For those suggesting raptors make the playoffs because they are in the east... look at the teams that made the playoffs in the east and teams that made the playoffs in the west. The east actually could make the argument to be stronger than the west next year. Nets improved a lot. Washington improved as well (and will cont. To improve). Toronto is as close to playoffs as they are a high lotto team
Lets say we dont get Dwight, having maxed our potential assets, i think they could be turned into other players on par with those we had last year rather easily. Assets that other teams want will always be a help, even if it doesnt bring us a very specific piece we are targeting.
Hahah you still listening to that nonsense Morey is spewing. SMH( you guys will never get it) Lowry is not a knucklehead, or a troublemaker. He wants to win.(BTW most of the Rocets players hated McFail, Dragic as well.. which is why he ditched him lol) Do you even know what a knucklehead is. Their are very few in the NBA( Metta World Peace, Delonte West, and Nate Robinson are the only ones i can think off the top of my head). You really putting Kyle Lowry in that class of players. SMH Lowry will excel under Casey the way he excelled under Adelman, Lowry was NEVER a knucklehead. Daryl Moron can tell you that he is in intrested in signing Brian Scalabrine to a 5-year 40 million dollar deal( and you guys will say, IN MOREY WE TRUST). Or some crazy stuff like that to justify his signing At this point i have come to conclusion following these series of events by Daryl Morey, and his constant cult-like fanbase, that their is a mixture of 2 kinds of fans that follow the Rockets. Rockets Fans, and Morey Fans. The Rockets Fans care about the players and do not dog them out, and stand behind our young players. And then their are Morey Fans who regardless of what he does( whether right or wrong), agree and adhear to everything he does or says
Lowry had problems with the coaches in Memphis as well. Once McHale was starting Dragic over Lowry, it was over for him.
He didnt have problems in Memphis, he wanted to go somewhere he could start, and Conley was a PG they drafted when Lionel Hiolins became coach. Dragic was never better than Lowry, i can name hundreds of players who balled out in a contract year. Dragic was trying to get PAID( is that clear to you now). He wanted to cash out, and he did. If he plays like he did down the strecth next year( when teams have scouted him better, then i'll be impressed) The only thing i blame Lowry for was coming back, when he wasnt 100%. He tried to help the team but hurt the chemsitry the team built without him for so long. But thats besides the point, because once Morey made it clear he was gonna resign Dragic( Lowry was as good as gone). Now you try and come back and blame Lowry, because Moron's plan to sign Gogi backfired Dont try to come back and blame Lowry, when it wasnt him who asked Morey to go and sign Dragic( and treat him like chopped liver). Moron counted his chickens before they hatched( trying to gamble, and struck out). Morey backed on Dragic resigning with us, and was so sure of it. That whether Lowry had come out and asked for a trade or not, Lowry was gone. Because Dragic made it clear after the win in Portland when asked about fre-agency, that he wants to go to a team where he is the starter, and where his family his happy. Dragic knows he isnt starting over a "healthy" Kyle Lowry. So im sure when Moron was meeting with Gogi, or even during the season, he mentioned to Dragic that their was a deal in place for Lowry to be traded once you signed with us. Morey kinda played his cards right, but underestimated Dragic's loyalty to him So if their is anyone to blame is this whole thing. Its Morey
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. It's much easier to think of him as a whining baby now that he's a Raptor. Please don't wake us from the matrix.
[rquoter]"I don't think so," Lowry told the newspaper about playing under McHale. "I honestly think it would be tough. Things have to be addressed. The situation would have to be addressed. "If things aren't addressed coaching-wise, I guess I have to be moved."[/rquoter] http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7974223/houston-rockets-kyle-lowry-issue-kevin-mchale-coach That is Lowry, not Morey. Morey tried to say there wasn't a problem. Lowry did want to start, but he didn't have to have a problem. Not everyone can start, and as it turns out, Mike Conley is a solid PG.
I hardly think of him as a whining baby. It doesn't change that Kyle Lowry will say/do things he shouldn't. Obviously he is very confident in himself, but sometimes you have to be a team player and accept the role you are given. Dragic didn't want to be on the bench either, which he came out and said, but he didn't complain about the coach, and he didn't say he should be the starter, but rather he would want to be the starter wherever he decided to go in Free Agency (you know, when he is free to make his choice).
Wrong, McHale asked him to come back early since he wasn't ready and then felt messed up because he was blamed for the losses. McHale helt Kyle more responsible than others because he was supposed to the leader on the floor as PG but also was sort of a captain. It is part McHale, part Lowry's fault, leave Morey out of this.
Yea he was, but McHale had nothing to do with it. Lowry( who was a benchwarmer in Memphis) was coached up Rick Adelman( who made him the playr he is today). Same goes for Goran Dragic( who was an afterthought by the Suns(Adelman coached him up as well). Adelman is very underrated when it comes to developing players. He helped Chuck Hayes( A LOT), Patterson played well when he was a starter( his rookie year). Budinger who was a 2nd rounder. People give Morey credit for drafting these players, but i give Adelman credit for developing them Look at what he is doing for that Wolves team right now, who overachieved in his first year. That is not a coincendence, he can flat-out coach, and its a crime that he does not have a COTY, or Ring for his efforts. I doubt McFail could have done better with that Wolves team this year. Its easy to win with a Rockets team, that most of the time ran most of Adelmans plays anyways
Were those commenrs before or after Morey announced he would try and resign Dragic. Trust me, you wont win this arguement
Does it matter? It isn't like he said we are going to try and trade Lowry, or that we see Dragic as the starter. I can't win an argument with a moron. Morons (that would be you), always think they are right. It is why they are moronic.
Classic Clutch from his Lowry trade Column: Bottom line: What the Rockets did here was trade a $25 Macy’s gift card for $50 cash, which can be used anywhere. lol!
Correct me if I'm wrong......before Lowry AMD Martin went down, the rockets were a 6th seed and playing pretty well. After both went down they fell out of the playoffs. Odd That so many on this forum bag on both of these players. From my perspective, DM is terrible. He's been able to get very little for all his asset hoarding.
"He became impossible to coach once Lionel Hollins took over and gave the reigns to Mike Conley. Lowry's reluctance to accept a backup role." Ronald Tillery (The Commercial Appeal) http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/the_memphis_edge/2010/10/grizzlies-rewind-kyle-lowry-for-cash.html "When he was here he was kind of a grumpy old man and didn't have a lot of patience" Lionel Hollins (Memphis Grizzlies Coach) http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/the_memphis_edge/2012/02/griz-have-nothing-but-love-for-lowry.html#comments-open
