Why? Are crazy. Losing a tall playmaker is tough and not indictive of building a good team that knows ball movement going forward
He's a good, high-IQ player who hustles and can hold his own. I was hoping he would stay, but I can't begrudge him his new contract which pays more than the Rocket could have. I don't know that he was/is the missing piece to trying to build a contender though. I wish him well, seems like a good guy. Needs a haircut though LOL.
They don't know how to use Olynk right. His numbers are gonna be down from what he was averaging with us.
C'MON STONEY . . . BRING OLYNKY BACK!! NBA player finds dog, tracks down owner. The pup had been missing 4 years. Utah Jazz player Kelly Olynyk and his wife found Harley in a parking lot of a fast-food restaurant, and spent 10 hours searching for the owner https://wapo.st/3HanXzG link should work for everyone excerpt: Utah Jazz forward-center Kelly Olynyk and his wife, Jackie, were driving through San Antonio in a rental car when they noticed a gray dog wandering alone in a fast-food parking lot. It was Christmas Day and the Olynyks were in town for a game the next day with the San Antonio Spurs. They’d been looking for an open restaurant for lunch when they spotted the dog and pulled over. “We opened the door and were looking to see if the dog had any tags, when it suddenly jumped in, right into Jackie’s lap,” Kelly Olynyk recalled. At that moment, he knew they wouldn’t be going out to lunch, he said. Their mission had changed. “Jackie loves dogs — all dogs,” said Kelly Olynyk, 32, who first told his story to the Salt Lake Tribune.“There were no tags on the dog, and she said, ‘If it was our dog missing or lost, we’d want someone to help out.’” The couple, who has a pair of dachshunds at home, looked up animal shelters in the area to see if the friendly mixed breed pup had a microchip. But when they drove to the shelters, all of them were closed. “A friend suggested we try an emergency vet, so that was our next move,” Jackie said. “Finally, we found one.” The Olynyks learned from the emergency vet that the dog had a microchip and her name was Harley. The phone number listed on the microchip had been disconnected, but the owner’s address was not far from where they were. “We were feeling pretty good, thinking, ‘Okay, we’re going to get this dog home,’” Jackie said. She and Kelly drove to the house and rang the doorbell. The person who answered gave them a puzzled look. “They were like, ‘Um, that’s not my dog, and I’ve lived here four years,’” Kelly said. The Olynyks decided to enlist help from friends to help track down the owner, since they had her name and located her on social media. “She hadn’t responded, so we were emailing her employer and asking her friends on social media to call us,” Jackie said. While they waited for a response, she and Kelly stopped at a drugstore to pick up dog food and treats for Harley. “She wasn’t famished, but she really seemed to enjoy eating the treats,” Kelly said. He and Jackie were hungry, too, so they returned to their hotel downtown and took Harley to their room so they could grab dinner at the hotel restaurant, he said. “When we closed the door [to the room], she started whining and we’re such suckers we decided, ‘Okay, she’s coming to dinner with us,’” Jackie said. “Even though it was cold, we asked to sit outside so the dog could be with us,” she said. “Everyone thought we were crazy, but the three of us sat outside and ordered appetizers and had our little Christmas dinner together.” more, including photos, at the . . . Olinky : https://wapo.st/3HanXzG
A great story! As a fellow crazy about dogs, that made my day. Heck, Kelly might look good in a Rockets uniform again. He (and his wife) love dogs! The rest of the story is at the link.
Post-mortem revisit 2.5+ years later Olynyk's value was rehabbed on our team, but Rafael and Kelly couldn't agree to a deal. Not sure if Stone low balled him. Stone wasn't able to do anything with Kelly's value. Kelly walked to a worse situation in Detroit and was only there for $12m. Stone's later replacement Theis didn't work out. Was a lose-lose for both parties. Olynyk goes to the Jazz, for a team that didn't tank all the way, Ainge also rehabbed his value (like us), but then was able to flip Kelly for pieces to Toronto. Things are always fluid, but the front office leaves a lot on the table when it comes to deals. Kelly was not long term prospect here, but when we gave him minutes (featuring him), a good GM would have tried to get something out of his short tenure (good run). But little came of it.
