Q&A with Rockets general manager Daryl Morey
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Posted on May 4, 2014 at 5:56 pm by Jonathan Feigen
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At roughly the time Rockets general manager Daryl Morey had planned to be
en route to Toyota Center on Sunday, he instead headed out for a workout
and a conversation.
The frustration and disappointment about the still-fresh end of the
Rockets’ season remained clear in his voice. The work to be done was as
evident.
Morey had said before the playoffs that it is inevitable to consider the
post-season when evaluating a team, but important not to put too much
weight on any one series to the point that other evidence is excluded.
“I think it really matters, but you can get in a trap of over-weighting
just a couple games,” Morey said several weeks ago. “You can fool
yourself. But the way the NBA is structured, the playoff games have more
importance.”
Now that the Rockets season ended nine-tenths of a second shy of Game 7,
Morey looked back to looked ahead at what could come next. (NBA rules
prohibit Morey from specifically discussing players on other teams,
including players that will become free agents.)
Q. As you look back at the series and everything packed into those six
games, how do you view it and what have you learned about the team?
A. “Very disappointing we weren’t able to advance. We continued growing
as a team, getting more experience. I felt the West this year, really
anybody could win it. That makes it sting a little more. That said, we
took a big leap forward. I think we can take a big step forward again
next year and put ourselves in even better position and with a better
team. Obviously, there is a lot of work for myself, for the players, for
everybody to win the West.
Q. Did you learn anything about your team that you didn’t already know?
A. “We’re not there, yet. We were competitive in this series. Very evenly
matched teams. But if we’re going to win the title, we’re going to have
to win four tough series. To win four tough series, you have to be able
to have leads going to the final minutes. You have to be up more. You
can’t have it come down to a shot this way or that way, or a loose ball.
We just have to get better if we’re going to make it all the way like we
want to.”
Q. Can this team get better just by adding rotation players, as opposed
to a major overhaul or another summer with a major addition?
A. “We’re always aggressive. We’ll always explore aggressive scenarios.
But I feel confident if those don’t emerge, we’re not far off. We need
to get (the record) into the high 50s if we’re going to be as good as we
want to be. We need to improve our defense primarily. We were the
youngest team in the league (in the post-season, fourth youngest and
second least experienced in the regular season) and improving so an
addition or two that are key, I feel confident we can make that step
forward that we need to make.
“We made a big leap forward with the addition of Dwight (Howard) and the
growth of our young players to get to the mid-50 range. I think we’ve
got to take one more step forward. But I think the average NBA title
team won 57 games so we’re not far off. We’re not like prior to adding
Dwight a major piece away to where I feel need not a small piece, but
also not a franchise-changing piece away.
Q. To be a true championship contender do you have to get a third
All-Star caliber guy or do you just need to add a group of strong
otation players?
A. “I would always take a third All-Star guy either from one of our guys
improving or addition. There’s no negative to adding an All-Star level
player. That said, I don’t feel it’s necessary. I do feel it’s my job to
explore those things. I think our group playing more together after only
a season together plus a lot of young players that can take a step
forward and improve, plus we’ve got financial flexibility this year.
We’re not limited to minimum player additions.
“We have all our draft picks going forward to execute trades if
necessary. We’ve got a lot of flexibility to improve. It’s my job to get
that done and the players’ job to work on their games over the summer.
The coaches are taking another look at our strategies and deciding what
we’re going to do different next year to improve.”
Q. Because of their contract situations, the next largest after Dwight
Howard and James Harden, do any moves need to involve Jeremy Lin and/or
Omer Asik?
问：由于他们的合约的状况，对于继Howard跟Harden后下一个大(交易)，任何行动
会需要涉及到Lin和/或Asik？
A. “I don’t expect something bigger like that to happen. I could see
where you would look to that if something bigger were to happen, but I
don’t anticipate that.”
答：“我不预期像那样大的(交易)会再发生。我知道你在观注著那些地方，如果那
么大的(交易)会发生的话...不过，我实在不期待。“
Q. If you were to go for a third max or near max guy, could you make it
happen financially?
A. “Yeah, we could make it happen. I think it’s unlikely.”
Q. James Harden has had three difficult series in a row by his standards.
Are you still confident he can be the top scorer on a championship team?
A. “Yeah, very confident. I believe in James and Dwight We absolutely
feel we have the right guys, the right top two guys.”
Q. How do you make a decision on picking up the option on Chandler
Parsons’ contract when you don’t know what will happen in free agency two
weeks after your deadline to make a decision?
A. “We won’t know everything we need to know when we have to make a
decision on on Chandler’s (contract) option. We have to make the best
decision at the time we have to make it (June 29).”
Q. That sounds as if you have not made that decision yet.
A. “No, that’s something we still have to talk through.”
Q. Do you have any concern about Kevin McHale being in the last year of
his contract next year with the ‘lame duck” issue?
A. “No. He’s a great coach. It’s not an issue for him or for us. I don’t
see it as an issue. I’ve never bought into (the lame duck factor) for any
coach. Some coaches disagree and some GMs may disagree, but he’s a head
coach and he does a very good job. Just like I’m reevaluating and taking
a look at what I need to do differently and better, he’s doing the same
and our players are the same.”
Q. Are you looking to replace Kelvin Sampson on the staff either by
adding another assistant or adding a lead assistant?
A. “I haven’t had a chance to talk to Kevin about that, but there will
be some additions I think. That’s up to Kevin.”
Q. Finally, it’s such a difficult way for a series and a season to end,
do you need time to remove emotion to determine what you need to do next.
A. “Yes, I think so, but none of these decisions are now. We’ll have the
time. Next week is the combine in Chicago. This week is the meetings, the
exit process. “