Morey or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bone

I must admit, I have had similar thoughts. However, I think they knew JT was not going to be anything and with no superstars shaking loose, got to try something.

Oh, and paragraphs are your friend.

DD

 

agreed..something BIG is goin down soon

 

Are the Rockets selling this as a major move? Its a move that might pay big dividends down the line, or it could amount to nothing. Like your typical late first-round draft pick.

In fact, I see this move as the Rockets giving up Jermaine Taylor for the right to make early use of a future non-lottery 1st round pick -- and they're using it on Terrence Williams.

We should view him as a rookie with a unique package of skills but also a ton of baggage. Also, I think it will be a while till he's a significant contributor on the team, if that ever happens.

 

Kinda disagree. I think part of the wizardry is that he does exactly what he says he's going to do. It's no secret that Morey is in the market for an all-star talent. He has stated as such and any one can see it's needed. He has also said that every move made is for the mid term and long term future of the team. It seems clear that this deal is about the future, although as Morey has also said, everyone is available.

 

The Terrence Williams move, IMO, will pay dividends as early as the 2nd half of the season. That one move may have won us 5-6 more games in January.
Morey continues to show us mere fans what a true GM really is. Although he will contribute this season, Williams's real breakout will begin next season. I'm talking Iguodala- like.

 

I think Morey is starting to implement his ideal plan of getting defensive two-way players. I think he tried it with Ariza but it didn't play out, well then, he got Lee in the offseason. Whatever the fool has up his sleeve, I think he won't go for another Kevin Martin type player, it looks like he is trying to build up the defense like he always wanted to

From Feigen's blog after the game...

http://blogs.chron.com/nba/2010/12/with_rockets_drawn_to_williams.html

 

Hey, what's going on here??!!! Lock down!!! :grin:

 

Its not really to quiet the crowd. His moves are all built to improve his tradeable assets to get him in position to make a big trade. A byproduct of that is reeling the fans in because who doesn't like following a team that can have a new player every day Remember that most franchises you have no hope of being a big player in trades.

And, he also likes the gamble on upside.

Ariza was a gamble that didn't work out (didn't really end badly, just didn't work as well as hoped). That was just a signing anyways, but then he turned that into Courtney Lee. Which is his other trend of converting nothing / cash into players. Thanks to Les for that, but that is a novel concept noone seemed to tap into as much as Morey does.

T williams is another gamble with alot higher upside I think. But, to me its a better gamble than that 2012 lottery protected player would be, plus we get the asset a couple of years earlier. If we really want to trade for someone, then our championship target should be 2011-12, not 2012-2013, so this fits that.

The beauty of all this is that at their worst Ariza and T Williams are tradeable assets still that have value. So, whether they work out or not doesn't really hurt our club that much, but if they do work out then it would be pretty nice to have the SF position locked down for the foreseeable future.

 

You are a r****ded dog if you think this is a bone. This is an attempt to shore up an area of weakness. Our weakest area I might add. T-Will is better than Bud. This makes us more athletic at the 3. Once Terrence Williams gets the Offense and Defensive schemes we will be better for it. He is not a Battier IQ type guy but he is not dumb. He is a very good defender a better slasher and a decent shooter behind the arc. He makes us better. No bone for the r****ded dog here.

 

You thing the TWill trade is some move to generate false excitement and sell tickets?

No one knows who this guy is, or probably even knows there was a trade, except for us diehard fans.

 

I hate to break it to you, but if this forum closed tomorrow, Morey wouldn't give a damn. Of all the reasons they made this trade, the last reason was because of panic.

Why don't fans on this board understand this trade at all? I don't know.

1. We essentially traded a top 14 protected pick for an 11th pick. Just think about it at it's extreme basic and maybe it will make more sense.

2. Jermaine Taylor is not a player on this team, and he never would have been. Rick Adlemen would have let him rot on the bench( I don't think Taylor is good enough to be an NBA player, but I'm just stating the facts)

The only moved made to appeal fans are lateral ones. This move is by no means a lateral move.

 

Disagree. I don't think this move will quiet anyone down. I believe the reasons for this move are 3 fold.

1) To let JT go. They recognize he's going to be a great player someday, but just doesn't have a spot on this roster.

2) Assist the Nets in getting 'Melo ... there by moving him out of the West, and keeping the NY pick from losing value.

3) A chance to develop new talent. There are countless examples of the Rockets coaching staff finding players who are not exactly valuable and developing them into a player who does have value, and is actually desired.

 

Agreed. I think he simply does whatever he can to upgrade the team like stated multiple times.

I just don't see something BIG happening anytime this year... I think that Morey is simply upgrading the team which in essence provides assets IF something comes along the way.

 

Ha Ha, he has you fooled. You're doing too much thinking. You think Morey is making trades purely to keep people entertained on clutchfans? Come on, man. Morey is just doing his job. I think the trade could turn out to be great, or it may not, who knows at this point. Morey gets paid to make the team better, not to try and devise schemes to keep clutchfans talking.

 

did you make your O' face?

 

This trade shores up our weakest position. It'll limit Battier's time, increasing his effectiveness. It'll also give us someone really athletic, and a true playmaker at that. We will have a really nice contrast at the SF.

 

Ariza wasn't a trade. He was signed because we LOST Artest to free agency and Ariza was the best available replacement. That wasn't throwing the fans a bone, it was plugging a huge hole in the bottom of the boat.

 

disagree 100%.....it was morey getting more than he's giving up because another team was somewhat desperate. You make that move, especially when you're not even losing a rotation piece, every single time, whether you're winning or not.

 

wait a minute....so your saying that GM's make trades to make the team incrementally better or to fill a need but really they're always trying to get a superstar in the long run?

you...are...a...genius