Read into it what you will, but Dwight Howard sounds very high on Houston. From the Dream Shake:
During media availability, when Dwight Howard was asked about joining the Houston Rockets, he had a surprising answer.
“I like their team to be honest with you,” Howard said when discussing the Rockets. “They’re a great team. They’re young. They play hard. They’re scrappy. They play together. Everything they do has been great. It’s fun to watch them.”
I couldn’t find any video of Howard’s comments on the Rockets to get a read on his expression as he said that, but based on comments on his situation in L.A., it’s pretty clear that he’s not satisfied with it. Skip to the four-minute mark:
So Dwight Howard’s goal is to be happy when playing basketball. Is that happening with the Lakers?
“Not at the present time, no. Hopefully it gets better,” he says.
To sum up: a transformational talent is griping about his own team, praising the Rockets, and headed for free agency. It’s a good day.
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That being said, I agree with your ultimate sentiment -- Morey is much better than average at drafting, though I don't think I necessarily disagreed with that at any point. I just said we tend to overvalue our young assets a bit, and the league in general seems to overvalue picks lol.
we have had a few very good drafts in a row. I know many out there hated we keep drafting at 14 as I did, but very few players that have been drafted below our players have been as good as our players. morey has a good eye for talent. in the draft most GMs hope to get lucky. morey has proven he can do something with almost nothing. even if these players just turn out to be solid we are having more sucess in the draft than most teams with higher picks. our last few drafts include ppat,parsons,mm,d-mo,t jones,lamb and white. we already found a gem in parsons. ppat and mm are starting to shine and we still have good young talent with even higher ceilings that we haven't even seen yet. so yeah I like these last few drafts and don't want to just cast these players off without giving them a chance to play here first. remember rudy gay, batum. they both could have been here. we drafted them. morey is a better evaluator of talent than most GMs. sure their are a few on level with him, but he gets max bang for the buck on draft picks(IMO).
I too just want the rockets to keep the right ones. as for d-mo and t jones......I think we have not seen them very much because the rockets want to groom them properly. this year they will spend learning what it is to be an nba player, work on their games and learn the rockets defensive schemes much like mm did last year. the rockets were in a position where they had time to do this because we already had players at that position who would have their chance this year. neither of those players ie ppat and mm blew us away. while both have been solid in parts of this season......neither is the answer we are looking for. when training camp comes around t jones and d-mo will be given a chance to earn minutes. we may keep 1 of the 2 of mm or ppat, but not both. we will probably keep mm because he can play SF in a pinch and ppat is worth more in trades. I believe this is what morey is thinking right now.don't get me wrong I like ppat, but he appears to be the odd man out right now.
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