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Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 5:24 am
by salqaddoumi
Damn, what does Morey have against us?
Bill Simmons twitter msg to Morey: check this out:
http://www.wewantwade.com - thank God you didn't think of this idea when you were courting Marcin Gortat [last offseason].
Morey's response: my pitch was better than:after we sign a free agent, come play for a team with 8 minimum players&the lowest payroll in the NBA!
He's usually a smarter guy but that was a pretty ignorant thing to say. We have enough flexibility to have other pieces on the team besides Wade + the other max FA.
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 5:29 am
by Miamis3rdRing
lol I can't wait to smash on Houston next season
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 5:31 am
by Iputsomepantson
The truth of the matter is, our capspace means little, if anything, and we have done absolutely nothing the past three years to improve our franchise the past three years.
Disagree with me?
What did we do? That's what my whole Pat Riley rant thread was about.
Sign James Jones? Draft Beasley? Draft Chalmers? Pick up Joel Anthony?
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 5:34 am
by God Squad
Yeah Miami as a team sucks balls. But you might still have Dwayne wade plus that other max. But to be honest Miami has a worst core than NY or NJ.
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 5:38 am
by MartyConlonJr
Most teams don't go more than 8 deep.
Wade
Max FA
8 mill cap FA
Beas
Chalmers
Cook
18th pick
We should have 3-4 starters sorted out with that - two as franchise players.
We are one year of FA away from adding 2 more picks, a MLE and a LLE.
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 5:42 am
by Heat3
Iputsomepantson wrote:The truth of the matter is, our capspace means little, if anything, and we have done absolutely nothing the past three years to improve our franchise the past three years.
Disagree with me?
What did we do? That's what my whole Pat Riley rant thread was about.
Sign James Jones? Draft Beasley? Draft Chalmers? Pick up Joel Anthony?
What should we have done that then that would have us in a better position to compete than we are now? For all the moves the Cavs have made they only got one round past us and only one more W against the same team.
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 5:44 am
by Tim_Hardawayy
Iputsomepantson wrote:The truth of the matter is, our capspace means little, if anything, and we have done absolutely nothing the past three years to improve our franchise the past three years.
Disagree with me?
What did we do? That's what my whole Pat Riley rant thread was about.
Sign James Jones? Draft Beasley? Draft Chalmers? Pick up Joel Anthony?
Do you only come out of your hole to slam Riley?
Also Morey and Rockets fans in general have been really cocky about this summer. For a GM that has never come up with the big move and has yet to get his team out of the 2nd round...

Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 5:45 am
by Iputsomepantson
Heat3 wrote:
What should we have done that then that would have us in a better position to compete than we are now? For all the moves the Cavs have made they only got one round past us and only one more W against the same team.
Not sign James Jones? Drafted Westbrook or OJ Mayo (like Wade wanted). Signed Trevor Ariza like I wanted.
Right there we would be just about the same in terms of capspace but have a stud young PG and a solid roleplaying SF.
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 5:57 am
by Miamis3rdRing
spade57 wrote:Yeah Miami as a team sucks balls. But you might still have Dwayne wade plus that other max. But to be honest Miami has a worst core than NY or NJ.
Who are you, and which board do you come from?
Edit: A little detective work (Google search) shows the Toronto board.

Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 6:10 am
by BFRESH44
Pretty funny. But at the end of the day, he's just some chubby, geek looking dude. Someone With ZERO pull in this league.
He knows he going up againist Pat Riley. A Hall of Famer, with 5 championship rings. So he's probably feeling a little bit insecure at this point.
Aaron Brooks, Kevin Martin, and the corpse of Yao Ming aint gonna cut it, fatty. Bosh wants to actually win a title.
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 6:35 am
by finsguy939
It's very odd that an opposing GM would actually put their name to something like this. Usually stuff like this comes from people speaking on terms of anonymity. This just seems like poor judgment from Morey. And I think that the Heat have a much better pitch than Houston this summer just based on the fact that we have Wade(God willing).
Miami to Bosh/Lebron-Come play with Wade and btw after one of you sign we'll still have 15-20 million dollars, depending on sign and trades, to fill out the roster or bring in another upper tier player.
Houston to Bosh-Come to Houston, we didn't make the playoffs this past year but we are crossing our fingers that Yao can get his gimpy butt on the floor this season (I wonder how it feels to watch 17 million dollars sit on the bench all season?)
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 6:53 am
by Teddy Bruckshut
Iputsomepantson wrote:Heat3 wrote:
What should we have done that then that would have us in a better position to compete than we are now? For all the moves the Cavs have made they only got one round past us and only one more W against the same team.
Not sign James Jones? Drafted Westbrook or OJ Mayo (like Wade wanted). Signed Trevor Ariza like I wanted.
Right there we would be just about the same in terms of capspace but have a stud young PG and a solid roleplaying SF.
Thank God we have Pat Riley instead of you if your intentions were to blow cap on that overrated bum Ariza.
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 7:24 am
by Iputsomepantson
Teddy Bruckshut wrote:
Thank God we have Pat Riley instead of you if your intentions were to blow cap on that overrated bum Ariza.
Because James Jones is so much better right? I don't see how 2 million more in salary than JJ is "blowing" capspace.
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 8:01 am
by Ripp
Wowzers, I didn't know Morey would take shots at Riley in public. Ballsy move..
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 8:25 am
by HIF
ballsy? stupid and immature!
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 8:26 am
by LarsV8
Tim_Hardawayy wrote:Also Morey and Rockets fans in general have been really cocky about this summer. For a GM that has never come up with the big move and has yet to get his team out of the 2nd round...

I still think you are too easily dismissing the sheer amount of complex work Riley has to do to come out a winner this offseason.
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 8:28 am
by Tim_Hardawayy
LarsV8 wrote:Tim_Hardawayy wrote:Also Morey and Rockets fans in general have been really cocky about this summer. For a GM that has never come up with the big move and has yet to get his team out of the 2nd round...

I still think you are too easily dismissing the sheer amount of complex work Riley has to do to come out a winner this offseason.
And I hope you'll be here to gloat or eat crow whatever the outcome.
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 8:52 am
by Ripp
HIF wrote:ballsy? stupid and immature!
Might be, but it is also ruthless. He is raising doubts about Riley's ability to build a contending team next year, and placing these doubts in the minds of the general public, media, agents and players.
Not every GM has the stones to cut down rivals publicly like that.
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 8:57 am
by Ripp
^-- Honestly, I'd probably not have said anything if it were me. Morey's general strategy in the past was to avoid pissing people off (like Pritchard did.)
Re: Rockets GM takes a shot at the Heat..
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 9:54 am
by LarsV8
Tim_Hardawayy wrote:LarsV8 wrote:Tim_Hardawayy wrote:Also Morey and Rockets fans in general have been really cocky about this summer. For a GM that has never come up with the big move and has yet to get his team out of the 2nd round...

I still think you are too easily dismissing the sheer amount of complex work Riley has to do to come out a winner this offseason.
And I hope you'll be here to gloat or eat crow whatever the outcome.
Gloating is hardly my style.