key to W.Shane w/same pts as Durant in 10 less plays.@Klow7 setting up team gr8,triple-double coming soon DAL (L): Our performance very tough to take-entire Rockets nation(fans/players/coaches/mngmt)is in pain.Working to turn around.Brad was a bright spot LAL (W): Beat LA! D forced hard shots.Shane diff maker on both ends.Gr8 passing all yr by @Klow7/@ishsmith/Brad/Chuck.All>10:1 in good/bad pass ratio @MEM (W): Great job staying consistent all game. Off carried our Def. Must remain vigilant-every game in Dec critical. Next stepef carry Off for a W @CHI (L): Hard L but a solid 3-2 this week against tough opp. We need to climb back into the playoff picture in next 2 wks. Game ball to C.Lee tonight DET (W): Our best D effort of the year-forced bad shots, rebounded the misses, caused turnovers, and did not foul. Lowry/Scola/Chuck were very active @MIL (L): Could not knock down open looks. Bailed their O out with fouls. Need more energy on the boards. Luis/Brad operated well out of the high post CLE (W): B.Miller & K.Martin keyed the W. Our shot making disguised issues in our transition offense.Scola did all the hustle things you need to win. SAC (W): - @OKC (L): - MEM (W): - @SAC (W): Much needed road win. @jordanchill43 & Chuckwagon dominated the boards. Shane's defense frustrated the Kings. @GSW (W): Kevin,@Klow7,Shane(!),& Chuck(!) carried Offense. Chuck also w/big time rebounding night - he owns GS. D needs to step up for us to beat LAC @LAC (W): - WAS (W): starters consistently building a lead. Coach went w/a great closing lineup AB/@Klow7/Kevin/@Shane_Battier/Chuck. @Thirty2zero mojo returns. MIA (L): - TOR (W): Next Wildcat up @pdpatt w/incredible job on the boards. Courtney/Chase/Brad led us to victory. 8th seed in sight Sunday. ... 3 yrs ago C.Landry played 17 tot min b4 going 15 pts/11 reb in 20 min vsMIN.@pdpatt played 15 tot min b4 going 15 pts/10 reb in 25 min vsTOR @POR (L): - @DEN (L): Denver dominated the paint on both ends. Brad/Kyle kept us in the game -- it was just a matter of time before they took control. POR (L): Aldridge tonight unfortunately reminded me of @YaoMing 4/18/09 @POR.Our 3pt shooting kept gm close, an 8 TO edge near impossible to overcome @ORL (L): - UTA (L): - @BOS (W): - OKC (L): - NOH (L): - @ATL (W): Great performances by @Thirty2zero/@jordanchill43/Chuck. Two critical home games coming up. Thankfully, all appears OK with @pdpatt. MIL (W): - NYK (W): Chuck's individual D on Amare was great but more important is he guards him 1:1 which minimizes D rotations &easy looks for the other Knicks @MEM (L): - ORL (L): - @MIN (W): - LAC (W): - @DAL (L): Our early TOs were the diff in the gm-too big a hole to dig out of. @LScola4 kept us in it. @Klow7 one of few PG leading team in deflections @SAS (L): @LAL (L): Unbelievable effort by@LScola4.AB&@Klow7 set up good looks.LAL D too tough in 1/2 court.We made it very tough on ourselves to get stops late
Durv, Love Scola's effort. But the more I watch him, the more I am convinced that he is the worst defender on our starting unit, even worse than Martin, and he gives back everything and more on the defensive end that he gives us on the offensive end. Odom got 20 and 20.
