MaxRider wrote:texasholdem wrote:MaxRider wrote:it was Morey decision to cut Lin
we needed a center more than a 3rd pg
that spot was given to Dalembert
The Rockets chose to keep Jeff Adrien over Jeremy Lin.
Yes one of them had to go to sign Dalembert but Morey chose the wrong one to keep.
Adrien was pretty awesome in the preseason
No he wasn't. There were only 2 preseason games that year due to the lockout.
Adrien only played in the second one and had 2 points, 3 rebounds. Nothing special. He did have some good games in the regular season after Lin was cut for Dalembert.
Jeremy had 6 points on 3 for 3 shooting in the last 5 minutes of game 2. He tied the game on an awesome layup with 24 seconds left to play but Kawhi Leonard hit a shot with 5 seconds left.
So based on that one preseason game Jeremy had the better performance. I know he was cut because we had Lowry, Dragic and Jonny Flynn already under contract and we needed Adrien at the time because Patterson had a bum ankle. But a lot of people who watched that game could see the potential in Jeremy, pre-Linsanity.