your sources for the above information seem well vetted...I am guessing you are a history major? simpletons! all of you! #TeamDaSmartust
He makes a big move like Harden but like a gambler he loses out in the long run. You could make the argument that with a couple of losing seasons and someone who doesn't make those deals but is a good drafter, we could have had Towns, Wiggins, Cousins, or other players and been equally as good.
That's what I figured. In fact, I thought the whole reason for letting Dragic walk at the time and paying Lin all that money is that it was a desperation move to generate hype in what was otherwise gonna be a long and very painful season.
"letting dragic walk" Dragic was a free agent. We didn't let him do anything, because we had no control over it. Getting Lin was all Les.
These are the same morons that simultaneously asserted that OKC has no chance of winning and Durant is better off coming here (after our abysmal season) and that his Harden and Beasley love alone (nevermind Ibaka and Westbrook on his current team) is more than enough to sway him. They are proven wrong over and over again but justify it. You're wasting your time. A bunch of us were blasted over calling his stupid "3 stars and boom championship" strategy r****ded---and it shows that the rockets don't have competent 3pt shooters or role players ---in a system he engineered!
That could very well be true, but you say that as if you know that to be a fact. All the while putting other things down as speculation.
doing nothing by having a couple of losing seasons and making logical top lottery picks would have probably netted us in a better position. So please explain to me why after all the lateral moves the rockets are better off today. They don't have a first banana in either Harden or Howard (if you debate this you don't have the bball acumen to reply in the first place).
Actually, we let Dragic walk over a player option - when we could have given it to him...at the time we said we don't give those, then we gave one to Dwight. Re: Lin - we cut him - he blew up, we overpaid to bring him back if our org was any good at player evaluation we would have kept him in the first place. DD
Right if only our organization was good at evaluating players. Plucked Asik from an obscure role and made him into an legit starting center and defensive monster. Plucked Harden from a bench role and made him into an MVP caliber player. Plucked Lowry from a bench role and made him into a near all star player. Plucked Dragic from a bench role and made him into a near all star player. If only we were good at it!
You're comparing us not giving a player option to Dragic (a very good player in his own right but not someone who you build a team around) over a Dwight Howard who at the time many teams would be comfortable building a team around? Seems a bit off...
I can't believe there are still people on here who think there's a chance Durant is coming to the Rockets. There is literally one team standing between him and the NBA Finals right now: the Golden State Warriors. And we don't even know yet how the Thunder will fare against them. And oh BTW, the Warriors have to either resign or replace Barnes, Ezeli, Barbosa, and Speights this summer. And in 2017, they need to resign or replace Curry, Bogut, Iggy, and Livingston. Unless Durant is bolting for the Warriors themselves, there is no logic in him leaving a 55-win OKC team that's young and talented and in the WCF for the 4th time in 6 years. And BTW, the 2 years they didn't make it, they had season-ending injuries to Westbrook or Durant. In other words, when healthy, this is one of the top 2 teams in the West.
No, at the time we said "We don't give player options" then we turned around and did it. (Pay attention to actions, not words - they lie a lot). Basically we let him walk for future cap flexibility.....which doesn't dribble, play defense or make a shot. Another stupid move by our flip flip flip style of org. DD
And then gave Asik up for a pick they could use on Decker after they coveted him to the point of holding off on better deals the year he was here. How are you fooled so easily?
Morey is the most overrated GM in the NBA. He is an average GM that gets talked about like he's a top 5 GM.
Geez not to mention that we flip all of our draft picks that finally are developing into solid role players. It is staggering that folks don't look deeply enough into what is going on, with our flip or flop strategy. Even this year, their hero Morey decided to try to flip less, yet 9 players are different this year than last.....lol...just can't help himself. DD
Actually we use them for cap flexibility. We traded our 1st round 14th picks for 2nd rounders which we used to dump salary. This team is a ****ing embarrassment led by an IPAD holding chump.
Asik was then promptly shoved aside in favor of Dwight. Which I'm fine with BTW as Dwight was a far better player. But we should've dealt him immediately instead of letting him pout and pretend to be injured for half the 2013-14 season. Harden was not some bench player we turned into an MVP contender. He was a rising star who had just helped lead OKC to the Finals. I know some were questioning if he was ready to lead a team on his own, but it's not like we was some unknown commodity Morey discovered. Everyone knew we were getting a big-time player in that deal. Lowry did develop from a backup PG to a borderline All-Star here.....and then we promptly dealt him to Toronto. Yes, it netted us a pick which was key to getting Harden, but my point is, we didn't bother hanging onto Lowry. Same with Dragic. He developed from a backup PG to a borderline All-Star.....and then we let him return to Phoenix for nothing all because we didn't wanna give him a 4-year deal vs a 3-year one. It's not so much that we're bad at evaluating talent. It's that when we do acquire or develop solid players, we seem to be in a rush to flip them for something else or let them walk so we can clear cap space to sign someone else. Every team is gonna have some level of turnover, but it's become almost comical with this organization how briefly players remain here.
