The Harden deal is golden. The Nets are already imploding before our eyes. Allen going to Cleveland had to happen to get it done. Besides, we ended up with KPjr as result of all that too. The draft - Sixgun & JC are steals where they were drafted. I've seen enough to be pretty sure that Green will eventually get there... becoming at minimum, a perennial All Star. While many of us decried the Rockets eschewing Heaven, the sum total of this draft should still be enormous. Stone's had a broad canvass to work with so far, whereas Daryl's charge was a HUGE ask. And, pretty specific. He got it done.
You would have to compare them up to their second year only, which means all the acquisitions he made from MAY 2007 to SEP 2008 since Stone has been on the job since Oct 2020. This comparison would be more fair. So in this timeframe Morey drafted Aaron Brooks, traded for Scola, Bobby Jackson, and Ron Artest.
Are the 763rs going to try to acquire la bomba? Morey for sure. What is in a name Lowry and Artest in the same season! Scolandry the season prior. The Tragedy of Yao happens KMART- Chandler Bing which turns to the 3 rd best player in Rockets history, Harden. Dwight Howard, CP3. Star central. Stone is just starting out.
