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What is going through Rick Adelman's mind right now?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by CXbby, Jul 9, 2013.

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  1. Zergling

    Zergling Member

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    If Minny underachieves this year Adelman might lose his best player (Kevin Love) to the Rockets too.
     
    #41 Zergling, Jul 9, 2013
  2. Nook

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    Huh? You don't know that... you don't even know that Golden State was Dwight's first choice.....

    As for Harden, every other single team had an opportunity to get him and the Rockets did.
     
    #42 Nook, Jul 9, 2013
  3. dsid411

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    I am very happy about the state of the Rockets right now but can we please stop declaring them a championship contender before we hit the regular season court a few times? The Lakers were "the Miami Heat's biggest threat" last year before the start of the season...just wait and see.
     
    #43 dsid411, Jul 9, 2013
  4. No Chance

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    My memory sucks but I do remember that Adleman would not return Les calls. .that did not help.
     
    #44 No Chance, Jul 9, 2013
  5. youngshev03

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    If he was here, Howard wouldn't be. I doubt he cares though
     
    #45 youngshev03, Jul 9, 2013
  6. srrm

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    It may well be true. From Grantland:

    [rquoter]But here's the real killer. Multiple sources have told me that, when Oklahoma City's Sam Presti decided to shop James Harden, Golden State was his first call. He wanted Klay Thompson and a pick. The Warriors would only consider the trade if Oklahoma City took back Biedrins or Jefferson for 2013 expirings, knowing they'd get crushed by the luxury tax in 2014 with Harden's extension plus Steph Curry's extension plus David Lee plus Bogut/Jefferson/Biedrins.13 At that point, Presti went to Washington (offering Harden for Bradley Beal, and unbelievably getting turned down), then Houston (where the shopping heated up). Presti never ended up calling Golden State back.[/rquoter]
    http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9030601/the-worst-contracts-nba
     
    #46 srrm, Jul 9, 2013
  7. IzakDavid13

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    Axel man is thinking..."maybe we can get Scola, Chuckwagon, Lowry & Lee around the Budmeister...then the Blues Brothers Rocket reunion will be complete.

    Brad Miller can be my assistant coach!"
     
    #47 IzakDavid13, Jul 9, 2013
  8. peleincubus

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    I want to know the ETA on Marcus Morris becoming a supa starr
     
    #48 peleincubus, Jul 9, 2013
  9. swyyyguy

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    i bet rick adelman is extremely frustrated. t-mac went to the finals while rick was busy leading the timberwolves to back to back lottery appearances.
     
    #49 swyyyguy, Jul 9, 2013
  10. kjayp

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    might not have drafted Royce... ;)
     
    #50 kjayp, Jul 9, 2013
  11. Nook

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    The same as the ETA for Adelman to win a Title.
     
    #51 Nook, Jul 9, 2013
  12. meh

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    I bet he still leaves. To me it has always seemed like it was a power struggle with Adelman. Kind of a "let me coach and you stay out of the way" approach to dealing with Morey. And Morey won that power struggle, which makes sense because Les and Morey probably thinks alike in terms of using the business approach rather than a traditional approach.

    Adelman would've still been on the team if Morey had simply agreed to let him keep his assistants, made Turner the de facto HC-in-waiting, and stop bothering him with analytical mumbo jumbo.
     
    #52 meh, Jul 9, 2013
  13. DraftBoy10

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    He dropped that in Houston cause of Yao. He'd know to adjust. Rick is very liberal in that regards, I think he'd run our offense beautifully, particularly give Lin a great looks.

    I think he'd be an improvement over McHale, no doubt, but won't argue with the way things have gone, so I'll sit back and just enjoy.

    Rick shouldn't have doubted Morey the second he stepped into Minnesota's office for two reasons;

    1) Believer in Rubio(remember that whole debacle?)
    2) David mother****ing Kahn.
     
    #53 DraftBoy10, Jul 9, 2013
  14. crash5179

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    Certainly there is luck. But it took a complex plan and a lot of forward thinking, patience and enough focus and self confidence to stay on course. Anyone can get lucky but not just any GM is good enough to keep his team in position to take advantage of good opportunities when they come along.
     
    #54 crash5179, Jul 9, 2013
  15. CXbby

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    There is luck in every corner of life. There is luck that I didn't step outside and get run over by a bus today. That doesn't mean I should forfeit all credit to anything that I accomplish here on after.

    As much luck as there was that contributed to the state of the Rockets now, and there was plenty, these two things had nothing to do with luck:

    1. Structuring a draft pick that was reverse protected for Kyle Lowry. By my memory I have never heard of something like this before. I remember at the time I had actually hoped we would get more for Lowry than "merely" a pick. This is because I had no precedent to go on for valuing the reverse protection. As it turns out, it was this innovative twist that was the key to the Harden trade.

    2. People tend to brush this aside now, but it cannot be overstated more that at the time, Daryl Morey was the ONLY GM in the NBA who valued James Harden as a Max player, and was willing to pay him accordingly. Not the Warriors. Not the Wizards. Not Oklahoma city who first hand saw him play for 3 full seasons. NOONE thought he was a max player.

    To scoff at Morey and call it "a superstar dropping in his lap", as I've heard many times, is be disingenuous and complete Monday Night Quarterbacking.

    Morey was the only one in the league who identified a superstar in the making. And if not, he was definitely the only one willing to bet $85 million dollars on it.

    Morey made his own luck. And if the Gasol trade had gone through, he would have made his own luck another way. Because that is what successful people do.
     
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  16. LAC

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    You mean he hasn't lost him yet? With that knuckle push up joke, I think Kevin Love's time in Minny is over.
     
    #56 LAC, Jul 9, 2013
  17. OremLK

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    I don't think Adelman is that bad off. Minnesota has a pretty good roster with what could develop into a nice "Big Three" in Rubio, Love, Pekovic. They need to all be healthy and at their peaks at the same time, which has never yet happened, but could soon.

    In any case, I don't think he's crying in his Wheaties. He's still an NBA head coach and not of a terrible team.
     
    #57 OremLK, Jul 9, 2013
  18. Killer Korgi

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    I don't know but it's a good thing Rick Adelman didn't stay. According to Stephen A. Smith (First Take thread), Dwight Howard's two main reasons of coming to Houston was Kevin McHale and Hakeem Olajuwan...
     
    #58 Killer Korgi, Jul 9, 2013
  19. ed_tx

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    I thought it was the food at the Breakfast Klub... :grin:
     
    #59 ed_tx, Jul 9, 2013
  20. pass_to_Hakeem

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    Rick Adelman: "Why Dwight? We already have a quality Center in Brad Miller!!!!"
     
    #60 pass_to_Hakeem, Jul 10, 2013
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