NBA 2019-20 thread.

Did not see this coming:



RIP smallball?

 

Didn’t sound like he and the owner were on the same page. Morey took a ton of big swings and was poised to beat the Warriors until CP3 got hurt.

 

I think the seeds were planted last year, because there was a lot of speculation that he didn't want to do the Westbrook deal. Houston kind of seems to be at a dead end when it comes to being able to improve the team, unless they hit on a draft pick or undrafted free agent a la Miami, and I doubt Morey would have survived through a rebuild. Might as well get out now.

 

Yeah - I kind of put him at the same level with Presti, where I think they've both done a really good job fielding competitive teams almost every year, but ultimately, they've had bad luck with injuries or other situations and just come up a tiny bit short. I'd still have one of them running my team though vs. most of the other GMs in the league. (I'm not entirely sure who I'd put ahead of them - Ainge is probably in the same ballpark. Pat Riley, Ujiri and Jerry West. The Golden State folks. The Spurs Buford-Popovich collective, although they have a ton of questions going forward.)

 

Even though they were the rival, great respect to Morey. He took the dregs leftover from the Yao/McGrady era, hoarded assets, and made it happen with Harden while also acquiring key assets like Ariza, Tucker, Rivers (yes him), CP3 and ALMOST getting there.

 

Also figure the China thing didn't help.