Totally agree. It seems like all Houston sports have gone back in time to the 1980s, when H-Town was called "Choke City", which is where we derive "Clutch City" from.
Yea because as a business it is a good idea to tell your customers your product stinks. By week 2 or 4 I realized quickly this was a fringe playoff team, and even said they should tank. I think Morey realized quickly also this team is not going anywhere significant. MAKING BIG MOVES is NOT EASY. How many times does this have to be said?
Now we are being too hard on him. It's not easy to draft these players without being a bottom dweller every season and getting lucky. Also, no one gives away these players. Have you seen any all-star get traded for nothing? The last thing that was remotely close was Pau Gasol and that was three years ago. He got us Kevin Martin, and I don't think he is done yet.
The team drafted Hakeem and Yao. The latter players came to the team BECAUSE they wanted to play with dominant centers. They did not wheel and deal to get those players. I say this to every Morey hater. What superstar player is out there to get right now? People act like we can just trade for CP3, Melo, and Howard and be set or something. Like it is really that easy like 2k. Just try hard enough and make the trade!
Its just tough seeing the Rockets choke like this night in night out. I know im not the only one that's upset but just can't help it sometimes but to say it like it is. I sure hope he isnt done with Kevin Martin for all of our sakes.
I sorta agree with the OP. Morey said this season was going to be "special" before the lockout. I know it takes two to tango for a trade, but this season has been so disappointing so blame has to be put on Morey and his staff. If they were depending on Yao to stay healthy then shame on them. Morey is definitely overrated on this board. He has proven to be a mediocre GM so far.
Cant argue with that. We shall see come trade deadline if he does anything relevant. This year is starting to look a lot like last year, where is the progression? I know its not enirely on his part because of the whole situation with yao and his contract but where are the improvements? We improved in becoming one of the worst defensive teams in the league. Our record is heading down the same road like last year. All that hype in the offseason is good for business, bad for fans like us. I'm no Morey hater just because I think he is Over Rated. The moves he's done thus far make him just that.
Morey/Adelman have had to deal with major injuries to key players every year they've been together: 07-08: Lost Yao midseason. 08-09: McGrady in and out, he's gone midseason. Mutombo and Yao go down in the playoffs. 09-10: Yao misses the entire season. 10-11: Yao (most important defensive player) again misses basically the entire season. Brooks (most important offensive player, IMO) so far has missed all but a handful of games as well. When judging what they've done, you have to keep that in mind.
I agree, but the inability to find a legit back up center and the brad miller signing are big negatives in morey`s reign so far.
Look, I am not sitting here thinking you can pull off a big trade any time you want. What I am saying is that our lack of direction and commitment to a direction is hurting us. We waste an entire season building around a group of guys that we think fits for Yao when he returns. The premise in that entire idea (Yao staying healthy) was flawed to begin with. Then even this year after Yao goes down we refuse to just start over. You can say "Well what team is going to openly admit to starting over?" Thats true, but a team playing Brad Miller, Chuck Hayes and Shane Battier as heavily as they do is not committed to idea of starting over. We will get a star one of three ways, we will clear big cap space, we will trade for one or we will draft one..... People say we have a ton of young assets. I think we overvalue these big time. Lets say we offered NJ Brooks/Budinger/Hill for Favors and filler. That is probably our top three assets and I think NJ would basically laugh. That is why I am starting to second guess the Twill trade. I like the player, but it does tie our hands a bit. We need to trade for a star, sign a star or draft a star. When you are a team like the Rockets, you need to make that dive and draft a star without having to give up any assets at all. And there is really no good reason I can think of at all why Morey went without size and shot blocking last year and then spends 5 Million to bring in Brad Miller. Yea, if Shane Battier is your leading shot blocker, you have issues.
I think most people believe AB and pat pat were great draft pics. Getting quality players in the first round is harder than it looks.
Darryl Morey is both a gift and curse. He will bring in enough talent such that we will never suck like the cavs, but this will preclude was from getting a high draft pick and getting rose, wall, griffin, durant,howard, lebron, wade, melo, etc.
Brad Miller turned out to be a good signing, as far as I'm concerned. I wasn't high on it at the time, but he's played about as well as one could have expected. But yes, I agree he didn't put in enough emphasis on acquiring quality rim protection to backup Yao.
Ding ding ding we have a winner. Morey believes in getting better through trades. Well, trade deadline is coming up. Morey also stated that he built a team "around" Yao should Yao go down aaaagain, we should be "fine" with our depth. OP, thread title rocks! gave me a good laugh after a frustrating Stockton over Barkley loss.
Good points....we are not that good....period...its time for everyone to realize that and uderstand major changes have to happen and soon.... IT IS WRITTEN.......
francis , i created a thread on this matter long ago. But you are being too harsh right here. But you are right in the respect that Morey is made out to look like a genius with minor improvements because hes always playing overly safe. That gets you nowhere. The ron artest aquisition was the last big move we made and it actually got us a playoff victory. Everything else has been lateral or pointless. The Yao, PF/Big man dillemma is inexcusable, I clearly stated that as well. To remain ignorant to the fact that he is going to be injured year in and out is sad.
