-We traded for Snyder last year. -Francis won us one game this year and he may win us a few more. -We all know what Mutombo does for the Rockets so no complaints there. -James for Howard... not exactly a mistake. Yetti, I agree with you on most issues, but Morey probably made good bets on these four (three, actually).
I really REALLY think you guys shouldnt think too much of ab and landry right now. i mean they are playing well and above average but i cannot emphasize enough that these guys are our future. can you imagine ab and landry next season ...this is coming off a year where we looked like the oldest, slowest team in the nba and now we have 3 young guys (scola included) who just give us something to look forward to when we are not playing all that well. where did we get the assests for all of this? sincerly i think morey is a magician, he pulled a hell of a lot out of his sleeve, not everything has turned out, but the most important part, the future, seems to be heading in the right direction, best draft since yao!
Trade a locker leader,veteran and reasonable player, for a trouble maker A Locker leader veteran who makes more money and will only take minutes from Scola, and we already have one locker leader veteran than at least can help vs bigger Centers. And when did M James became a trouble maker? I haven't see him complain even once. Pay little money, but still risky. How if we play little money is a risk?????? A risk of what?????? And BTW that I'm sure this was Leslie Alexander call to get fans in the Arena. Cmon just said the truth D. Morey is pretty good and did a great job, drafting and in a trade market, without letting go any good pieces. And getting a younger talent for the future. We got now a young talented quick PG We got now a young athletic talented PF We still have a young gunner of the bench for the future in Novak that can help us and have show that his not a great defender but can hold his own in the court. We keep Head (young) a consistent and clutch shooter, great for the bench and can start if need and complement Yao pretty well. Scola is fairly young player, that play in Europe where the seasons are shooter compare to the NBA and this will help to have a longer carrier. (And Scola is a hell of a talent) He didn't went crazy and trade Rafer for nothing. (A good move now) He keep Battier (In todays NBA perimeter oriented game you definitely need a great perimeter defender that is willing to play and hustle for 48 minutes a never get hurt. He sign Bonzi back to play for his old coach. He sign Motombo to give Houston a great locker veteran leader, to help the young talent as well as the chemistry of the team. All this with garbage picks and without overspending for nobody and keeping the good players we already had. Today Rockets is younger and talented. Daryl Morey for Co-GM of the year
Funny what a difference several months make in forming public opinion. At draft time, Morey's an idiot and now, Morey's a genius! Glorification or vilification. Jeez, people this really gets old. A little logic, moderation on viewpoints if you will. This just in ... Morey must know his **** because, AB could be a ROY candidate. Break out Landry and now he's showing some serious skill and man, can he elevate! Hello.
How would AB be a ROY canidate with Scola on the same team? Scola is like 3 i think on rookie rankings
Morey did what he had to, put and draft some quick players that could fit in Adelman's system. He brought Aaron and good Carl Landry, traded for a point guard hoping that Mike James could be an elevation in offense, re-signed Bonzi who played for Adelman in Sacramento and then signed Steve Francis who showed up like little risk-possible score, injuries... I read somewhere on Rockets.com that Houston Rockets never actually wanted to be Phoenix Suns?! Then why the heck team even changed great def coach for off coach when you have almost all defensive players on the team ( Battier, Hayes, ) and shooters that can provide from night to night ( Head, Alston ). He did a good job, props but IS IT ME or we all expected MORE?!
Uh ... more PT, continued consistent performance on the court, maybe win a couple of player of the week honors. I just said it could happen not that it will definitely happen. Hell, Landry might get in ROY talk mix if he starts to flourish with more PT. Scola definitely doing a good job for us! Very pleased with how polished his game is and his aggressiveness.
Bonzi never got re-signed. Bonzi's initial bargain-bin contract was for 2 years. Right from the start, nobody ever said we'd be the Phoenix Suns. That was just the fans' - and to a degree, Les's - wrong preconception that RA's teams run like the Suns. Up-tempo =/= Suns. As for your last point, the key is balance. A team can never have enough defenders. And in the starting lineup, Hayes is the only one who's a definite offensive liability, or a defensive specialist as you mean it. Battier has always played both sides of the court, albeit not being a volume shooter. He hits his shots when necessary. Alston is the same. The make-up of the team has nothing to do with the failure of the offense in taking off as smoothly as the fans want. I don't quite get your inclusion of shooters in your gripe about changing a defensive minded coach for an offensive minded one. Wouldn't that be a benefit instead?
if you are anything but content with the job morey did this offseason, you should probably get your head examined. brooks landry scola bonzi james francis and we only gave away ONE player - howard, who was making way too much $ anyways.
Bonzi was already here, and Scola we got by accident -- more because of some Spurs internal workings than Morey's skill. Brooks we got at Rick Adelman's insistence. I was delighted with Morey's James / Francis acquisitions but they have turned out to be fool's gold so far -- I hope that changes. As far as Landry is concerned, I still believe Fazekas or McRoberts would have been far better choices.
Fazekas and McRoberts, better choices than Landry. Wow. LOL Morey aquired Scola by accident. LOL Morey had nothing to do with drafting Brooks. LOL Thumbs you obviously don't like Daryl Morey.
Funny... the this whole thread (and several others) started for the purpose of blaming Morey for drafting Brooks. Now that Brooks is looking useful, all of a sudden Morey had nothing to do with drafting him-- and it's all Adelman.
You were all praising Morey for his decisions this offseason overall and now you want to bash him. Stop posting this kind of crap you hypocrites
On James for Howard: I have gone on record saying that this was the worst move of the offseason. I'm a great fan of Morey's and most of the moves he has made, and I'm rational enough to understand that sometimes that bad moves will happen, and that's OK as long as there are a lot more good moves than bad moves. That said, you can't excuse that move. People say Howard might have taken minutes away from Scola, but even JVG was willing to bench him last year, and Howard was professional enough to accept the benching and continue in a role of locker room/huddle leader and being a good example for his younger teammates. He only got minutes after Yao got injured and he did an admirable job in his absence. I'm not exactly crying over his leaving -- it's hard to do that when you see such promise in Scola and Landry. What hurts is the fact that Mike James cost us several victories earlier this season and is a big reason why we're not in the playoff picture right now. So that's that about that. I still rate Morey very highly on his job as GM so far. Mistakes happen. But the past couple of years have definitely been a far cry from some of the team-killing, cap-bloating blunders we've seen in the past. This team has a bright future, and that's what matters.
