Is Morey the most clueless GM in the league?

[WeGetRing2012]

They were in the 2nd round in 2009... But nice point anyway!

He turned around the franchise after losing a dominant centre and wing to injuries/decline in 4 years, that's pretty impressive for anyone

Yeah I know my Lakers beat them. Didn't think it was worth mentioning since it was the only time they made it that far under him

[russwest0]

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.



They were in the 2nd round in 2009... But nice point anyway!

He turned around the franchise after losing a dominant centre and wing to injuries/decline in 4 years, that's pretty impressive for anyone

Steven Adams did play a big part in helping OKC get out of the first round this year and if Westbrook doesn't go down two years ago then Kevin Martin probably puts OKC over the top and they likely win the championship

[WeGetRing2012]

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

Just admit it. This guy gets high off of making trades and moves

[BlackWhiteGreen]

[QUOTE=WeGetRing2012]Yeah I know my Lakers beat them. Didn't think it was worth mentioning since it was the only time they made it that far under him

[Smook A.]

Just admit it. This guy gets high off of making trades and moves

Yeah trades and moves to make your team better. Idiot.

How else do you make a team better if you start off with a bunch of scrubs? Can't develop if none of them had superstar potential

[Kidbasketball20]

If Daryl Morey honestly wants to tie himself up for the next 4 years to James Harden and Carmelo Anthony on the same team good luck.



He's a disastrous GM, and a dictator. The only reason McHale is still around is because he's a figurehead for Morey.

[tontoz]

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.

Seriously have these clowns looked at Houston's record over since Morey took over?




The two franchise players he inherited (Tmac/Yao) had their careers ended by injuries. Morey turned over the entire roster and didn't go through the sustained losing that most teams go through during a rebuild.

[Fudge]

Ariza
Aaron Brooks
Asik
Lin
Dragic
Lowery
McGrady
Hill
Thomas Robinson

What an assbag of a GM. Perennial 1st rd exits forever.

Guy needs to LEARN LIFE.

[KungFuJoe]

Morey sucks as a GM. No clue on player chemistry...just building teams NBA2K style.

Before anyone starts talking about how awesome he was in "stealing" Harden from OKC (he did OKC a favor in taking that ball hogging, no D playing cancer) and then signing Howard...keep in mind that this team still didn't even make it past the first round of the playoffs.

I also want to stop the homers ahead of time who come in with the excuse of, "but...but...it was just their first year together...they need more time to build chemistry". With the way Morey keeps changing pieces, EVERY ****ing year is going to be a "building chemistry" year.

Good luck Houston...you're gonna need it.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

Seriously have these clowns looked at Houston's record over since Morey took over?

Never had a losing season

Teams with no losing seasons since 2007:

Spurs
Mavs (went .500 in 12-13)
Rockets
...

[Rocketswin2013]

Unless you have Durant, LeBron or Chris Paul, you won't win a title for the next 3 years anyways(Sans SA). Might as well try to stack the deck. I'd much rather do that than be the Pistons or Kings or whatever.


Most GM's attempt to do things like Morey. They're just not smart enough to execute it.

[russwest0]

Never had a losing season

Teams with no losing seasons since 2007:

Spurs
Mavs (went .500 in 12-13)
Rockets
...

Yeah and the Spurs and Mavericks have both won titles since then and the Rockets have been struggling to get out of the first round every year since then.

[russwest0]

Morey sucks as a GM. No clue on player chemistry...just building teams NBA2K style.

Before anyone starts talking about how awesome he was in "stealing" Harden from OKC (he did OKC a favor in taking that ball hogging, no D playing cancer) and then signing Howard...keep in mind that this team still didn't even make it past the first round of the playoffs.

I also want to stop the homers ahead of time who come in with the excuse of, "but...but...it was just their first year together...they need more time to build chemistry". With the way Morey keeps changing pieces, EVERY ****ing year is going to be a "building chemistry" year.

Good luck Houston...you're gonna need it.

This post was spot on, especially the last part about chemistry.

[russwest0]

Unless you have Durant, LeBron or Chris Paul, you won't win a title for the next 3 years anyways(Sans SA). Might as well try to stack the deck. I'd much rather do that than be the Pistons or Kings or whatever.


Most GM's attempt to do things like Morey. They're just not smart enough to execute it.

[oh the horror]

No one here finds that to be a little in the league of disrespect ?



I mean damn I know it's a business but shit.