What do you think? Terrence Williams coming your way

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5920357

Yeah... Its definitely not a move that pumps me up. Dude sounds like he's got some attitude issues and that's the last thing a struggling, young team needs.

another set piece for another move perhaps down the road? I'm not too keen on his contact info- let me read that article...

Meh..... Headcase

Best GM in sports strikes again. Another young talented asset to complement the superstars. His basic stats look pretty mediocre but he must have an amazing VORP or adj+/-/36

Best GM in sports strikes again. Another young talented asset to complement the superstars. His basic stats look pretty mediocre but he must have an amazing VORP or adj+/-/36

Williams got banished to the D-League two weeks ago. As a New Jersey Net! He gets called back up and then traded. Red flags all over the place.

GTFOH, Morey.

And please find another team to deal with aside from Sacramento. Damn.

So TWill couldn't handle playing for the Little Dictator. BFD. He just needs a coach that works well with lazy headcases

We now have 3 PG's, 3 SG's, 3 SF's, 3 PF's.

Something is brewing baby. I smell a big trade soon.

Morey is setting up a trade, his track record shows he makes these moves for a reason, just hold tight because something will go down before February!

Not enthusiastic, but since Williams is so against the culture of the Rockets and Adelman I have to assume that he won't be with the team very long.

Let's see what will happen. When is the soonest he can play?

He does have potential and I think we have some good team leaders with strong character already on the team to help steer him in the right direction hopefully.

What exactly has happened to get houston fans excited that Morey has done. He has traded for what? You guys have been irrelevant the past 10 years and you keep trying to sell the fact that you have a stud GM.

Irrelevant?

I know last year sucked and this one isnt going well, but we were FAR from irrelevant the last 5 years.

Morey was handed 2x injury prone players on long term contracts making max salaries. The team he inherited was devoid of young talent and littered with poisen contracts. Consider that when the Rockets played the Mavs in 2005 (right year?) in the playoffs, Juwan Howard was a starter and Ryan Bowen was getting significant minutes. Rafer Alston was the starting point and there was no credible backup. In a word, we were terrible.

He raped San Antonio by getting Luis Scola for VSpan.
He drafted Aaron Brooks in the late first round and Carl Landry in the second, which were both undeniably huge hits.
He traded Rafer Alston for Kyle Lowry which has been an undeniable upgrade.
He drafted Chase Budinger in the 2nd round
He was able to get Kevin Martin, Jordan Hill and draft picks/considerations from the Knicks for Carl Landry (a second round pick).
Two seasons ago, the team he constructed was able to get over the 1st round hump without Tracy McGrady and his $20M cap space on the court.
Last season, he was able to make teh Rockets have a winning record with $40M on the bench the entire season.

There's a reason he's considered one of the best in the business. He hasn't been able to attract a super star to bring us to a championship level team, but then again super stars aren't just growing on trees.

-LeBron, Bosh, and Wade wanted to play together in South Beach and nobody was going to stop that marriage
-Chris Paul is unavailable because the Hornets are being sold, so he's vital to the value of the franchise
-Amare had his heart set on joining forces with a super star in New York
-Carmelo is in the same boat
-Deron Williams, Derrick Rose, Russel Westbrook, Kevin Durant, Brandon Roy, etc. are young superstars with plenty of years on their contracts and aren't going anywhere.

These free agent super stars are just acting like 19 year old kids and join the cool frat in the cool party town, where they don't have as much pressure to lead a team.

If the Rockets fired Daryl Morey, there would probably be a long line of teams that would loveto have him as their GM. He manages the salary cap well, his draft record is outstanding, he puts together a deep roster full of contributors, etc. Cleveland didn't do anything special to land Lebron, they just sucked really bad in a good year. The Spurs didn't do anything special to land Tim Duncan, they just sucked in the right year. The Hornets didn't do anything special to land Chris Paul, they just sucked at the right year. And so on. When the Rockets sucked enough to get the #1 pick, Yao was the best guy available. Had it been a year later, that could have been LeBron James. Had it been a year earlier, it could have been Kwame Brown.

Morey is so overrated.

On a national level, he's rated about right... a top 7 or 8 GM. From a Rockets fan perspective, I tend to agree... he's overrated.

Don't get me wrong, I think he's done well and like him as a GM far more than Carrol Dawson. But finding players that fit systems very well like he's done isn't THAT difficult with continuity as the Rockets have in place with their current coaching staff... and that's what he's done so far. He's put together a team of great supporting players who fit the Adelman style very well.

I'm not going to call him a badass though until he pulls the coup for the superstar. I've said it many times here before, with a few exceptions, usually you have to go out and take big risks to land the big fish superstar. Unfortunately, I don't see Morey as much of a risktaker.

the rudy gay trade made right before he showed up should have carroll dawson shot and thrown into highway traffic

**** you CD

It was a good trade at the time. Rudy Gay, up until very recently, has been a major underachiever. Battier was brought in to stabilize what was a pretty good collection of talent (when healthy). He anchored one of the NBA's best defenses when he was here under Van Gundy. If Yao managed to stay healthy and McGrady didn't turn out to the ***** everyone expected him to be, the Rockets would have gone pretty far.

I'd make the trade again. Rudy Gay is putting up good numbers on just now decent team, but his was after a good Olympic experience and the banishing of O.J. Mayo to the second string.

If was would have kept Gay, this team would have had no voice out on the floor. Van Gundy consistently calls Battier his favorite/easiest player to coach.

What has Rudy Gay ever done in the playoffs? Oh, right, he's never been there.

Didn't the Rockets just throttle Gay's team last night?

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You guys have been irrelevant the past 10 years

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dumb

In the 10 years prior to the 10-11 season, the Rockets have won one playoff series, missed the playoffs 5 times, finished better than 3rd in their 5-team division just once (2nd in 08-09), and averaged just under 45 wins per season. Only one big draft pick (Yao) and one player award (Aaron Brooks - most improved).

That's about as unremarkable a decade as you could ask for.

[This message has been edited by aero ag 2010 (edited 12/19/2010 11:51p).]

Cool. Now go away