Daryl Morey: James Harden Is An Unbelievable Recruiter

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 3:29 pm

Daryl Morey was asked about how James Harden factored into the recruitment of Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets.

The Rockets acquired Paul in an opt-in-and-trade deal with the Los Angeles Clippers.

"There's no coaching there. He's not naturally an extroverted guy," said Morey. "He's a worker, a quiet guy who just wants to win. His first job if he wasn't doing this wouldn't be like the lead sales guy somewhere. He'd probably be the strategic guy because he's so smart.

"With that said, one-on-one he's so good with people. Obviously the great guys are all together. Whether it be USA Basketball or weddings or whatever it is. They get together and they talk. And one-on-one I can say James is an unbelievable recruiter because he's smart. He understands the plan. He wants to execute for the team he's leading. It makes my job easy, frankly, to have him."

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/ESPN

tocooks101 · Post #2 » by **tocooks101** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:00 pm

Yeah, he did a hell of a job recruiting Ryan Anderson.

red96 · Post #3 » by **red96** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:49 pm

tocooks101 wrote:Yeah, he did a hell of a job recruiting Ryan Anderson.

Haters.

hyberx · Post #4 » by **hyberx** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:54 pm

Ummm, which great player Harden recruited these last few years other than a CP3 who was on his way out due to that big contract he is not getting from the clippers?

tocooks101 · Post #5 » by **tocooks101** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:56 pm

red96 wrote:
tocooks101 wrote:Yeah, he did a hell of a job recruiting Ryan Anderson.
Haters.

facts

BallerTalk · Post #6 » by **BallerTalk** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 5:58 pm

tocooks101 wrote:Yeah, he did a hell of a job recruiting Ryan Anderson.

I'm not sure what your point is, Ryan Anderson had a helluva year for the Rockets.

720 · Post #7 » by **720** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 6:09 pm

hyberx wrote:Ummm, which great player Harden recruited these last few years other than a CP3 who was on his way out due to that big contract he is not getting from the clippers?

The clippers were going to offer him that contract, he wanted out anyways.

BallerTalk · Post #8 » by **BallerTalk** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 6:10 pm

hyberx wrote:Ummm, which great player Harden recruited these last few years other than a CP3 who was on his way out due to that big contract he is not getting from the clippers?

Balmer has already acknowledged the Clippers wanted to keep CP3 and were willing to pay.
Chris Paul just decided it was time to move on.

To my knowledge the players Harden has helped recruit to Houston are:
Dwight Howard
Trevor Ariza
Eric Gordon
Chris Paul
PJ Tucker

Oh, and the great Bobby Brown, lol.
All kidding aside that's a pretty good list.

tocooks101 · Post #9 » by **tocooks101** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 6:50 pm

BallerTalk wrote:
tocooks101 wrote:Yeah, he did a hell of a job recruiting Ryan Anderson.

I'm not sure what your point is, Ryan Anderson had a helluva year for the Rockets.

Two words for you: "Negative Asset"

alessandrux · Post #10 » by **alessandrux** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:00 pm

hyberx wrote:Ummm, which great player Harden recruited these last few years other than a CP3 who was on his way out due to that big contract he is not getting from the clippers?

Dwight Howard?

ChokeFasncists · Post #11 » by **ChokeFasncists** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:08 pm

alessandrux wrote:
hyberx wrote:Ummm, which great player Harden recruited these last few years other than a CP3 who was on his way out due to that big contract he is not getting from the clippers?

Dwight Howard?

Very interesting in terms of planning and strategy.

12footrim · Post #12 » by **12footrim** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:13 pm

He's must be an unbelievable lair cause he can't be telling them the truth. Otherwise it would go something like this....

"yeah, dude what's going to happen is I'm going to have the ball in my hands all the time and your going to play defense for me while I catch my breath down there. Some times when I drive to the rim I will pass it to you if you man jumps in my lane if your pretty open. Sound like fun."

