Is Morey the most clueless GM in the league?

[UK2K]

The guy DESTROYED Presti (at the time considered a good GM) to get a First Team All-NBA guard (who is still 24, by the way) and then turned around and got the best centre in the league in free agency. And he might even get the 2nd highest scorer in the league in free agency whilst keeping a 17ppg forward (who he STOLE in the draft at #38). But no, tell me more about he is the most clueless GM in the league.

[Smook A.]

The guy DESTROYED Presti (at the time considered a good GM) to get a First Team All-NBA guard (who is still 24, by the way) and then turned around and got the best centre in the league in free agency. And he might even get the 2nd highest scorer in the league in free agency whilst keeping a 17ppg forward (who he STOLE in the draft at #38). But no, tell me more about he is the most clueless GM in the league.

This.

Daryl Morey is one of the smartest GMs. His only problem so far is him keeping McHale as the HC.

[WeGetRing2012]

The guy DESTROYED Presti (at the time considered a good GM) to get a First Team All-NBA guard (who is still 24, by the way) and then turned around and got the best centre in the league in free agency. And he might even get the 2nd highest scorer in the league in free agency whilst keeping a 17ppg forward (who he STOLE in the draft at #38). But no, tell me more about he is the most clueless GM in the league.

Oh yeah I forgot Houston has been contending for the past seven years under him and actually made it out of the 1st round. Must have slipped my mind

[Rocketswin2013]

He got Asik for basically 5 mil a year btw. Then traded him for a possible lottery pick.




Lin is up next.

[Nastradamus]

I do think they should fire Mchale. They need a better defensive coach.

[russwest0]

The guy DESTROYED Presti (at the time considered a good GM) to get a First Team All-NBA guard (who is still 24, by the way) and then turned around and got the best centre in the league in free agency. And he might even get the 2nd highest scorer in the league in free agency whilst keeping a 17ppg forward (who he STOLE in the draft at #38). But no, tell me more about he is the most clueless GM in the league.

Lmao @ Morey "destroying" Presti.

Since then, OKC demolished Houston in the first round with Harden playing like shit and then the Blazers demolished Houston in round one with Harden playing like shit.

It's not unreasonable to say that Morey would have been better off hanging onto the assets he traded for Harden (Martin, Lamb, Adams, McGary), and simply going the tank route and tanking for this past draft and the prior one.

He could be sitting on a bunch of talented young players with a TON of cap space. But nope, instead they've been first round exits the past two years. Way to go Morey!

[Jailblazers7]

I think you would have to label him a good GM right now with the moves he has been able to pull off but I am wary of his overall "Moreyball" strategy. He is obviously has the skills required to be successful as a GM (cap knowledge, negotiation, etc.) but his basketball philosophy has yet to bear any real fruit.

[WeGetRing2012]

He got Asik for basically 5 mil a year btw. Then traded him for a possible lottery pick.

Yeah my point he runs a team like he is playing NBA 2K

How many players has he gotten over the past years just to trade when someone new and shinier comes along?

Ariza
Aaron Brooks
Asik
Lin
Dragic
Lowery
McGrady
Hill
Thomas Robinson

etc does he know about the concept of developing players and building team chemistry?

[JellyBean]

Dang wasn't he the talk of the town as a master GM? A genius? A man who knows how to build a team? Now he is clueless. Wow.

[Smook A.]

Oh yeah I forgot Houston has been contending for the past seven years under him and actually made it out of the 1st round. Must have slipped my mind…

He came into a bad situation. Tracy McGrady and Yao were constantly getting injured. In his 2nd year, McGrady barely played half the season. Morey was able to get Ron Artest and the Rockets were able to get out of the first round in 2009. After the '09 playoffs, Yao had to miss the 09-10 season and Artest left for the Lakers. We basically had to start all over. Morey managed to trade for Kevin Martin that season. Of course he helped us, but we needed more talent around him, Brooks and Scola to make the playoffs.

Rockets traded for Harden in 2012, got Asik & Lin and made the playoffs in 2013. We lost to OKC in the 1st. Then we got Dwight in the offseason and you already know what happened in 2013. The point is, the Rockets had to start from scratch in 2010. Now as one of the youngest teams in the league, they look to be on the rise.

Here are his moves from 2007

2007-2008:

-Jeff Van Gundy not brought back as Head Coach.
-Rick Adelman hired
-Traded V. Span's rotting corpse for Luis Scola
-Signed Steve Francis
-Acquired a second round draft pick on draft night
-Drafted Aaron Brooks and Carl Landry (both played a huge part in 09)
-Re-Signed Chuck Hayes (huge part of our team for years to come)
-Traded Kirk Snyder for Gerald Green
-Traded draft right to Sergei Lishouk (who?) along with Bonzi Wells and Mike James (who?) for Bobby Jackson

2008-2009
-Drafted Donte Greene (and acquired a second round pick for next year)
-Drafted Joey Dorsey
-Traded Donte Greene and Bobby Jackson for Ron Artest
-Signed Von Wafer (Troy Daniels before Troy Daniels)
-Signed Brent Barry
-Traded Rafer Alston for Kyle Lowry

