[ClutchFans] How we got here: A look back at the end of the Yao era to now

CD wasn't the GM until 1996.

 

**** is amazing.. #inmoreywetrust

 

Not the GM but a member of the coaching staff.

 

Right, but he didn't hire Rudy and he didn't "bring us" two championships. He was a part of the coaching staff, but as a GM he was pretty mediocre.

 

Great post, one minor quibble though. I don't really agree with the depth chart you posted:

I know this is what BSPN has gone on about on the air, but based on what Morey has said in interviews, I think he sees it more like this:

 

Me too. Me too. But I believe my hope used to be similar to Morey's: each of these guys was acquired with an idea about how ideal they would be to fit around a superstar. The holes on that team were the 5 and the 3: Lebron, Carmelo, and Dwight. I always thought those were our targets, and if we had gotten one of them with the Lowry Scola Martin core then we would have jumped into title contention.

But Morey knew better I guess; he blew that up real fast and went for the jugular once he saw from the 2011 offseason how superstars only look to jump to other teams with pre-existing superstars.

 

The only way that this can get better is if you fill in the failed attempts and what pieces were offered:

Examples:

- 2012 attempt at Howard - I believe we offered Martin and the 3 First Rd. picks can't remember.
- 2012 attempt at Gasol (Done deal that was killed by Stern)
- I believe we amnestied Scola last summer in the attempt to get Howard.
- etc.

I believe these details make the story so much better because it shows how he failed with 1 attempt but ended up making an even better deal regardless.

Great Job by the way! Love to see it all written down!

 

You're right, and my bad. I suffered a Dwight Howard... brain fart.

 

I think Morey's going to get a really nice summer bonus this year.

 

My hat is off to Morey. He did what other could not. It is interesting that the path here was more like chaos or throwing stuff against the wall to see what sticks rather than a few wise picks or trades. Working backwards:

Dwight: Bought him. With the additional incentive of having a young promising team. That leads to the cornerstone of the whole process.

Harden: Take him out of the mix and we are also ran's. We traded traded our top scorer for him along with lots of accumulated assets. No matter the price, well worth it.

Omer: Bought him. Really good value.

Lin: Bought him. AFTER we released him. You can put any details you want to the story, the strategy is difficult to discern.

Parsons: Drafted in the second round. Think of all the players drafted above him that have come and gone just in this short amount of time. Someone had to stick. Glad it was him.

The rest may only be assets. In all fairness, maybe Dwight and Harden are the may be the only two that are not assets at this point. My guess is that we are not done.

 

Morey did good, that being said Harden's trade which gave way to getting Dwight Howard would not have been possible without drafting Carl Landry.

So even with both heads moved on to different teams, Scolandry's legacy is still benefiting the Rockets organization.

 

Beautiful summary, NIKEstrad.

My only thought is with all those players we waived I'm surprised none of their salaries still count against our cap. Were most of those players on non-guaranteed/partially guaranteed contracts or the last year of their contract in 2012-2013?

Either way, beautiful execution by Morey.

 

Problem is, in alot of cases we as fans don't *really* know what was truely offered, all we have are media reports which seem to rarely be right these days. NIKE isnt gonna throw in fan conjecture on what was potentially offered, it would be irresponsible if one was only interested in real facts.

Wrong. The facts are very clear on what the story was....it was purely a financial decision(He had a unguaranteed contract, the other THREE PGs had GUARANTEED ones) based on his performance at that time in Summer league and preseason(not impressive at all)...if we werent badly in need of the big man that got signed(Dalembert) after his cut, he probably would have stayed, Morey loves checking out new talent at the point. Anyone who ignores the real story of what happened at that time has an agenda otherwise...period.

 

Worth mentioning again.

 

Quoted for truth.

 

What's amazing to me is that most of the moves were to clear cap space. I mean, we essentially just traded Kmart + Kyle for Harden, everything else was free agent signings (Asik, Lin, Howard, PB).

 

more like DBFL Douchebag for life
Lifelong Laker

 

What a great break down of how we signed and acquired these players. Thanks Clutch!

I love the part when you said "And we aint done yet"

This Rockets life and road has been amazing. I cant wait to see what else we can get in the future!

Much Love, Rockets fans.