General NBA watching thread. 2009 - 2010 edition.

[sefant77]

Originally Posted by dirno2000

Gotta hand it to Daryl Morey, he's on an amazing run. Scola, Landry and Buddinger for 2nd rounders and Brooks for a late 1st. Still, I can't help but wonder how T-Mac will effect the chemistry they've developed when he returns.

Morey is overrated.

Yes, he doesnt overpay players with extensions or MLE etc, but the last year he did major faults.

- not trading McGrady after realizing that both Ming and McLady are way too much a injury prone and that it would be pure lottey hoping they both can play a 100+ games season. And specially not doing that trade with Detroit for Billups and Prince. Just see what Billups did with Denver...

- being too cheap to pay for a quality backup center that would have allowed Yao to play Duncan style 30-34min each game and maybe sit out some b2b. Yes, even if such a center maybe cost 5mio a year

- after McGradys in&out not to trade for a pure pg that can bring the ball to Yao any time. Alston, Brooks, thats a pure fail when it comes to playing with Yao. Yes Brooks is nice and young but hE and Lowry are not pgs for a game with Yao. They should sell Brooks next summer high and get a pg for Yao. But they wont and i will again laugh my ass off when Yao get fronted every game and Brooks and Lowry cant throw a damn pass to him.

[dirno2000]

Originally Posted by sefant77

Morey is overrated.

Yes, he doesnt overpay players with extensions or MLE etc, but the last year he did major faults.

- not trading McGrady after realizing that both Ming and McLady are way too much a injury prone and that it would be pure lottey hoping they both can play a 100+ games season. And specially not doing that trade with Detroit for Billups and Prince. Just see what Billups did with Denver...

I don't know about that one. The objective of the Billups deal was the dump salary to be a player in the marketplace this past summer. Iverson allowed them to do that, McGrady did not.

- being too cheap to pay for a quality backup center that would have allowed Yao to play Duncan style 30-34min each game and maybe sit out some b2b. Yes, even if such a center maybe cost 5mio a year

When you talk about being "too cheap" you're getting into the realm of ownership. Let Alexander sets the budget, Morey has to work within it.

Plus we saw ourselves that the MLE wasn't enough to get Gortat and Diop cost the entire MLE last summer. If anyone knows how hard it is to get a decent back up center for less than full MLE money it's us.

When you can build the core of a playoff team (assuming they make the playoffs and McGrady doesn't contribute much) with late 1st rounders and 2nd rounders that's pretty damn good.

[sefant77]

Then make it Morey and "Alexander as great owner" are overrated. They screw huge up with McGrady (not trading him) and Yao (no backup help).

And the Pistons trade talk was a year before Billups-Iverson.