Sam Amick Sources: Rockets surprised Harden didn't report to camp on Sunday

"hE hAs nO LeVeRaGe"

 

I think this is James just getting a little attention. Just his way of saying he’s unhappy he hasn’t been traded yet. But, I do think he will be with the team when the regular season starts. Will he be giving 100%? I have no idea.

 

He doesn't though. If he doesn't show, he only hurts himself.

 

A GM will not keep his job long with that kind of mentality.

The best GM's are proactive to avoid these kind of disasters. They put their energy into creating positive successful work environments.

The GM's that are a tier below are problem solvers, putting out fires that they did not foresee.

The shitty GM's dont care and think they are above everything.

 

I think trying to figure out what the hell Harden is doing or what he's trying to do is about the same as sitting around on the board trying to unravel the cryptic tweets from the old style "insiders" we used to have around here.

There really might not be an answer at all.

 

I don’t think I’ve ever done a 180 on a player this fast. I really am starting to hate this guy. YOU are the turmoil.

 

We want a all star / all nba player back
Plus young players
Plus picks

Simmons
Thubulle
Picks

Done

 

What is Stone's job right now? What would you do in his shoes? Without knowing all the details, which we as fans will probably never have, it's hard to judge performance in a situation like this. There's only so much you can do if a star doesn't show up and doesn't communicate. I don't see the point in addressing the media if there aren't any details yet. A press conference or interview with the media could make things worse when this should be handled behind closed doors.

RC Buford didn't address the Kawhi situation with the media until their season was over, after Kawhi sat out nearly the entire season including playoffs. And even then he thought he could get Kawhi on board. Kawhi avoided management, Pop, and his teammates and let Uncle Dennis make the demands. Was the entire Spurs organization incompetent? There are parallels with the Harden situation currently where the coach, teammates, and execs are not getting updates. They can't force Harden to report and hopefully will not rush their handling of the situation.

 

I have been a GM for 20 years and first thing you do when hired is to assess the situation and spend LOTS of time with your employees, especially your rainmakers.

Stone failed right out of the gate.

He was oblivious or did not take seriously enough the discontent of his 2 franchise players.

And then he allowed the disgruntlement to grow to these catastrophic proportions.

Just because Harden is quiet or aloof, does not mean he is happy or content. Did he learn NOTHING from Morey about keeping your star player happy???

And my disappointment with Silas is only because he did not keep Harden close to him immediately.

All he had to do was pester him with "What do you think?" regarding new systems or personnel groupings.

Asking this very simple question EARLY and OFTEN with key personnel empowers those team members and builds loyalty overnight. Especially if you ask the question sincerely AND actively listen.

Moreso if you incorporate their ideas and credit them publically.

The more profusely the better.

 

youll get jared allen and spencer dinwiddle and youll like it

 

Harden will sit out for 2 years before that happens.

 

Mother****ing unfrozen caveman lawyer!

 

That sounds oddly specific, @apollo33.

 

Don’t ever underestimate the pull of a Norwegian rave!

 

You guys are all thinking that the new gm and coach didn't put the work, but in reality we got no clue how things went. James has probably been really unhappy after the end of last season. Add Morey and D'antoni leaving and i think he is just disgruntled.
At this point he knows he can do whatever he wants. What are the rockets going to do? Fine him and getting that relationship even better? Trade him? I'm pretty sure that's what he wants at this point, and he is playing his cards.

 

Stone focused on the administrative stuff (draft, trade, etc.) over the people stuff.

Did he even discuss moving RoCo with Harden and Russ first?

Knowing the complaints leaked during the HC and GM search, the likelihood was a big fat no.

And I believe the Spurs mishandled the Kawhi situation horribly but I didn't care since I was a Rockets fan.

 

Tilman probably blowing his load thinking he might get out of paying Harden for two years if he doesn't report.

 

This falls on Harden. He can want out, but hanging out your teammates and coaches to dry with this passive aggressive nonsense is indefensible.

 

The Rockets organization are a bunch of absolute morons if they were surprised he wasn't there lmfao

 

Exactly, they appear completely incompetent when this shyte leaks out.