Yeah, but they had a healthy star to trade. Plus, we can see now how much Nash really liked it there. It's rare to have a player that is so faithful to a city. He went back there and now still wants to stay there despite the losing.
All this talk about how to get good in the NBA is just posturing to me now. We were shown point blank this year that the NBA is not a legitimate league. How can you try to play by the rules when the rules change willy nilly? The best teams in the league also happen to be the most profitable. For ****s and giggles Stern decides to make one team from Texas a title contender just to prove that the whole thing isn't rigged. Over the past 15 years, that has not been us. We. Don't. Matter. Face it, people. There is no "method" to success in the NBA. There's no way period for teams that don't matter to make it. Sometimes we like to think of professional sports as a bit of a fairy tale. Every once in a while, with an acceptable period of about 5-20 years depending on your fanbase, you hope that something magical can happen, that it can be your city that's good enough to make the finals or win the whole championship. But then there are times like these when you realize that professional sports are just that: Professional. It's a business, and the bottom line rules. I don't believe in the NBA anymore. I don't what implication that has to my Rockets fandom. I'd like to still keep on to be able to say I was here in the rough times when we get better later on. But I have no faith. It's inevitable; my interest in the games has waned, I don't attend games anymore, I hardly even care to watch. Will anybody in the NBA front office notice? Probably not. I don't count myself lucky enough to be a voice that has enough common peers among my fellow fans. Those keen enough never cared in the first place. The rest will hang on even as Stern slaps their backs with his proverbial whip, year after year after year. But maybe, just maybe, Wojnarowski was right when he said at the beginning of the year that Stern has only a couple years left. Maybe by then I'll reassess the situation and decide whether or not to put my heart back into it. That's the only hope I have.
I made a decision to stop posting in GARM until the season was over, but I just want to comment on what Daryl Morey said, before everyone forgets. I think Morey is trying to keep Les happy, but at the same time protect his own reputation. I don't think he wants to be known as a failed GM, but he can't blame Les, either, so he dances around the truth as best he can.
I assume he's also accountable for a shortened season that lead to an incredibly short "training camp" that allowed no time to truly see linsanity. Oh yeah, don't forget the "failed" trade that everyone who was originally against can now see would have been tremendous for this team. Scola, Martin, and dragic turned into Pau, Lin, and possibly Nene? It is fine to have a different opinion about the man but don't blame him when it's blatantly obvious that Morey and the real fans of this team got royally screwed. Stern should have taken us all out to dinner before he screwed us like that. Oh and our offense that you've commented so much on would probably look a lot prettier than it does now.
Why would anyone blame morey for lin? I have been critical of him,but saying he missed on lin is crazy. I do wonder what kind of team this would be if we had never taken back kevin martin and his contract. Not that he's a bad player or has a terrible contract, I just never saw the upside of the move.
Morey should absolutely be held accountable after five years. If he's the reason the team is not on the path to contender status after five years, then he needs to be replaced. So. Is he the reason? Is he under-performing relative to his peers? If a different GM had taken over 5 years ago, could we reasonably expect the Rockets to be in the championship hunt? If Morey's a sub-par GM, we should be able to look around the league and see other, better GMs getting better results with equal or fewer resources. In fact, we should be able to see a lot of them. Every Morey-basher I've put this question to in the past has pussed out and refused to answer so I don't have high hopes this time, but here it is: What NBA GMs do you think have done more with less than Morey?
Nobody has pussed out, it is just a stupid ****ing unanswerable question that will lead to a circular argument, so no one is dumb enough to fall into trying to answer something that will just be back and forth opinions only - and unprovable. Now, get on the bus, school is over ! DD
I don't really follow college ball, so I'm curious what player Morey was referring to in the interview that will change a club in this year's draft. Anyone?
No, it's you sir. This is the fourth or fifth time in the last couple of months that I've logged on only to be see you insulting people with your short, vitriol laden juvenile attacks. You've been here eight years and should know how to comport yourself in a manner not commiserate with barnyard animals. Anyway, this forum is and has been many things to many people, but it's certainly not your personal toilet. Now..."Let's get down to brass tacks, how much for the ape?"
Totally agreed. If anything Darryl and warriors gm deserve credit, at least more than 28 other teams. Especially darryl, hes got the backup role ready for Lin but stern messed it all up.
It's not a stupid and unanswerable question. It's a legitimate question. You pointed out that Morey should be fired. Durvasa in another thread pointed out that if you propose this, then that means you are assuming the next GM we get would not only have to do better than Morey, but would be willing to use the amnesty to bring in a third string PG which every other team has passed on and when there are already two high quality rotation in front of him. That also means you are assuming the next GM will be capable of picking out diamonds in the rough every year. We are talking about finding quality players like Landry, Brooks, Parsons in the draft, and picking out guys like Scola and Lowry in trades. Morey hasn't done a perfect job, he's done a pretty decent one. If I want him fired, it's not because he's terrible, but because he's good at making the team stay relevant. Which takes out the opportunity to tank and lose "naturally".
I said if Jeremy Lin turns into an all star, or star player, then Morey should be fired, yes. If you can not recognize talent when it is IN YOUR TRAINING CAMP, then you have no business running an NBA team. DD
That's absurd. First, Morey saw enough to bring him to camp in the first place. Second, there was essentially no training camp. Third, there were three point guards with guaranteed contracts two of which were established NBA players and the third was the #6 pick in the draft recently who played well in his rookie year. Fourth, Lin was about to be cut by the Knicks. This is verified. At some point, DD, you need to think before you post. You make an ass out of yourself way too often.
