Lemon Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) Lin played at an all-star level last year. Even if he does not maintain that level (likely), both he and Asik increase our flexibility and get us closer to our goals. I also like that Lin has already played for a small yet not insignificant stretch at an all-star level. This increases his odds -- up and down the roster that is the primary thing we are trying to do -- increase our odds of developing or acquiring an all-star level player. Pretty cool of him to answer all these questions. Any franchise would be lucky to have Morey as a GM. Edited September 29, 2012 by Lemon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Yeah I was reading this on there last night, pretty cool and honest guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) Saw this yesterday. Good stuff, he was way more open than I expected. A few of his other interesting answers: If we knew Yao Ming was never going to really recover from his injury in the Lakers series in 2009 then we could have shifted into our current strategic mode faster and there are many transactions we would not have done. First, I would refer to my #2 answer here. Each move makes sense under this lens. The guaranteed lottery pick we received from Toronto for Lowry is more valuable in acquiring an all-star level player. Dragic wanted a player option (that Phoenix gave him) which greatly harms a players value and will almost always lead us away from #2. A player option essentially guarantees that a team ends up with either a free agent (not valuable) or a player who the league thinks is not valuable and blocks your salary cap flexibility. We were rolling the dice on getting Jeremy Lin but taking smart risks is what we have to do up and down the roster on every move. As only 1 team out of 30 gets to win, you cannot play it safe. A fund manager who beats more than half his peers and beats the S+P 500 is considered pretty good. We have won more games than we lost the past few years (beaten our peers) despite losing our franchise player Yao Ming and it has been appropriately considered disappointing despite the fact that most teams win around one-third of their games after losing their franchise player. We need to keep taking on more smart risk. We thought it was low odds that Dwight would sign here long term but even low odds at a top 5 player in the league are better than the odds we can get anywhere else, including being crappy . Also, we would have been very good for the season we had him. Edited September 29, 2012 by Dash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Check my Stats Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 Any franchise would be lucky to have Morey as a GM. Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted September 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Solid signings, great picks. He reliably comes through with new hope every season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Why? Might be because he's one of the best basketball minds in the freaking league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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