We're underdogs for Love now, but Rondo is very much in play. I too worry about Morey's constant spinning carousel roster... but I think after we land that 3rd star he'll chill.
I know the reasons why morey said that and i agree. We will be better on the court and everyone thinks we will suck which is a recipe for winning basketball.
They don't. At least not compared to other teams. We're not getting Kevin Love, people. If we still had Parsons, I'd give us at least a shot. But what do we have to trade right now? Minnesota doesn't want Ariza. T-Jones is a nice piece, but he's gotta be part of a much bigger package. We have very little on our bench. And that Pelicans pick could be nice, but no one really knows where it'll wind up being.
He didn't hint at it, he flat out said it. Almost direct quote: "We have to be a top 10 defense and we need a really good wing defender next to Harden to have any chance at that." Morey is a very smart man and he doesn't play pee pee games. He knows Harden is terrible on defense.
Uuuuum, he DID sign Ariza to help with the inconsistent defense. He almost landed a third star who would have helped with the offensive spacing AND on defense. AND, guess what? There is still lots of offseason left where he has cap flexibility and trade assets (young players, trade exemptions, picks, etc) to go get players to help all the areas you addressed. How are the Rockets worse? Lin was VERY inconsistent and Asik barely played and certainly didn't help in the playoffs. You still have the same core and are in the position to go after improvements. The roster is not done PLUS young players who have a chance to become better. People need to relax.
We have assets AND cap space. We don't have to worry about the player we trade for leaving us because he will love it here once he settles in.
Tjones, NO pick, expiring for rondo? don't think any other teams would have a need for PG, since most have young ones at the helm. *watch cuban step in at the last second. =/
Here's the link: Rockets GM Daryl Morey addresses not matching offer for Parsons, not getting Chris Bosh and other free agency topics.
I love Morey. I never wanted to match Parsons. Not even if we had gotten Bosh, but I understood why we would. But after Bosh backed out? HELL NO!!!! No way you match that junk. And I like Ariza anyways. Not going to miss Parsons at all really. Morey made the right choice. We went for Bosh...It didn't happen...Time to explore other options. I like what Morey is doing and I believe when that third star steps up, we will see a whole lot less roster movement. In Morey I trust!!!!
Sorry here's the link: http://www.sports790.com/articles/houston-sports-news-478486/rockets-gm-daryl-morey-talks-free-12561208
Morey "IS" going after a big fish this season with trade assets. Says the #1 pick in the Asik deal is similar to the pick that got them Harden.
You couldn't have traded Parsons for anyone anyway. Dallas made the contract virtually impossible to trade.
I was hoping he would talk about small additions right now, like getting a decent backup center who could stretch the floor like Jason Smith, and a backup PG. It is encouraging that he is planning to make more moves in the future, but that will depend a lot on internal growth. Having the NO pick etc, won't be enough. There are many other teams that will be out there, by the February deadline too.
yeah..dallas is the only team if anything 1 of 2-3 teams in the league who are stupid enough to take on his contract
I wouldn't say obsessed, but he definitely leans heavily toward roster turnover rather than internal development for growth. But this also fits Les Alexander's mantra of staying competitive while building. There is no time to wait on projects to develop. He's also afraid to commit to a roster that doesn't have 3 stars. I sense this will be a trend going forward. Matching Chandler would have locked us in and they weren't postiive that would be enough -- some GMs would have matched and prayed that it would work, happy to even be considered a longshot of an NBA champion. Morey wants to be an odds on favorite, or close to it. Who knows if this philosophy will work out for him, but all we can really do is sit back and watch. I'm still willing to give him the benefit of the doubt considering we landed Harden and Howard, and he's so good at finding role players (like chandler, Beverly, T.Jones, etc.). He wants that 3rd all star though.
