GM Daryl Morey believes both Brandon Knight and Marquese Chriss will fit nicely into the Rockets‘ system, as Mark Berman of Fox26 passes along via Twitter.
“Typical kind of transaction we try to do. They can be optimized in our system with Coach [Mike] D’Antoni,” Morey said of the two incoming players. We wrote about how Chriss could give the franchise a major piece to use on the trade market earlier today.
Here’s more from Houston:
- Morey was in the Bahamas to see the many of the Rockets‘ players work out together, Berman adds in a separate tweet. “I was super-impressed…I think it’s really critical. The players put it all together themselves,” Morey said.
- Some on the Rockets believe the team is better this season than the 65-win juggernaut that made it to the Western Conference Finals, Morey tells Berman (separate tweet). “Mike’s the most confident of all, which I love. Usually coaches are sandbagging, but Mike feels like we’ve got a better team this year that last year. So we’re very excited,” Morey said.
- The Rockets sit at No. 3 in ESPN’s Future Power Rankings, an index led by Bobby Marks and Kevin Pelton projecting how NBA teams will fare over the next three years. Houston has the second-best roster on the scribe’s rankings, though the team’s age and looming tax concerns may put a ceiling on what it can accomplish over the next three seasons.
The Rockets system and the way Dantoni runs things will never win a championship. We saw it against the Warriors this last year.
Too much one-on-one and guy’s legs will fail them eventually. I was actually biting my fingernails during some of those games which the Rockets shot lights out in the first half but then the second half they wore down. Having a weak bench doesn’t help either.
You’ve got to swing the ball and find the open guy to tire out the defense. If you go one-on-one… dribble dribble dribble, dribble dribble dribble, working for your own shot, eventually your legs will go.
Swing the ball, move the ball, find the open guy, make the extra pass, that’s how you break down defenses.
Warriors get it, Spurs get it, Lakers Showtime got it. That’s how you win championships, not one-on-one, score it yourself. That works for a little while but as I said, the legs will go.
You saw a team go up 3-2, lose their second best player, get no calls in the third quarter of game 7 and miss 17 straight threes to lose. JSTFU
Really I cannot see how they are better, they might not be necessarily worst I think more or less are the same team, but the will not get 65 wins this year, west is even tougher.