You have no idea whether or not he thinks that. Not standing pat could mean anything. Adding a lottery pick isn't standing pat. Using the MLE isn't standing pat. When he was talking about all-star players, he was defending the team's strategy of continuing to count on Yao being healthy. Basically he was saying you need all-stars to win so hoping Yao gets back is what makes sense.
now you know why we will bring back scola and lowry at all costs. Because those two could be our best trading chips. I wonder if we would trade brooks plus KM for CP3? Scola + Battlier for Bosh? CP3, Bosh, Yao and bunch of D-League players round up the team. Now when Morey said upgrade the team over the summer. What does he mean? which position does he think we are still got room for upgrades? KM - I doubt we see SG as a weak spot, specially it took us awhile to get him. Yao - we need s decent backup and that's it PG, SF, or PF? If the trade dealine was any indications. i think morey is looking to upgrade PF. Perhaps sliding scola over to center and use him as backup C or the "new" PF can play some center as well.
You also missed the part about acquiring Camby to play with Yao, until he fully recovers. Morey said those type of players won't make a big difference in winning a chip, that you need an all-star level talent. Rockets are not standing pat. It is clear that he wasn't talking about Yao, but about acquiring Camby or other non-allstars.
Maybe? LOL - I like Yao a lot, but he is nowhere near Lebron's class. Lebron is a true superstar talent, Yao is a star talent, there is a vast difference to me. V A S T DD
There is some people here that overrate Brooks, in my opinion, and then talk about Yao as "a star talent". Like Brooks, right? At a similar level, different positions. Surely Yao was last year the best big man in the league, at least the most influential offensively for sure. And this year we have proven his defensive value... If this is not an elite talent among the big men, don't know what it is.
