One thing that bothers me about Morey fans is that cats can't admit when he made a bad move. I'm not saying that he isn't a good GM, but it gets on my nerves when even his bad moves, or simple GM moves are praised

Nevertheless, he takes an L here

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10375097/houston-rockets-gm-daryl-morey-calls-royce-white-worst-1st-round-pick-ever

GM: Royce White worst Round 1 pick
Updated: January 30, 2014, 12:35 PM ET
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Rockets GM: I Made 'Worst First-Round Pick'

Amin Elhassan discusses comments made by Rockets general manager Daryl Morey indicating that he had made the NBA's "worst first-round pick ever" when he selected Royce White with the 16th pick in the 2012 draft.
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Royce White is the NBA draft's "worst first-round pick ever," according to the man who picked him.

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Royce White was the 16th pick in the 2012 draft but has yet to play in a regular-season game.
Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey selected White with the 16th overall pick in the 2012 draft, but White has yet to appear in an NBA game.

"I take some sort of pride in that you could argue that Royce White is the worst first-round pick ever," Morey said in a Q&A discussion with Houston season ticketholders, according to the ClutchFans.net blog.

White, who is 6-foot-8, has struggled with an acknowledged anxiety disorder that would make it a challenge for him to play a full NBA season.

"He's the only one that never played a minute in the NBA that wasn't just a foreign guy staying in Europe," Morey said. "It just shows we swing for the fence."

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Even though Morey considers the selection of White to be a blunder, the pick didn't hurt his career as a GM too much. The Rockets could afford to take a risk on White because they had three first-round picks in 2012. They already had drafted Jeremy Lamb with the 12th pick, then selected Terrence Jones with the 18th pick.

Houston dealt Lamb to Oklahoma City in the James Harden trade, while Jones is averaging 11.8 points per game for the Rockets this season.

Since being drafted, White has been vocal on Twitter, often criticizing the Rockets for downplaying his disorder.

The Rockets suspended White in January 2013 after he refused to accept an assignment to the NBA Development League, then traded him to the Philadelphia 76ers over the summer.

White, 22, averaged 5.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists in five preseason games for the Sixers and did not make the team.

Royce was an L

Lin is a good play but was definitely overpaid

Harden is clearly not a hoss, that's an L

and Dwight has been a disappointment, that's an L

Chandler Parsons is throwing people under the bus

And then he sat on the Omer Asik contract and now
dude's trade value is 1/3 of what it was

L

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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

Cuz Harden is the leading scorer of all players at his position, and they're notably better now than they were this time last year.

I know you have a Morey agenda, so I'll let you cook. Just didn't really know if "hoss" was like "NyQuil," a word with a clear OE definition that I missed.

Hoss = alpha dog

Parsons is a sidekick.

No good team has a sidekick, #3 option throwing a
hoss under the table

Its that simple

Harden is very good, but he's not an a hoss

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O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

>you forgot to mention he let Dragic walk to hand Lin that 15 mill

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O_E: "Acts like an asshole and posts with imperial disdain"




"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

didn't want to give him the player option for 15/16
lin and asik are up after 14/15 and a decision is coming up re: parsons and restricted FA in '14 or UFA in '15.

plus being flexible for the summer of '15 is paramount. In the short term, is it an L, sure.

However, as a Knick fan, true "L's" for me are the one's you can't get out of. Morey has more cards in his deck than most.

that really can't be spun as an L if you wanna remain credible on the topic.

nobody on this board argues he doesnt.

How he played his Asik hand is another one til he proves otherwise.

His constant trading and not setlling is another weakness Ive talked about.

There isnt one GM in the history of the NBA that has no Ls, but there are also people on here who try to spin every move Morey makes as an L OR something that was easy to pull off (i.e. the dwight pickup)

he aint never gon be shit...and hes not a rocket any more..fuck outta here...

He has had Kyle Lowry and Goran Dragic and all he has to show for it is Jeremy Lin.


That's the dumbest shit.

If they don't go for Lin, then they have Lowry and Dragic in the backcourt. Now both are getting money elsewhere.


If he doesn't pay Harden all that money, they have Lamb and Lowry and Dragic and they would have unloaded Kev Martin and still have cap money and young talent.

sorry buddy.. howd gay/lowry work out in toronto? you such a clown.. lamb dont do shit but shoot... and miss .. ALOT NIGGA... fuck.outta.here

figured that's what this was about

He took a flyer on a mid first round pick. It didn't work. Happens.

He traded for an all star. And signed another as a FA. Got some value in t.Jones and parsons.

Winning.

Lol @ some of the spin in this thread.
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Same as it ever was!

yeah i'm not sure how getting Howard and Harden was an L.