Morey handpicked Brooks for a reason. Remember when we drafted him we had like 5 PGs after signing Francis and getting Mike James. I'm not saying Morey won't trade Brooks because he did trade Landry, but in no way, shape, or form should Lowry start in front of Brooks with or without Yao. When Lowry develops Brooks' range we can open up the discussion again. Without Yao you need Brooks to score (he is the leading scorer). With Yao you need spacing which Lowry does not provide. After watching Rafer it feels refreshing to have a scoring threat at PG. If Brooks was out for the season and Lowry started for him, we would be a 15 win team right now. Brooks is starting!! Get over it!!
Thanks, worzel. So, if Morey had exercised that extension, would it have made Lowry a UFA sooner than he will likely be after Morey resigns him this summer? Or would he have still been an RFA after the extension?
Morey could have signed Lowry to an extension, and he declined, making him an unrestricted Free Agent. Why? More flexibility, and he is a backup PG, probably get him on the cheap, or use him in a sign and trade. If he was COMMITTED to Lowry, he would have given him the extension. DD
How did Rafer work out with T-mac and Yao? Kevin Martin replaces T-mac but lets not make it seem like we have a GS or Phx offense. We need as many people who can score on the floor as possible. Unless Battier and Hayes are off this team, we need any and everybody who can score. Great teams expose your weaknesses. And Lowry has a tendency to pound the ball as he bulldogs his way to the basket. I like Lowry as a good back up. Lets not make him out to be Jason Kidd in his prime.
That's kinda similar to Wafer. DD was so high on him, but Wafer couldn't get a decent offer in NBA, went oversea, and couldn't survive there.
Lowry is a RESTRICTED free agent this summer, not a UFA. If he had extended him, I'm wondering if that would have made Lowry a UFA sooner.
Maybe he will but Lowry will not be starting. When Morey traded Rafer he made it clear he wanted a shooting/scoring threat at point to spread the floor for Yao. Jason Terry comes off the bench because Dallas has Jason Kidd. If Dallas' other option was, oh, say Devin Harris or Rafer Alston, Terry would start.
Huh? My question is whether exercising the one-year extension on Lowry's contract would have made Lowry an unrestricted free agent sooner than if he chose to let become Lowry a restricted free agent this summer with the intention of resigning him.
Sometimes...he is inconsistent but is a better shooter than Lowry...I mean production level as a limited starter with deficiencies who everybody always thinks should start but when he does, it doesn't last long (Seattle, Memphis, now Indiana).
That's called a qualifying offer, and is extended to make the player a Restricted FA, if you do not extend a qualifying offer, the player becomes an UFA
For all the Rafer - Lowry comparisons, it's total garbage. Rafer was so bad not just because he was a bad 3 pt shooter, but also because he couldn't finish at the rim either. When you have over rotation caused by double teams, you don't just have 4 guys camped at the 3 point line, you take advantage by slashing to the basket as well. Lowry would have a field day drawing fouls and finishing at the rim with Yao.
Morey didn't execute the option on Kyle because this summer will exploit the bad economic situation and will sign him for 3 years (not one) with a cheap contract.
No, bro... I think you missed what I was getting at. I understand what you just said. There was an option to extend Lowry a few months ago but Morey passed up on that option. I was asking if Morey's reasoning for doing that was because had he exercised that contract extension, Lowry would then sooner become a UFA. I still haven't seen an answer, by the way. In the current scenario, Lowry is going to become an RFA this summer at which point Morey will extent the QO and ultimately match any possible offers. In this case, Lowry won't become a UFA for several years, thus keeping him under our control. Basically, I was asking if passing up on the extension effectively allowed Morey to push back the time that Lowry becomes a UFA since he knew he would resign him this summer as an RFA.
Wasn't one of your first threads about how great Rafer would be for the Rockets? Or was that somebody else? I can't search right now.
The thing is very few NBA players get extended before reaching RFA, and judging by the economic climate, it's a smart move to not do so. Also I think it sets a bad precedent for the team, if Lowry is extended, then Brooks, Landry, Scola, Hayes will all want extensions, so you end up creating a situation where some players get extended and some players don't.
Thanks, that partially answers my question. If Morey did execute that option, would Lowry have become a UFA after that additional year? If so, I think it's absolutely clear that DD was wrong a page or two back. Morey's decision not to exercise that option was because he wanted to keep Lowry around, not because he wanted to get rid of him.
