I'm not super thrilled either, but I don't think the Rockets were prepared to give Brooks a big payday next year. I'd say we got about what we could for Battier, which obviously wasn't much. We're not really any worse off than we were yesterday, but the rabbit never materialized in the hat. Disappointing, but not what I'd call a waste, exactly.
not trading Brooks last summer after winning the MIP award would be my vote the Miller signing was something I believe Daryl was forced into to help please Adelman, it doesnt feel like a Morey move at all otherwise. If (always a big if) Yao was healthy I see the value Miller brought to the team but not right now. If not Brooks then the David Andersen deal.
I agree with this but didn't tracy sabotage his deal via Stephen A? My memory is hazy as to which deal that was. Amare? Or was that billups-prince or rip? Yao was never going anywhere due to a certain Florida real estate guy having lots of money in certain foreign private equity......
I do not remember that ever being stated. In fact, I thought it was the opposite. To the best of my knowledge the guy said he wanted to be wherever he thought he could win. Realistically, with the allure of a healthy Yao and the pickup of Kevin Martin (coupled with the near perfect preservation of the team that almost beat LA the previous season) at the time Houston was an easy sell to a player already on the payroll. I don't buy the whole Amar'e comment Houston really really wanted me crap. I think the guy knew teams would only offer him 4 year deals. NY offered him a longer term deal (albeit via s&t) and he pounced on it.
I thought not trading T-Mac after the 2006-2007 season or during the 2007-2008 season, not trading Head after the 2006-2007 season, and not trading Brooks after the LAL series two years ago were huge mistakes. I never saw Brooks as a championship-level point guard. His stock was so high. T-Mac let me down after that heartbreaking 7-game series loss to Utah. I didn't see any leadership in him. We could have gotten a superstar had we packaged him and Luther together (Kobe, Garnett, Allen were all available at the time). Luther thrived in JVG's system because all he did was shoot open 3's all day.
How is getting Thebeet for an aging player that was keeping a mediocre team mediocre a terribad move? We also got a first round pick, yeah it's 2013...that pick MAY be gold by then. Doesn't really matter lets focus on Thabeet. The 3 year rule is in effect for this guy especially since he's a rocket now. No he hasn't done anything for the Grizzlies, perhaps we can get something out of him though. Marc Gasol did nothing for the Lakers afterall but has turned into a really good player for the Grizz. Give the guy a shot with our team before bashing him. It's not like he's Kwame Brown and has had multiple chances.
This x10. It's been hours since this deal has been announced and I am still furious. The clock is ticking for Morey, but instead of getting the Rockets closer to a decent team, he trades for one of the worst draft picks in history and a draft pick that potentially will not be better than Ish.
I went with Miller's contract. He was signed to be Yao's backup... and he's barely even Chuck Hayes' backup.
Not resigning Ron Artest. The Rockets would've made noise in the play-offs last year if they had Artest instead of Ariza: C - Hayes/Hill PF - Scola SF - Artest/Battier SG - Martin/Budinger PG - Brooks/Lowry
In my opinion: - Not selling Brooks last summer (you gotta know what he really is despite of the MIP) - Undervalue the importance of size, specially at the big positions. I believe he has finally learned it this season. - In a lower grade, overpay Miller. The Amare situation is also about if he would sign a contract with Houston, about if he truly deserves the current max having in mind how the next CBA will be, and of course about the medical issue, specially coming from a Yao type of franchise player. About NOT trading Shane before (e.g. at that Amare trade)... I justify it since you're still believing in a project around Yao Ming. And I have no moral force to blame Daryl about this because I believed the same way, frankly. But, if you want to blame something, absolutely must be the faith in a Yao's comeback, given his medical history. From here, Shane was still a crucial part of that project and you try to analyze the situations by how they were at that moment. The mistake can be the fidelity in Yao, not the faith in a Shane type of player within a project focused on Yao.
Brad Miller's deal is not that bad... At least he will be around to be more of an assistant coach and mentor to our young big guys.
Depends. If it was two late-round, lotto-protected picks in 2013 and 2015, I don't think so. We'll never know, I guess.
not taking the amare deal at the deadline last year by far. I don't like stoudemire and never will, but that was his chance to get a "super" star player and a player that could lure others to surround him. morey should have taken the gamble that he could have gotten him to re-sign. i'm sure it's also the one he kicks himself for too. we won't have another opportunity like that for awhile and this trade deadline reinforced that.
