Jason Terry very recently expressed his disappointment with his former team saying that “they didn’t know what they wanted to do,” and ultimately remarking that his former teammates that had been jettisoned were “a trash can of Rockets that [had] been thrown away.”
First, that I’m writing on this is a good indicator that its late August. Secondly, its hard to blame Terry for the obvious frustration he felt over last season’s outcome. After actually starting down the stretch during the team’s most successful season in two decades, Terry clearly returned with a belief that the team would do big things and build upon its 2015 campaign. But its hard to interpret Terry’s true meaning here. On the one hand, he criticizes management on a string of desperation moves, but then by the same token, expresses his bewilderment that certain underperforming players were not brought back. I mean, Terrence Jones…really? That’s not exactly the sword to fall on when trying to make a case against Morey’s summer.
Above all of this, I think its amazing to recall that the team reached the West Finals with Terry as its starter, especially given the competition at that position. In theory, even an average level replacement should have catapulted the team.
