So Morey's legacy is buying high and selling low on CP3, Lin, Anderson, and Westbrook?

For 10 mil a year I am sure anyone of us would say F* the gap year and even provide the Lube or spit!

 

The whole premise of this thread is so stupid I won't even entertain it.

 

(Havent even gotten a sympathy Like yet for that trolling?)
Morey's influence created 2 championship teams, and contributed to a 3rd. Just too bad it wasnt the Rockets.

- Warriors had personnel to run 3's & D ball to historic success (even before Durant made them a dynasty).
- Lakers straight stole Rockets small ball plan in '20 to a title run.
- Raptors, Kyle Lowry emerged in Houston as an analytics favorite. Was bad outside shooter, developed a basic 3 point shot then whole game took off. Raptors were Rockets-lite in a sense (til Kawhi took them over the top)

 

The guy literally has his own gif turning one bird into two.

 

Lin had nothing to do with Morey. That was all Les. That was a stupid move from the get go. Lin is another Chris Duhon, Kendell Marshall and what not. An average player who Mike Dantoni system propped up. The guy is out of the league and who knows if he will be back? That’s how bad he is. Blaming Morey in that is not fair.


Ryan Anderson at the time was arguably the best stretch PF in the league when we signed him. He was spectacular in his first season here and was pretty good for the start of the season season but he lost his confidence and gradually became useless.

Paul trade had nothing to do with Morey. To blame him for selling low is unfair

 

@JCDenton proving why he has the poor rep he has

 

According to OP, that's buying high and selling low

 

Don’t know about Morey’s legacy. But JCDenton’s legacy is tarnished big time because of no charts in OP. Me are disappoint

 

Leave Lin out of this, he was the greatest player this franchise has ever seen and will ever see.

 

Ryan Anderson started the stretch PF revolution. I remember people barely guarded him and Gordon that first season. But then other teams caught on and just ran him off the 3 point line.

 

Welcome back!! Let the trolling commence...

 

The Rockets prostituted themselves to try and surround Harden with the kind of teammates he thought would make a difference. We mortgaged our future for the NOW a la George Allen of "Washington Football Team" history. We should have let Harden w**** himself around like LeBron chasing rings with multiple franchises to ensure his legacy. Whoever runs this franchise needs a balanced management style going forward.

 

Wasn't it Matt Bullard before him?

 

Money was the best Rockets GM ever.

DD

 

Honestly one CP3 hamstring injury away from a championship. Wish we could’ve run it back with the same roster.

 

OP forgot to mention Hartenstein.

 

Seriously he actually got a raise.. feerteets, lol.

 

Assuming that they still go PF, and free agents from that year that went less than $80M, Marvin Williams would have been a better overall choice. Williams re-signed with Charlotte for $54M over 4 years which was quite a bit less than Anderson’s $80M over 4. He went on to post WS of 5.0, 5.0, 3.8, and 2.4 over that contract. Anderson posted WS of 5.2, 4.8, -0.2, and 0.0 over his.

Really wasn’t much difference the first two years. Williams probably stays healthier that 2nd year when Ryno started breaking down, but Ryno was still his equal up until then...at least in MDA’s system. After that, it’s no question who was better, and that’s even with Marvin Williams slowing down...he likely also eases the pain of losing Ariza as he was a good defender which would have allowed the Rockets to slide Tucker over to the 3 that season (or at least have solid depth at the 4).

You also don’t have to trade Melton to Phoenix to get from under Ryno’s deal, adding another good rotational player to the mix these past two seasons that would have helped ease the transition from Ariza.

You also don’t have to trade your 2019 1st round draft pick, along with Brandon Knight and Marquise Chris’s to get out from under their deals (that pick ended up being Dylan Windler...who hasn’t played in the NBA...but ROX could have targeted someone else (Jordan Poole went to GSW 2 picks after that pick...as a UH fan, I would have hated that, but he showed some promise as a rookie...could have also taken a flyer on Bol Bol or traded the pick for something else...maybe to OKC while keeping one of the other picks that went to them).

Lastly, you end up saving the owner $26M over the life of the contract...about $18-19M would have been for Tilman. Who knows, maybe he spends just a bit extra to keep Ariza in 2018-19 then since he won’t pay the luxury tax (or at least...as much).

I loved Morey...he had some issues, but he did all he could to deliver a championship. Had he not had some poor ownership decisions (Mchale, Westbrook, overall cheapness from both), and poor luck (CP3 injury), I think he finds a way to get us a trophy. However, the Ryno signing was, by far, the worst signing he made during his tenure here...cost us multiple assets going forward and he didn’t need to spend that much to get similar production.

 

And when you are working with an owner that puts the clamps on you and overrides you

 

He was here for I don't know 13, 14 years. Of course there should positive moves to keep him that long here. However, he wrecked our team by his moves in the last 2-3 years and then left. That's what bothers me the most.