Dont be silly guys, maybe the other teams just dont want to give up Miller or Artest. You gotta look outside of the box too sometimes. Although i am dying for a major trade...and also i think that the jackson trade was a horrible idea.
mark cuban was on PTI and he said the samething and that is why he made the trade for jason kidd. he said he will loose more money if the fans don't like the product not sure if you can youtube it or not but it was good to here a owner say that. it tells me he listens to his fans and consider what the fans have to say not meaning he has to do it but will listen
Turning a perenial lottery team into a perenial 60 win/season team mean much to you? Sorry...I think most fans over the past 10 seasons would have preffered losing in the NBA Finals and WC Finals as opposed to Lottery's and 1st round exits.
It isn't all on Les. Les' mandate was to get under the tax limit. Morey could have done it by paying a modest price (cash, maybe a 2nd round pick) to an under-the-cap team to take on Kirk Snyder. Morey (and maybe Adelman, and whoever else makes the decisions) made a CHOICE to trade a rotation player in Bonzi Wells to both get under the cap now and have an expiring Bobby J next season.
The problem with Leslie is that he won't stick to the plan. He will get on a kick where he will do whatever and sign whoever it takes to get us to contender status. Then, when some adversity hits he decides he better start saving himself some money. After the team fails again and he realizes he can't make a contender by being a penny pincher so he will drop some cash again. Repeat process.
You must not be an old timer because if you were you would remember Charlie Thomas..... Les is not the problem.
What kind of irritates me is that clearly the decision was made to go over the luxury tax limit at the start of the season in order to try and contend for the championship. Halfway through and the guys upstairs decide that this is not going to be the year and they need to get back under the limit. Say what? That really just seems weak minded and nervous to me. If you're going to go over the limit to try and win just grit your teeth and do it. I don't think Alexander's a terrible guy but honestly, if you could trade owners would you take him or Cuban?
As much as I can't stand Cuban's overbloated ego. He's better for a team and a win at all cost mentality.
There is very little I have agreed with you on over the years. This time I agree with you 100%. Spot ****ing on.
Rockets is valued at 462 million. I don't know if anyone have that kind of cash laying around in Houston. And if we let outsider buy the team, we would face the problem the SuperSonics have. Once the attendance is down, they will try everything to move the team to a more profitable city.
well, it sure was interesting timing then! There are so many worse sports owners out there. But that aside, because there is nothing wrong with wanting the best, regardless of how many out there are worse, how can we possibly substantiate any of this? Les could be telling Morey to go out and get Artest, or Miller, or whomever, if its the right basketball deal and makes sense, and Morey may not be willing to pull the trigger on a deal that includes Scola, or Brooks, or whatever. Yes, clearly this specific move had luxury tax and salary cap implications in mind. But the salary cap is more than just something to make sure the owners are able to make profits. It's something that is part of the system, and even if Les threw a trillion dollars at it, it would still be something Morey would have to keep in mind as a limiting force on dealmaking, not just from the Rockets perspective, but from the other teams perspective as well. Finally, not only is there no tangible evidence Les is being cheap, there is also not any real strong evidence that if he was willing to blow his entire fortune on luxury tax hits every year that it would make the Rockets any better. Sometimes you open the purse strings and end up with Kelvin Cato or Eric Dampier, even if other times it works out better for you. Morey is in his first year on the job...not just for the Rockets, but for any team. If Les is being a little tight, it might actually be prudent.
I don't see how this really has any significant effect on the "window of opportunity". Bonzi wasn't exactly young, nor were either player expected to play integral roles. But other than that, I agree with what you said here. I'm not sure why this thread has such a low rating.
The organization has been there for 38 years, has a relatively new mostly publicly financed arena, and a decent fan base - you don't have to worry about the team being moved. Regarding the value and purchase price of the team.....like I said before, buyers are not the problem in the least.
Bottom line: the organization thinks this isn't the year. Instead of "It's time" it should be "Not quite yet" or "Give us another year or two". Actually, I agree. More time means more practice with Adelman's system, which apparently takes a while to master.
I think Morey actually said yesterday in an interview "We don't feel we're good enough." That could be interpreted many different ways, but perhaps you're right. The Rockets aren't willing to put all their eggs in this year's basket. I still think we should wait and see how the new rotation plays out. If it results in more steady point guard play, better outside shooting, and more minutes for Scola/Landry ... that could be a good thing. Who knows, maybe the Rockets feel this will free up some more spot minutes for Novak at SF/PF as well. We shouldn't write off this season just yet.
