What 1 move do you wish Daryl Morey could have a do over on?

In my opinion, Daryl Morey is as good of a GM as there is in the NBA. I think what he has done absolutely speaks for itself although there are still those that argue that point. But there are plenty of threads debating that opinion and the point of this thread is not to continue that debate. Regardless how you feel about Daryl, there is bound to be at least one move Daryl Morey made or did not make that you feel was a mistake. Every GM in the league (regardless of success) is bound to have multiple moves he wishes he could have a mulligan on.

So what is the one move that Daryl Morey made that you think was a mistake? There are a number of candidates that I can think of right of the top of my head; trading a 1st round pick for Terrence Williams, drafting Royce White. Even if you subscribe to the belief that Daryl Morey is the one responsible for the draft day trade of Rudy Gay for Shane Battier, you might think that was his mistake.

1. What move did Daryl Morey make or not make that you would have done differently? Why?

2. Do you think in hindsight Daryl would have done that move differently? if so in what way?

The one move I think was a mistake was letting Goran Dragic sign with the Suns in free agency. Goran Dragic makes 7.5 million a season and his contract runs through the summer of 2016 if he exercises his player option. By comparison Daryl Morey signed Jeremy Lin who makes 8.374 million a season through the summer of 2015 with no player option.

Goran Dragic is playing at an all star level averaging 20 PPG, 6 APG, 1.4 SPG and is shooting .502 FG% and .404 3PT%. He has been one of the best finishers in the paint and is a hard worker on defense. I personally think he is having just as good of a season or better than Stephen Curry. He is a better finisher in the paint, he gets to the line more often and makes more free throws a game, he is only .013% worse than Curry as a 3pt shooter this season and in my opinion he is a better defender than Curry. That’s not to say he is as good as Curry through out their careers but only this season. We will see what the future brings.

I believe the Rockets would have been a better team with Goran Dragic last season as opposed to Jeremy Lin. I think the team would have had a better chance of going further in the play offs with Goran Dragic and his salary was more conducive to signing Dwight Howard this past off season than Jeremy Lin’s contract. I think having both Goran Dragic and James Harden in the same back court would be so far better than any other back court in the NBA that it would be scary. With Goran Dragic as the starting point guard with this group, I don’t think there would be any talk of a needed upgrade at the point guard position. I think all of the discussion would be on making the bench better.

Eventually, what determines if letting Goran Dragic walk last summer was the right or wrong move will be decided by what Daryl Morey does with the available cap space in the summer of 2015. If Daryl signs Lebron James or some other superstar then it was probably the right move. Some of the possible unrestricted free agents for the summer of 2015 are:

Aaron Afflalo
LaMarcus Aldridge
Carmelo Anthony
Chris Bosch
Goran Dragic
Eric Gordon
Roy Hibbert
Lebron James
Brook Lopez
Kevin Love
Paul Milsap
Zach Randolph
Dwayne Wade

A lot of those guys would have to not exercise their player option, including Goran Dragic.

If Daryl Morey had it to do all over again would he have given Goran Dragic the 4th year and kept him in Houston? My instincts tell me no he wouldn’t. I think Daryl is so focused in on the free agent class of 2015 that he is not going to add any unnecessary salary past the 14/15 season. But I think what will really be an indicator is what Daryl Morey does with Chandler Parsons this summer. If Daryl makes Chandler a restricted free agent this summer and resigns him to a new high dollar, long term contract then I think he forfeits any opportunity to land a Kevin Love or LaMarcus Aldridge type of player in 2015. If that happens and Goran Dragic continues to play at his current level, then I think it would be hard for Daryl Morey to not admit that letting Goran walk in free agency was a mistake.

 

All the moves in this thread open for discussion are in the past. That's the point of a do over or a mulligan. There is bound to be one move you wish Daryl would have done differently, it doesn't have to be based on Goran Dragic.

 

Nope, it's not a Dragic thread. Dragic was just my pick as the one move I wish Morey could have a do over on. What is your move? It's just a discussion, not a bashing. I would not trade DM for any other GM in the league.

 

Yep, it's frustrating to see guys that are right under your nose get picked up by another team only to turn into a really good player. I was worried that someone would pick up Tony Daniels and he would start scorching the rest of the league from beyond the arc. I'm hopping that Covington turns out to be as good as Johnson.