Links: http://twitter.com/#!/dmorey/status/83446855366754304 http://twitter.com/#!/dmorey/status/83449289065500672
All coaches and general managers, no matter how successful, are eventually fired, and when that happens to Morey, it will be because he blabbed his way out of a job.
As some people already said in here, this draft is weak at the top, but pretty deep in rotational players at worst. So the usual belief in this forum that, "Let´s trade up because this draft is weak", makes little to no sense. PeAcE
I thought it was interesting, too; especially considering THE ROCKETS pick @23. Can't see @dmorey using that pick to choose someone who isn't "1st round quality", so I'm looking forward to seeing what he does with it on draft night.
I agree he wouldn't do that, but I doubt the 22 we have marked as "first round quality" all go before our pick at 23. Perhaps we are able to pick two guys with first round talent. This is if we don't trade picks of course. :grin:
Yes, and I'm sure after the draft we will hear how we managed to draft someone in the Rockets top 5 at 14, and someone in the top 10 at 23. Book it!
He really needs to lower his public profile since he really hasn't accomplished much. I think he definitely enjoys the attention.
I hope other GMs are as naive as some of you guys. Not to say Morey is lying, I don't doubt he really does have 22 1st rounders on his spreadsheet. However, he is obviously making that public knowledge to pump up the value of our 23rd pick. Not some cry for attention lol.
Exactly what I was thinking! So why would anyone want to trade two first rounders to move up a few spots. I just don't get it.
Smoke screen. Just predraft posturing. Trying to sell the value of the 23rd pick in order to package it with #14 to move up.
He's not saying anything that isn't discussed by sports reporters/writers/commentators (like Chad Ford or Jonathan Givony) already: that there isn't a "Lebron" in the draft pool but plenty of guys who looks like possible decent 8-10 year pros. Teams will feel good about the guys they picked Friday morning, but what's really important is whether they are still happy about their guys 2-3 years from now. Right... cuz that's what Joe Dumars, Brian Colangelo and Rich Cho spend their time doing nowadays: hitting refresh on Morey's twitter account to see what he's thinking.
It means the opposite to me if you had a quality player fall to #23. Why would you then keep the 14th pick? Seems like the real value is at #23.
What's the difference between Morey posting a small thing on Twitter and a reporter stating that Morey said something on Twitter again? That the former is more reliable?