BallerTalk · Post #13 » by **BallerTalk** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:27 pm

tocooks101 wrote:
BallerTalk wrote:
tocooks101 wrote:Yeah, he did a hell of a job recruiting Ryan Anderson.

I'm not sure what your point is, Ryan Anderson had a helluva year for the Rockets.

Two words for you: "Negative Asset"

Not nearly.
Clearly he's overpaid but he's still a capable contributor on any NBA team. Don't let the chatter surrounding the Carmelo kerfuffle mislead you.
He's part of the reason the Rockets aren't pressed to offer more. They are more than happy to roll with Ryno.

Kizz Fastfists · Post #14 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 7:46 pm

BallerTalk wrote:To my knowledge the players Harden has helped recruit to Houston are:
Trevor Ariza

Ariza was in Houston before Harden.

BallerTalk · Post #15 » by **BallerTalk** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 8:04 pm

Kizz Fastfists wrote:
BallerTalk wrote:To my knowledge the players Harden has helped recruit to Houston are:
Trevor Ariza

Ariza was in Houston before Harden.

Trevor Ariza was with the Washington Wizards when James Harden was traded to Houston.

He played one season with Houston in 2009/2010 then was traded to New Orleans.
Then after two years in N.O. followed by two years with the Wizards, he was convinced to come back to Houston in a three team sign and trade deal involving Omer Asik.

eureca20 · Post #16 » by **eureca20** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:06 pm

BallerTalk wrote:
tocooks101 wrote:Yeah, he did a hell of a job recruiting Ryan Anderson.

I'm not sure what your point is, Ryan Anderson had a helluva year for the Rockets.

Yea that is why 1 year into his new contract he is untradeable and nobody wants him. Not saying he doesn't serve a purpose for a team. He is a good 3 point shooter, but that is all he is. 20 million a year for a 3 point shooter is absurd.

BallerTalk · Post #17 » by **BallerTalk** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:46 pm

eureca20 wrote:
BallerTalk wrote:
tocooks101 wrote:Yeah, he did a hell of a job recruiting Ryan Anderson.

I'm not sure what your point is, Ryan Anderson had a helluva year for the Rockets.

Yea that is why 1 year into his new contract he is untradeable and nobody wants him. Not saying he doesn't serve a purpose for a team. He is a good 3 point shooter, but that is all he is. 20 million a year for a 3 point shooter is absurd.

As I said earlier,

Not nearly.
Clearly he's overpaid but he's still a capable contributor on any NBA team. Don't let the chatter surrounding the Carmelo kerfuffle mislead you.
He's part of the reason the Rockets aren't pressed to offer more. They are more than happy to roll with Ryno.

So is your argument that he didn't have a good year with the Rockets? Are you of the belief they don't want him back?
Or is there some other point you were trying to make and does it relate to the original topic here which is Daryl Morey's comments about James Harden's ability to recruit?

hyberx · Post #18 » by **hyberx** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:49 pm

VC720 wrote:
hyberx wrote:Ummm, which great player Harden recruited these last few years other than a CP3 who was on his way out due to that big contract he is not getting from the clippers?

The clippers were going to offer him that contract, he wanted out anyways.

Seriously you really believe Balmer's words after losing his best player?

And I knew some would answer DHoward but obviously I stated "great player" :lol:

ckman · Post #19 » by **ckman** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:59 pm

I would agree so, he would bring them to his favorite strip club to discuss business

Adam Stern · Post #20 » by **Adam Stern** » Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:04 pm

hyberx wrote:
VC720 wrote:
hyberx wrote:Ummm, which great player Harden recruited these last few years other than a CP3 who was on his way out due to that big contract he is not getting from the clippers?

The clippers were going to offer him that contract, he wanted out anyways.

Seriously you really believe Balmer's words after losing his best player?

And I knew some would answer DHoward but obviously I stated "great player"

Wasn't Dwight Howard the biggest free agent in the league when Houston signed him?