(Lock or delete please if it already posted) ........ I also had a chance to talk with Rockets GM Daryl Morey. Keep in mind that this was Tuesday afternoon, a few hours before news of the Ron Artest deal broke. I give full props to the guy for keeping a gangster poker face when I brought trades up to him. He rolled his eyes when I brought up the T-Mac to Detroit stuff. SLAM: How do you feel about your team right now? Daryl Morey: We feel like this off-season we’re adding Yao Ming, basically. That doesn’t mean that we’re resting on what we’ve got. We’re constantly looking to upgrade, but we feel like we’ll make a strong push next year and we really need to figure out how to get out of the first round. SLAM: What was going on with the T-Mac to Detroit rumors? Was it more Detroit coming to you guys? Was there any truth to it? DM: I think, to me it feels very similar to when I was in Boston with Paul (Pierce). All those years there were rumors that we were trading him and we never were and it’s the same with Tracy, we’re not. Source: http://slamonline.com/online/2008/08/dynamic-nba/
It's never good to make accusations, especially if you're using foul language, but frankly buddy, I think you're absolutely right!
He can't talk about the Artest deal until it's complete Aug. 14. He meant that Yao was hurt last season, and will be back next season.
a... ha.. Sorry, my bad ah I was misled by this article. Then i found the original to post here http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2008-08-03/10343830547.shtml (The pro. reporters made mistakes too ) 莫雷称阿泰就像另一姚明 麦蒂现状类似昔日皮尔斯 (In plain english: Morey claimed that adding Ron is like adding another Yao while T-Mac rumors are like Pierce's) http://sports.sina.com.cn 2008年08月03日10:34 新浪体育 新浪体育讯 北京时间8月3日消息，据Slamonline网站报道，EA体育公司为了新款游戏NBA Live 09造势，请来了76人的安德烈-伊戈达拉、灰熊的鲁迪-盖伊、猛龙的安德里安-巴尼亚尼、开拓者的布兰顿-罗伊。以及马刺的托尼-帕克拍摄广告。 NBA Live系列游戏向来是以球员为主角，上述五名球员被邀请也是情理之中。不过，有趣的是，火箭大管家达雷尔-莫雷也出席了这次活动，活动之后他接受了访问。 记者克里斯-奥灵一直希望能够采访莫雷，这次正好莫雷在场，他自然不愿意与他失之交臂。当奥灵将关于火箭得到罗恩-阿泰斯特的问题丢给莫雷时，这位火箭总经理表情宛如彪悍的劫匪。 “我们感觉今年夏天就像又增加了一个姚明似的，”莫雷说道。“这不是说我们的工作就到此为止了，我们还会继续补强阵容，我们感觉下赛季球队将会取得不少进步。我们很需要增加球队竞争力，以便战胜对手，进入季后赛第二轮。” 随后，奥灵向莫雷提出一个陈芝麻烂谷子的问题，那就是关于特雷西-麦克格雷迪去活塞的交易流言，曾在凯尔特人担任过球员运作和信息部副总裁的莫雷，用保罗-皮尔斯做了一个比喻。 莫雷眨巴了一下眼睛说：“当年我在波士顿时，保罗(皮尔斯)也经常卷入交易流言，麦蒂的情况和他类似，但是这么多年过去了，保罗仍然留在凯尔特人，并且率队夺冠，他自己还获得了总决赛MVP，我们同样不会交易麦蒂。” (木瓜丁)
Firstly, sina.com is bull$hit. Even more so than hoopsworld. Secondly, um, posting the Chinese thing isn't gonna help you. Aww c'mon.
Can people please read articles in their original language instead of reading badly translated versions before posting them here? I find that a lot of Chinese translations of U.S. media articles are done by people with rather poor understanding of English who often misinterpret what was said in the original article.
Lighten up man. The guy made an effort. And it looks like he did read the article in his own language and that is were the confusion came in. Still he is contributing and we got some new info on this board instead of stupid threads about Morey liking beef.
and why would they trade tmac. if healthy, you won't get equal value back. if not healthy, no one wants him for more than some C level talent (like what the rockets sent the magic for him). keep him on the team, and use his ending contract to get under the cap in 2010.
tell me why, people from china think that their language is known all over :| how can you post in chinesse, if thats english-languaged forum, if yao plays in rockets it doesnt necessarily mean that fans are only from china -.-
Hey... I read chinese one this morning first.. then i thought that i would share with you guys here in Clutch. I did NOT post it right away based on that Chinese article. Then i spend around 20 mins on finding out the original to post here I was misled and I said sorry above What are u still demanding? I said sorry again, alright? Why are u spreading some speculations beyond this? It's Yao's talk (on Ron) again? Just let ppl stop posting? I am a Canadian + Chinese Rockets fan What i did was that i am still in excitement with Ron's trade. I spent extra time on browsing this forum and around because of it. And so happy to share "any news" with you Thanks
Morey does like beef. Beef is useful and undervalued and Morey likes everything undervalued. It's an important characteristic of Morey's moves. Morey will continue to acquire beef until the rest of the league catches up to beef's value, then he will move on to something else undervalued by the rest of the league. That you not form any opinion as to what was said by reading Chinese translations of English articles. Don't even let the Chinese translation color your understanding of the original articles. These translation tend to be done very poorly and miss the point of the original entirely.
I'm completely confused by all the responses in this thread. Was the thread title changed or something?
McGrady is working hard, he will be back healthly. The same situation with Yao. You add Artest and Barry to that mix. It is a great team, I can even say top 3 team in the NBA right now. I know the question is health and we can be concerned about that but yes, I belive this time things will be different.
