Bosh over Lowry everyday of the week at the time. I just don't get the fascination with Lowry and Conley, when has two ball dominant all stars ever figured it out?
It's not stupidity if it works. The Spurs gave away Splitter, but that was ok when they landed Aldridge. The Suns on the other hand were left with their d-ck in their hand when they went out and signed Chandler hoping to bolster their frontcourt and appeal to Aldridge only to have him go to San Antonio. Another example is the Lakers giving away bench players(I believe George Lynch and Anthony Peeler) to clear as much space as possible to sign Shaq back in 1996. But they got their man, so Jerry West looked like a freaking genius. Hell, you could even include the Rockets themselves when they gave away Thomas Robinson to the Blazers to clear space for Dwight who did wind up signing here. At least until the 2014 playoffs when Robinson actually had some good minutes for Portland and they upset the Rockets in that series.
The Raptors offered more money because the Rockets' offer was $0. Morey wouldn't make an offer til Melo made up his mind. He left Lowry hanging and allowed the Raptors the opportunity to resign him. And do you recall what Toronto got Lowry for? 12 mil a year for 4 years(with a player option in Year 4). That's a bargain. I'll bet Morey would've gladly offered that if not more. The problem wasn't that the Rockets low-balled Lowry. It's that they no-balled him.
Personally i like/ed Chandler as a player, even if he fell off defensively, but i was ok with keeping him (at that price) only if he was the last part of a winnig puzzle so, i wasn't mad when we didn't match. But with Bosh it's obvious that Morey would have match cause that was a championship caliber team, no question about it. Terrific defensive presence in the paint, a 4 able to play the 5 and defend both spots...able to score inside and outside...Bosh was just perfect for us.
I think you're wrong about the Lowry situation. The Rockets could have offered the Max to Lowry (they were offering a larger max to Carmelo and Bosh). Lowry signed for $12/year in Toronto which is substantially less than his max, and he did it in a place with 50% income tax. The Rockets could have easily beaten the $12/m year salary given state income and US taxes, and kept Chandler (although I'm ok that they didn't) or add another piece. The articles I read at the time (same as the ones mentioned in the prior posts) all pointed out that Lowry would have come. He was just our Plan C, while he was Toronto's Plan A. I don't mind swinging for the fences, but we did lose Lowry bc of it. I consider that a mistake on Morey's part, hindsight or not. I still support him, but to think it did not end up being a mistake is wrong. It was a mistake, particularly now that Lowry probably is better than Melo.
The fact is Lowry would have signed the contract with Rockets if the Rockets hadn't been hesitate to do so because Morey had to wait for Melo's decision .
The media has to throw mud at the Thunder in the off season in order to get in Kevin's head. They have to show case Westbrook as being selfish and a turnover monster who does not mesh with him. Cuban has started this by saying, "Westbrook is not a true star". Adams, Kanter, Ibaka are a great three headed monster, however OKC as a team are not a great collective shooting bunch. Losing a 3 to 1 series stings and you can bet he may be growing tired of the lack of success in the post season. Shooting wise a lot rides on his shoulders, Westbrook his great , but rest assure teams will test him this offseason.
Not true. What made up his mind was meeting with Toronto. People are crazy, if they think he wouldve signed with Houston before even giving Toronto a meeting. He was open to coming back, sure, but he later realized he truly wanted to be a Batman and not a Robin in Houston.
http://www.nba.com/2016/news/features/shaun_powell/05/31/shaun-powell-kevin-durant-not-ready-to-say-goodbye-yet/index.html?ls=nbahpsplit1 Article seems to point to Kevin staying put.
I foresee the rockets losing out on Conley, Durant and Horford. They will have to trade some players to improve this team. Dwight also needs to leave after his latest interviews about people in the organization. DAMN i dont see any way they can get better sadly
Sadly we have little to no good assets at this point, probably not enough to trade for a very good player...we could have had a 12th pick to help us now if the same amateur owner who hired D'Antoni wasn't against tanking.
Touché. Should have put two ball dominant guards. Harden is our PG, not SG, and I don't see how Conley or Lowry would work out.
U had forgotten What Toronto team was 3 years ago. Of course, Lowry would join the Rockets with Harden & Howard & Parsons
Let's say Lowry actually did sign here, how would that even work? We need to accept Harden as the PG, and find Harden his Klay Thompson. Klay makes Curry the MVP, without him, Curry would be a better version of Monta Ellis. Klay and Green give that team liberty to do what they want. Harden doesn't have those pieces in place. Lowry wouldn't be a step in the right direction. Lowry is another iteration of the Harden experience.
You need to do some reading. You are just wrong here. It isn't a matter of interpretation. It's like saying I believe 2+2 is 3. You can believe it all you want, but you're wrong.
This. Lowry and Conley are NOT the type of guards we need to be getting. With MDA here now, we need a PG who can run the PNR well off the bench as Harden is going to be our "PG" for most of the game.
I think our chances of landing KD are approximately as good as it was right around when playoffs started. Of course I am bias, but I think Harden would be a better fit with KD. Westbrook has developed into a good playmaker while Harden seems like it is more natural to him. Harden simply hasn't had good, consistent 2nd and 3rd offensive options in his Rockets tenure. Even though Westbrook is probably the better overall talent compared to Harden, KD and Harden would be a better fit. Team them up and replicate OKC's lineup.
I hate the MDA hiring... But with the thunder blowing it, and it still being obvious the Durant/Westbrook combo doesn't actually work to help each other, I can at least see selling MDA as a coach. Durant works way too hard to get buckets for a dude with his size and skill set. They have no offensive system. Durant splitting time between SF and PF in a high pace MDA system could result in scary good numbers for him. The team still wouldn't be able to get past GSW but it'd at least be fun and could tempt Durant with that. Come to Houston, put up freakishly amazing offensive numbers and heck, maybe get lucky one year and win a ring... But if not you maybe go down as the best scorer ever.
