Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey: ‘It was a tough weekend’
The Houston Rockets are all money — and not in the good way. They got aggressive, clearing cap space in hopes of singing LeBron James, then Carmelo Anthony, then Chris Bosh. They traded away Jeremy Lin. They didn’t match the Chandler Parsons offer sheet.
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“It was a tough weekend,” Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said on SportsTalk 790 on Monday, per CSN Houston. “We were very close to what we thought was maybe the best team in the NBA.”
What are we playing horseshoes, Daryl? Close doesn’t cut it.
Admittedly, he’s right. A trio of Dwight Howard, James Harden and Chris Bosh would have made them arguably the best team in the league on paper. But he didn’t get Bosh. He committed prematurely to the arrival of a player, who seemingly made no commitments to the Rockets.
“It looked extremely likely (that Bosh would be with Houston),” Morey said, via CSN Houston. “Chris Bosh’s camp was very professional throughout. Chris was definitely coming if Miami, at the last minute, didn’t put all five years and that huge offer that we obviously couldn’t match because of the rules.”
He went on to explain why he moved on the Jeremy Lin deal, even before he could confirm a Bosh singing.
“We had the offer to Chris, while it looked extremely likely, our deal for Jeremy (Lin) was going to go away,” Morey said. “We had to move before we had the 100 percent (from Bosh), because the Lakers were ready to move on with other things.”
Morey got his arm twisted two ways. On one side, he had the Lakers. On the other, he had Chris Bosh and company. Unfortunately, he buckled. The Rockets reveled in free agency last year. This year, they’ve yet to bask in the glow of a good signing.