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Yes to some extent you can argue that Daryl Morey's turning trash to treasure, but how about Yao and T-Mac? If you say so, I could say, on the other hand, he's turning treasure to trash.
Daryl Morey's hidden gems
By J.E. Skeets
Before I hit you with this fun little nugget, I want to reiterate something Dwyer wrote in April:
"Houston Rockets' general manager Daryl Morey isn't a genius. He's not a step and a half ahead of his colleagues. He's just better at being a GM than anyone else, right now."
Now, with that said, would I be surprised to learn that Morey is a chess Grandmaster, or that he can sketch the entire New York skyline — from memory — after just one twenty-minute helicopter ride over Manhattan? No. No I would not. "Dork Elvis" is a smart dude who likely owns many leather-bound books.
Which brings us to our nugget, courtesy of Clutch BBS. With Yao Ming(notes) and Tracy McGrady(notes) still sidelined nursing serious injuries, the Rockets' current nine/10-man rotation is made up almost entirely of late first-rounders, second-rounders and undrafted free agents. Seriously. Check out their depth chart ...
Starters:
Aaron Brooks(notes) — Drafted by the Rockets in the 1st round (26th overall)
Trevor Ariza(notes) — Drafted by the Knicks in the 2nd round (43rd overall)
Shane Battier(notes) — Drafted by the Grizzlies in the 1st round (6th overall)
Luis Scola(notes) — Drafted by the Spurs in the 2nd round (55th overall)
Chuck Hayes(notes) — Undrafted
Reserves:
Kyle Lowry(notes) — Drafted by the Grizzlies in the 1st round (24th overall)
Jermaine Taylor(notes) — Drafted by the Wizards in the 2nd round (32nd overall)
Chase Budinger(notes) — Drafted by the Pistons in the 2nd round (44th overall)
Carl Landry(notes) — Drafted by the Supersonics in the 2nd round (31st overall)
David Andersen(notes) — Drafted by the Hawks in the 2nd round (37th overall)
What's that one saying? Another man's trash is Daryl Morey's treasure? Incredible.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/bal...urn=nba,200187
Incredible.
Yes to some extent you can argue that Daryl Morey's turning trash to treasure, but how about Yao and T-Mac? If you say so, I could say, on the other hand, he's turning treasure to trash.
They have the best role players in the NBA IMO, but they don't have any stars to lead the team..shame..
injuries are part of game and so is bad luck. To commit big money to two star players who play well but after some time injure themselves and then the injuries keep coming back ... that's simply unlucky.
Imagine if kobe breaks a leg .. and then he plays 2 months after rehab and then the leg goes bad again..... that would be incredibly unlucky for the lakers.Injuries suck. To say that somebody catalyzes such things is just plain ignorant.
I have very deep respect for the Rockets. They've got hearts.
Kobe won't get injured because he kept training hard on conditioning, unlike somebody who plays bball upon talents. That's part of the judgements before you made an investment.
Yao was unlucky, but did Rox have a back-up for him? I watched the entire serie last season when Rox against LA, Yao was exhausted but rox still need him on court to play against Bynum or Gasol. Who's fault?
couldn't have said it better. My second favorite team in the nba for this fact alone.
That's sport unfortunately.
@kobe not getting injured because training:, man, let me tell you something, not getting injured is not because of training, in the nba all are trained in this perspective (barring ultra-lazy beings such as shaq and the like). Kobe is extremely lucky he did not have any major injury in his career given how he attacked the rim alot when he was younger.
Injuries can only be prevented to a certain point(and as i already said in this post that point is reached by the majority of pro players in NBA). Ask every ex-pro in any sport and you'll hear the same thing. Independently of how you train, as a pro, over the years, you macerate your body, your tendons, your wrists, legs, ankles.
There are only three factors beyond the training most have: mileage, genetics and luck. Kobe benefits of a good combination of the latter two. And that's that. It's not about training.
Coming from an ex-pro in fighting, with some medical knowledge gained in the process.
the rockets played yao as much as the cavs played lebron in the ecf... that's the team strategy because roxs needed yao alot, and this strategy has risks to win, of which all were aware... that's what i meant with "that's sport unfortunately"
Well its good to know we are getting respect. Its really remarkable that this is basically a collection of 2nd round picks and Battier. Speaks bounds about the organization (GM/coaches)
I just pray we can get something this offseason and finally put a 100% healthy product on the floor next year.
Daryl Morey is not without fault, the only players he got that did not pan out were Mike James, Steve Francis and Bonzie Wells. Although I still thought Bonzie had some gas left in the tank. As for Yao and T-Mac, those are not Daryl Morey players. Those are Caroll Dawson players and Morey has had to work being hamstrung with 40 million dollars left over from the previous administration. Are Yao and T-Mac both worth 40 Mil? As it stands right now due to their injury record, no. But any team would want them on their side.
The way the Rockets are playing now, I won't be surprised if they reach the Playoff, dislodging the Jazz, Blazers and possibly the Hornets...
Oh yes CD was in charge, forgive my ignorance. I gotta give credit to Morey.
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