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Remember the vetoed Gasol trade and how mad we all were...

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by forchette49, Jul 12, 2014.

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  1. forchette49

    forchette49 Contributing Member

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    Just wanted to shed some light on what happened today and to remind everyone to still have some faith in this organization! This is not a feel good post, but rather how things can often look next to bleak at first, but yet can still end up turning up roses for us in the long run.

    There is a reason that Morey is the best GM in the NBA, always working, always a step ahead of everyone else. Anyone calling for his job at this point, is simply pouting and are not able to work around the bad flop. It happens, we're pissed, we move on. Trust in the braintrust, trust in the long view, and just know how blessed we are to have the best SG and the best center IN THE GAME on our roster, and how jealous 95% of the league is of us, even after all of our "bad luck."

    These guys aren't sleeping tonight to make sure you have a proud, competitive basketball team to root for this season, have some respect, and if not for them, then at least for the process...
     
    #1 forchette49, Jul 12, 2014
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    Good lord that b*stard Stern is out now. Basketba
     
    #2 daywalker02, Jul 12, 2014
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    Yes this was a huge shot in the nuts but we have been kicked before and always managed to turn it into so,etching. We have a bit more in the works I am sure. We just have to let the dust settle.

    I have a feeling we will be better off than last year after it's all said and done.
     
    #3 Stack24, Jul 12, 2014
  4. Obito

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    You better pray that has more success than that photoshop you made that jinxed us back into 2010. :mad:
     
    #4 Obito, Jul 12, 2014
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    Hey! It's the jinxer! Get him!!!!!
     
    #5 RedRedemption, Jul 12, 2014
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    Lol. Me along with everyone who apparently was obsessed with it. How everyone turns. I might as well be bosh at this point lol
     
    #6 Stack24, Jul 12, 2014
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    Don't worry man everybody thought Bosh was a sure thing.
    We just need a scapegoat. ;)
     
    #7 RedRedemption, Jul 12, 2014
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    Hey

    Lowry
    Lee
    Budinger
    Gasol
    Nene

    would be wrecking right now, damn you stern!!
     
    #8 ThatBoyNick, Jul 12, 2014
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    Yeah of course haha. It's all good.
     
    #9 Stack24, Jul 12, 2014
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    Sure thing he wasn't but we thought we had him in one our high security cages.

    But you know the rest of the story. Electricity went out, Raptor escaped, ate everyone.....
     
    #10 daywalker02, Jul 12, 2014
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    NBA is all for business!
    Money is always good thing.
    If u can't understand this , u should grow up !
    Don't cry, baby!
     
    #11 b2bizchina, Jul 12, 2014
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    Exactly my point, I was so disenchanted I was ready to take a step back from the NBA for a while, then came that pre-Halloween deal from Presti and I was cautiously optimistic again. Don't forget we were all about letting Lin BEAST with Asik before that happened, wow...
     
    #12 forchette49, Jul 12, 2014
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    "Clever girl..."
     
    #13 forchette49, Jul 12, 2014
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    Thing is Morey went for overrated FA's with Gasol and Nene, this time he swung the fences for guys that would'Ve really helped us and badly missed. Plus, we lose Parsons or have to match his horrible max contract.

    Only good way out of this would be to either:

    A: still grab someone like Rondo, Love, etc by packaging a lot of our youngsters, euro stashes and picks. Rondo seems the most realistic option imo

    B: Sign guys to short-term contracts and swing the fences again next year.
     
    #14 Yung-T, Jul 12, 2014
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    They can photoshop Morey's head onto the girl if he survives this. ;)
     
    #15 daywalker02, Jul 12, 2014
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    Miami has more of the Jurassic Park weather.
     
    #16 jimmyv281, Jul 12, 2014
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    How does Bosh stating he was coming over if Lebron leaves Miami equate to badly missed? We don't say that when a fielder stops a home run by climbing the fence. Great catch, unlucky, etc but not a bad miss.
     
    #17 bongman, Jul 12, 2014
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    Wasn't talking about Bosh punking us. Just saying Morey Should've concentrated on more realistic targets like Love and Rondo instead of trying to appeal to a guy like Melo who wouldn't have been a great fit anyways and knowingly had NY on his mind all the time.

    Trading Parsons for someone like Love or Rondo would've been the safer move in my opinion.
     
    #18 Yung-T, Jul 12, 2014
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    Was this an attempt at a haiku?
     
    #19 Haymitch, Jul 12, 2014
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    I do think things will work out fine and I'm fine with bosh staying in Miami. What ticks me off is we've extended ourselves out there now with the assumption he was going to sign. We could have kept Lin on the books to use as a trade piece later and take our time looking for best fit and deal. Instead now we're committed to finding someone in the next 40 hours and talking about people like Anderson and josh smith. At least with the Pau deal we didn't lose leverage or assets to move forward.
     
    #20 Rox>Mavs, Jul 12, 2014
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