Daryl Morey

Daryl Morey lives in the now. And, by extension, so do the Houston Rockets. Relative to last season’s second-place finish in the Western Conference, the Rockets are laying a dud. They’re miles away, in terms of championship value, from the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs, and if [...]

Daryl Morey has more respect for the Golden State Warriors than Doc Rivers. I kid, I kid. Just not about Morey’s respect for the reigning champs. That’s real. While appearing on The Doug Gottlieb Show on CBS Radio (h/t Larry Brown Sports), the Houston Rockets general manager said nothing but good things about the NBA’s [...]

James Harden is on board with the Houston Rockets trading for Ty Lawson. We of course know this on some level. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey apparently consulted with both Harden and Dwight Howard before pulling the trigger on that deal with the Denver Nuggets. But if anyone still had any doubt about how Harden [...]

Trade partners and NBA championship-seekers everywhere, line up now! The Minnesota Timberwolves have reportedly made Chase Budinger available. From Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski: The Minnesota Timberwolves are shopping forward Chase Budinger in trade talks, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Among talks with several teams, the Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets have shown an interest, league [...]

As time wears on Kobe Bryant has become more skilled at telling it like it is. Years ago he would have been brash and brazen. Now he’s pensive and calculated in a way that makes you place more stock in what he says. So listen up. Commenting on the next collective bargaining agreement—the current one [...]

Those still looking to hand out blame for the Houston Rockets’ ambitiously abysmal summer aren’t going to be happy. Their job just got a lot harder. And weirder. Initially, the vision was pair to Dwight Howard and James Harden with another superstar, be it Chris Bosh or Carmelo Anthony, while retaining Chandler Parsons. That didn’t [...]

Why yes, Mark Cuban does hold (playful) grudges. Speaking on KRLD-FM 105.3 The Fan, the Dallas Mavericks owner admitted that he wanted to best Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey in free agency this past summer, per The Dallas Morning News: On if things are personal with the Rockets with Daryl Morey: “Oh, all good [...]

Daryl Morey wants you to know you’re freaking crazy, Mark Cuban. That’s basically what the Houston Rockets’ general manager implied of the Dallas Mavericks and their fearless, outspoken owner and their pursuit of Chandler Parsons—who they successfully signed, mind you, but not without paying a steep, above-market price. Here’s what Morey told KBME-AM 790 in [...]

Whoa. All we can say to this is, “Whoa.” Amid all this Phil Jackson and James Dolan business, some of us have forgotten about Carmelo Anthony’s impending free agency. Sort of. It’s been tabled, really. Anthony’s future cannot be dealt with until July, so there’s no use focusing on it now. More pressing things, such [...]

This was never going to work. When the Houston Rockets signed Dwight Howard, Omer Asik’s days as a starter were numbered. More likely, his days in Houston were numbered. Despite what coach Kevin McHale repeatedly indicated, Asik and Howard could not share the floor together. Doing so would dictate that Howard play power forward. Or, [...]