Morey is Playing CHESS while most posters are trying to teach him CHECKERS!!!

Thank you for grounding everyone on the message board, hes not even done yet so chillax

 

You're right. One thing you forget it that when playing a chess match against other smart people, the game takes a LONG TIME.

We have been waiting long enough. No more waiting for the big moment, Morey has exhausted his window of us cutting him slack.

This roster better look markedly better than last years by the time season starts.

 

5* thread. will read again

 

We're playing chess without our queen piece unfortunately, so we are at a disadvantage to begin with.

 

Hard to play chess when all you have are pawns.

 

Actually, would prefer worst team than last year. Need to bottom out before you can get better. There is no other way and DM knows that, the owner refused to go that route. Now it is forced on them, so go with the flow and get bad....

If they can get DH then all bets are off because DM then just might pull a rabbit out of that hat! Say he somehow convince DH to reup and he then leverage his presence for another Superstar..... That is a long shot but really, what else can he do?

Yes, bottom out and hope they get lucky with the draft and get one that way.

It is the plan......

 

This is why people are upset. We're sure he's trying to make moves still, but that is up in the air considering all the team has is garbage. Morey damn well better be a magician to pull anything off at this point.

 

Other GM's have been playing chess and Morey's in the back chatting with the media. This whole Morey's "smarter than you" notion doesn't work anymore. At best, he's slightly below average as GM

 

Morey is not stupid, I agree. And he may well be the smartest GM in the league. But what good is smart if you don't have any clout? I live in DC and in this town, everybody says "it's not what you know, it's who you know". And that's true in the NBA. It's an old boys network where a lot of GMs and management level are filled with former players or people with some basketball background. Morey doesn't have that basketball background, so he came in the league at a disadvantage. Not only that, he is bringing this whole new "moneyball" system and pissing off everybody by saying he knows more than you. And suddenly he's the golden boy in the league. Don't you think that would rub a lot of GMs the wrong way. They want to see him fail. They want to prove him wrong. And that is exactly what is happening. Morey is nice guy and he knows exactly what's going on. But he can't get it done because other GMs are not completely open with him and are hesitant to work with him. You've seen those "behind the scenes" documentaries on the days leading up to the trading deadlines in the NBA. What do GMs do? They're on the phone 24/7 calling all other GMs in the league fishing for information, for assets, for stars. Now you think the likes of Bird, John Paxon or Joe Dumars are going to be completely open and honest with a Morey, an outsider?

 

This is where I vehemently disagree. Perhaps the latest moves with Dragic and Lowry are chess moves, but until those it seems that Morey is the master at checkers.

The most common defense of Morey (which has the benefit of being true) is that he "wins every move." He does, but that is a checkers mentality. I don't want to strain the analogy too far, so I'll just say that Morey has proven to be a great tactician but not a great strategist. Strategy sometimes requires moving back to move forward, or losing some deals to win down the road.

Strategy also requires knowing your opponent's personality and tendencies. Here Morey has proven to be an abject failure. He doesn't understand players (iPads? SUV caravans? A wall of tweets?) or agents (playing hardball on restricted agents and developing a reputation as a cold dealer doesn't make others want to work with you).

The facts are that over half of last year's all-stars have switched teams since Morey has been here, and he has gotten exactly none of them. And multiple teams have overhauled themselves completely while the Rockets have treaded water.

At some point, results matter. We have a few months left, but if the net result of this year's moves are to take three pawns while giving two back, then I'm done calling Daryl a master chess player.

 

A lot of us are not upset because he didn't get it done, we're upset because he wasted too much time TRYING to get it done. And he still is, depending on who you believe.

No one, including Morey. Because it's basically impossible. So why is he still trying?

Morey has been playing chess while other teams have been getting better by playing checkers.

 

could someone please provide a useful Magic: The Gathering analogy, as well?

 

You know when a pawn gets to the other end, you can change it to a Queen?

 

How do you get more powerful pieces? Not by finishing ninth in the West every year and drafting 14th.
The time has come to gamble, and Morey is positioning all his assets to make a move for Dwight Howard. If it works, you have a franchise center to build around. And I'm not convinced Howard won't stay here after a deal, regardless of what his minions are saying. Very few players with Bird rights walk away from guaranteed money.
If the strategy fails, you accept losing for a year or two and get your centerpiece through the draft to go along with the collection of young players you already have.
Gambling is chess. Keeping pieces like Lowry and overachieving for another season is checkers. It doesn't get you anywhere.

 

Someone's gay for Morey.

 

Chess? Is it against himself on a computer.

Rocket River.

 

Too bad Morey trades his pawns for potential pawns.

 

Daryl Morey = Bobby Fischer.....:grin:

 

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