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By: Kyle Haley

Kyle Haley — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:14:38 +0000

More of the same praise on the morey article. I’m a Rockets fan/Houstonian/Texan now living in Los Angeles. I felt the same way regarding Morey not getting the recognition he deserves as one of the successfully innovative GM’s in the league. Til I finally heard him mentioned right before our play-off series with LA last year, from none other than a local sports radio host out here in LA. I couldn’t believe it initially, because you just can’t get an unbiased opinion from any host out here’ but low and behold it was happening. Morey is the truth. The maneuvering he’s done from his GM post has been nothing short of genius (see Rockets take a healthy fully stocked Lakers team to the brink of elimination/ 2008 play-offs/ without 2 best players). ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!!! We didn’t have our 2 best players walked into the staples center and handled the Lakers right from the start (Yao did play that game). Even so….are you kidding me!!!!! Rahat, I’m with you, and have been. I believe the best is yet to come!! Houston Morey is the truth, you better believe it because those outside of Houston are paying attention!! Rokec

By: Kyle Haley

Kyle Haley — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:14:00 +0000

By: todd zapp

todd zapp — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:03:52 +0000

great article about gm morey. all he has done since he has been here is make great decisions. however i do believe that we need to get a little bigger if we are gto get anywhere in the playoffs. i think a Bosh for McGrady deal is in the works and morey will get it done. Another thing he needs to get done is to sign the next sixth man of the year, Carl Landry to a long term contract. Heres a vote for Morey for GM of the year

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todd zapp — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:03:00 +0000

By: Don Mynack

Don Mynack — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:19:13 +0000

Not playing McGrady is more of a chemistry thing than anything else. Ariza needs to make his mistakes now, in a season that doesn’t matter (as far as playoffs are concerned), and taking his minutes for a head case like Tracy just isn’t worth it. My gut is that Tracy will not play for the Rockets this year, and might have already been dealt if it weren’t for the terrible financial conditions of the league.

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By: Osama

Osama — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:31:17 +0000

1. I love you.
2. Attempts made to get Gortat = stop-gap center or potential bargain? His unwillingness to pay top dollar leads me to believe Morey was going for a little bit of both.
3. Thoughts on Morey’s blind committment to Yao? Seems to go against his alleged “star power” philosophy. How much of this is a business decision vs. basketball decision for Morey?
4. Any thoughts on what Morey could / should do with an expiring max contract in the hottest free agent market in years? I love the idea of Bosh here.
5. Shane’s duke education and attention to detail which in only assumed he picked up from his investment banking internship has been exposed. How do you feel about takign advantage of this exposure and trading him while he still has some value.
6. Disagree on Aaron brooks high trade value. Waterbug point guards that jack up the kind of shots brooks takes are a dime in dozen. It’s a matter of opportunity. No way brooks scratches 20 mins on any other Western Conference play off bound team.
7. I have to get back to work. Catch you later. Peace.

By: Osama

Osama — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:31:00 +0000

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By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:22:32 +0000

Nice article! Great work, but I do have a couple of questions/thoughts.

1. I actually thought the Battier trade was good at the time, and was even good/great last year. However, now with no Yao or Tmac, plus Rudy Gay taking a step forward, maybe he could be a greater asset than Battier? I mean Ariza’s not as good defensively as Battier, but he can cover whichever the opposing team’s best player like Battier has in the past. In fact, you talk about how the team might want to acquire a new young stud to replace TMac, and might Gay not fit that description to a T? He’ll even be a restricted free agent this year, so there’s a decent chance the Rockets go after him, no?

2. You credit Morey for starting Hayes, but c’mon, that’s Adelman’s decision, not Morey’s. In fact, you say how Morey didn’t sign a stop-gap center as most GMs would, but wasn’t that what he did by signing Andersen? Granted Andersen has skills and it’s better than signing say Brian Skinner, but Morey did try to go for the stop-gap band-aid. Credit Adelman for realizing the team’d be more effective with Hayes starting and Andersen getting select minutes off the pine. Then again, Morey’s smart enough to realize that by having hired a really good coach, Morey then should let the coach do what he thinks is best rather than butt in & say, “Psst, start the Australian I brought in!”

Great work,

-Alex
FullyClips.com
(yup, an LA Clippers blog, but I’m still a big Rockets fan)

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:22:00 +0000

Nice article! Great work, but I do have a couple of questions/thoughts.

Great work,

-Alex
FullyClips.com
(yup, an LA Clippers blog, but I’m still a big Rockets fan)

By: Rafe

Rafe — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:54:28 +0000

Very nice article on the Morey philosophy. Les Alexander has never been too shy about spending, so I am sure Morey has the green light to spend if the value is there.

As for Houston sports in general, I think Morey and Richard Smith (the Texans’ GM) are both good, but Ed Wade is perhaps the worst GM on the planet. The Astros will wallow in mediocrity as long as he’s on the job.