@dmorey: We are excited to invite @theofficialeg10 to HTown & TC today. Send a message with #eg10houston to show him what RedNation is all about!
I hope it has better results than #Asik2Houston which was ravaged by Bulls fans and sarcastic Rocket fans.
i discourage everybody from doing this. it's amateurish and it has never worked before. getting old, morey.
For how much i endorse morey and most of his trades/draft approach this part of his approach is just plain dumb.
Why do we keep going after restricted free agents when their teams have already said they will match. We are just wasting our time.
The negative reaction to this is baffling. We live in a world where athletes are incredibly conscious of social media. Best case, they're impressed that Houston fans are passionate and knowledgeable about what's going on. Worst case, they ignore it and it doesn't matter. When something is incredibly easy to do, has a potential upside (no matter how unlikely), and zero downside... it makes sense to do it. Not only do some Rockets fans not do it, but they actually b**** about it, as if that's going to help the situation.
seriously, wtf is wrong with them. how is it amateurish? players are on twitter all day. they love the attention
I overall really like DM. I feel about DM how I felt about Adelman before he left: he's not perfect but I doubt we can replace him with anyone better. Then McHale showed up and confirmed my suspicions.
Agreed, I don't know what the complain is. Why would Eric Gordon not want to have fans passionate about the team and want to see him become a Rocket?
1.) There are numerous examples of teams who "said they will match" who ultimately don't. It's a negotiating tactic. When you're the Rockets and you have no stars, and an Eric Gordon-type young talent is available... what's to lose by trying? 2.) If teams took your approach, New Orleans would ultimately be able to keep Gordon on a ridiculously cheap deal, because Gordon would have no leverage to get a fair deal. Is that to the Rockets' benefit - to let a division rival keep a young talent in his prime for way under market rate? Especially when they just drafted Anthony Davis and Austin Rivers? In the absolute worst-case scenario of signing Gordon - that is, no S&T deal can be reached and New Orleans matches - the Hornets are likely paying a significantly higher cap figure than if other teams didn't get involved. That benefits the Rockets.