2009-2010
-Signed Trevor Ariza (lolz)
-Drafted Budinger, Llull, and Jermaine Taylor
-Essentially traded the "corpse of T-Mac", Carl Landry, and Joey Dorsey for Jordan Hill (#8 pick in that year's draft) a multitude of future picks and Kevin Martin

2010-2011:
-Drafted Patrick Patterson
-Re-signed Kyle Lowry and Luis Scola
-Signed Brad Miller (his worst move ever imo)
-Traded his failed signing: Ariza, for Courtney Lee
-Acquired Terrence Wiliams (former lotto pick) in a trade
-Traded Shane Battier for Hasheem Thabeet and a first round pick
-Traded (a declining) Aaron Brooks for Goran Dragic

2011-2012:
-Adelman not brought back, McHale hired.
-Drafted Marcus Morris and Chandler Parsons
-In a round about way, traded Brad Miller and the #23 pick (Nikola Mirotic) for Donatas Motiejunas and Jonny Flynn
-Signed Greg Smith
-Signed Samuel Dalembert
-Traded Flynn for Marcus Camby
-Traded Jordan Hill for Derek Fisher and a 1st round draft pick
-Waived Derek Fisher

2012-2013:
-Traded Budinger to Wolves for #18 pick in draft
-Traded Dalembert and #14 pick for Leur, Brockman, and Shaun Livingston along with #12 pick
-Drafted Jeremy Lamb, Terrence Jones, Royce White
-After deciding to clean house...Sign and traded Courtney Lee, Marcus Camby, and Goran Dragic. Got some minor picks back (Toney Douglas as well)
-Amnestied Luis Scola
-Traded Kyle Lowry for a 1st round pick
-Signed Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin
-Signed Carlos Delfino
-Traded 1st round pick (from Lowry deal), Jeremy Lamb, and Kevin Martin for James Harden and filler
-Traded Pat Patterson and Toney Douglas for Francisco Garcia and Thomas Robinson
-Traded Marcus Morris for a future second round draft pick

2013-2014:
-Drafted Isaiah Canaan (first year under Morey's tenure we did not have a 1st rd pick)
-Traded T-Rob to Blazers for junk
-Signed Dwight Howard (the biggest FA signing in the history of the organization)
-Signed Robert Covington
-Signed Garcia, Casspi, Brooks, Camby Brewer
-Waived Brewer
-Signed Troy Daniels
-Traded Brooks for Hamilton
-Waived Greg Smith, Signed Josh Powell

[UK2K]

Lmao @ Morey "destroying" Presti.

Since then, OKC demolished Houston in the first round with Harden playing like shit and then the Blazers demolished Houston in round one with Harden playing like shit.

It's not unreasonable to say that Morey would have been better off hanging onto the assets he traded for Harden (Martin, Lamb, Adams, McGary), and simply going the tank route and tanking for this past draft and the prior one.

He could be sitting on a bunch of talented young players with a TON of cap space. But nope, instead they've been first round exits the past two years. Way to go Morey!

And would have never gotten Dwight.

And would not even be talking with Melo right now.

To say Houston would be better off not making that trade....you are ****ing clueless.

[Milbuck]

Nah, Morey's a genius. He's built an aura of champion contention around the team, and has the fans throwing money at them. But it's all an illusion, the dude has the entire city of Houston as his puppets. Fool the people, rake in the money, get an early vacation every summer.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

The Thunder have managed to get out of the first round without Harden. How's Houston done?

Which is obviously totally down to Kevin Martin, Steven Adams and Jeremy Lamb and not the reigning MVP of the league. This isn't anti-Presti or anti-Thunder, it's just refuting the absolutely ridiculous thread idea.

[QUOTE]Oh yeah I forgot Houston has been contending for the past seven years under him and actually made it out of the 1st round. Must have slipped my mind

[russwest0]

And would have never gotten Dwight.

And would not even be talking with Melo right now.

To say Houston would be better off not making that trade....you are ****ing clueless.

So what does it matter since we all know that a Dwight/Harden duo is never going to win shit?

Championship or bust. Lol @ Morey getting this praise for locking his team down into mediocrity when he could right now be sitting on two high draft picks from these past two drafts along with having all of the assets they eventually gave up in the Harden trade.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

Lmao @ Morey "destroying" Presti.

Since then, OKC demolished Houston in the first round with Harden playing like shit and then the Blazers demolished Houston in round one with Harden playing like shit.

It's not unreasonable to say that Morey would have been better off hanging onto the assets he traded for Harden (Martin, Lamb, Adams, McGary), and simply going the tank route and tanking for this past draft and the prior one.

He could be sitting on a bunch of talented young players with a TON of cap space. But nope, instead they've been first round exits the past two years. Way to go Morey!

**** me, do people really think that the only reason the Thunder got out of the first round is because they traded Harden away?