Houston Rockets: Sam Hinkie likely had a role in Daryl Morey’s ‘decision’

As the Houston Rockets transition themselves through the off season, the man that creates the news waves from his office at 1510 Polk, had some of his own to take credit for with the latest reports.  What went on with Daryl Morey?  Let’s dive ladies and gents.

The Houston Rockets have received an incomplete grade from me thus far in regard to how the team is handling the off season.  Clint Capela has yet to be re-signed, the team has lost Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute to free agency and the signings on the books have been Gerald Green, Michael Carter-Williams and James Ennis respectively.

That’s hardly the answer to a team that is looking to possibly improve off the franchise-record 65 games that the club won last season.  The latest rumors do indicate that the Houston Rockets hold a heavy hand in the card deck for the services of Carmelo Anthony if a buyout is executed but one has to wonder can this team duplicate the incredible amount success that they had next season?

We’ll have to see, especially with Capela not necessarily being a guarantee in Rocket Red next season.

But while general manager Daryl Morey was working on that, he was being wooed by a historic yet up-and-coming franchise that’s still trying to find its way in the Philadelphia 76ers.  The recently disgraced and ousted Bryan Colangelo from the franchise has warranted a search for a new GM and not surprisingly, the newly-minted Executive of the Year was in the fray of candidates.

Marc Stein of the New York Times had the latest scoop on this development:

This isn’t as much shocking news as it is comical.  Morey is in the perfect of situations at the moment, fresh off a contract extension last season with as much power as any general manager

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can have at shaping a team.  He has the full support of Tilman Feritta who has made it clear that he’ll pay the luxury tax to keep this team competitive.

One has to do their diligence in searching for a potential candidate to fill a position but the fact that they were aggressive in prying him away goes to show how desperate they are to find the utmost of talent to help elevate the franchise into the renaissance they’re experiencing with all of the talent collected over the years.

Brett Brown has been handling the bulk of the day-to-day operations for the Sixers but I’d imagine that he’d want to reduce his workload and get back to just coaching his guys to be the best.

The aforementioned reasoning is obvious why Morey turned the offer down but do you want to know another?

But try this on for size…

He’s best buds with Sam Hinkie, Colangelo’s predecessor and for Morey to take the job that Hinkie was fired from would likely be enough for rift to created between the two.

Besides, this current era of the Houston Rockets in his 12 seasons at the helm was built into his image and I know for sure that he’s relentless in his desire to steer this team a eventual championship.

Taking the job in Philly would only set him back a bit with his hopes pinned on that young talent in Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid and Markelle Fultz — to name a few — to blossom.  That doesn’t sound like Morey’s modus operandi and I’m glad he was able to resist any attempts to have him jettisoned out of H-Town.

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To the Philadelphia 76ers — get your grubby hands off our general manager!  Morey is here to stay I want him to see this experiment through for a chip!  BADLY!

But any way, it was nice to have some intriguing news in regard to our GM for at least a day.

Que sera, sera…carry on folks.