OT Daryl Morey stepping down as Rockets GM

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  1. BigGameDamian

    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    One of the rare moments I would be all for firing Olshey and getting Morey.
     
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    definitely someone not afraid to swing for the fences. maybe owner tilman fertitta said tear it down. rumors are his income streams outside of the rockets have been hammered by the virus. he layed off 70% of his employees early on in the pandemic. fortune tied heavily to restaurant and entertainment operations including vegas hotels and golden nugget casino. maybe trade opportunities coming as they try save on tax and expenses. they have committed to over $13o million in guaranteed player salaries for next season.
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Yeah, let's pass on him. All show, no go.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    We should really bring him in. A fresh face with no attachment to the current group.
     
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    Morey sucks.
     
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    UncleCliffy'sDaddy We're all Bozos on this bus.

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    The only good thing Morey ever did is piss off China. And look where that got him.....
     
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    He hasn't done squat to put the right talent around James Harden. What has he realistically done right since having Harden fall into his lap for a song? Pairing Harden with Paul was stupid. Pairing Harden with Westbrook was downright moronic.
     
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    So we have fans who are upset that Olshey has created a salary cap issue, and now we have fans who want the team to hire the guy who has made *worse* salary cap issues?

    Like, have you seen their contract situation? They have 2 players who are owed 265+ million over the next 3 seasons (conversely Portland owes 216 to CJ and Dame over the same time).
     
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    He was a lot like Trader Bob....go for marquis names and to hell with chemistry or costs...
     
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    Not saying this is a good strategy or a bad one........but the Rockets haven't taken a first-rounder in the Draft since 2015 (Sam Dekker). And they don't have one this year either unless they buy one
     
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    HolyBackboard 2 Hot 2 Stop It

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    I loathe the current Rockets as much as the next person, but if we're being honest Houston likely wins a ring in 2018 if CP3 doesn't re-injure his hamstring, forcing him to miss Games 6 and 7 with Houston up 3-2. Even without Paul, it took a monumental collapse at home in Game 7 (27 missed 3's) for Golden State to advance.

    The Russ trade was terrible, but again, we don't know who was calling for that move to be made ... Morey or management?
     
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    Morey has had Harden in Houston for as long as we have had Lillard here. Everyone bitches and moans about what we have here and what we've done. They've not achieved anything there either. They're in a worse salary position than we are. They have no youth at all to speak of. They had nobody under the age of 26 see any sort of meaningful minutes for them. They don't outright own all of their future picks. 2 years from now they owe 123 million dollars to just 5 players. They're a complete disaster, haven't achieved anything, and have nowhere to go, which is why Morey is bailing as quick as he can. He created a complete mess there. No chance I would take him here, regardless of my opinion of Olshey.
     
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    I'm of the opinion that GMs, like coaches, tend to get stale. How many GMs around the league have been in the same job for 13 years or more?

    As for Morey in particular - what is his career record vs Olshey's?
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    They are the only team in the west that has ever pushed the dynasty Warriors and could have conceivably beat them. That's way more than what we've done.
     
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    Morey isn't a great GM. That being said the comparisons on here about Houston's situation and ours isn't being portrayed accurately. They are in a worse spot with their cap and I don't think they have a better team but Russ makes a ton of that overspent money and is still a far far far more tradeable asset than our guy CJ. Team's will still think they can build around Russ. If I were a GM out there I would have no problem taking the team that Morey has left there. I think that like Olshey, Morey doesn't seem to care so much how pieces fit together as much as he just tries to put as many valuable pieces as he can on a roster. Another GM can go and take Russell Westbrook and translate him into better fitting pieces that still have close to the same value.
     
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    I will also add that Houston is a much more appealing free agent destination than Portland, in terms of the city itself.
     
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    Harden and Paul went 65-17 in 2017-18 before taking a 3-2 lead in the WCF against the Warriors before Paul got hurt. How was that stupid?
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    You answered your own question. He traded for an aging injury prone player, which ultimately bit them in the ass at the worst possible time.
     
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    What are you talking about? It improved them.

    This attitude that if a GM or Coach doesn't win a championship so it's exactly the same as the results of a lottery team is just plain stupid. That's not how it works.

    That's why D'antoni would be a HUGE improvement to Stotts. That's also why Morey would be an improvement to Olshey.
     

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