The Insanely Cocky Sixers Tried (And Failed) To Pry Daryl Morey Away From The Houston Rockets7/17/2018
If there's one thing we're starting to learn about 'The Process' as it's finally become something other than a punchline it's that it's quite the overly confident endeavor. Even a blind person could recognize the brightness of the Sixers' future, as they are a young team with both the top-end talent and the assets to create a lasting rivalry for Eastern Conference supremacy with the Boston Celtics. That's why it takes a pretty ludicrous leap in arrogance to leave me wanting to ask the following question of whoever remains in their upper management... Who the hell do you think you are? To be clear, with Chris Paul's contract seemingly bound to age into an absolute albatross and the Rockets already looking like a depleted version of themselves, Daryl Morey might have ended up with better odds of winning a championship sooner had he took Philadelphia up on their offer. That being said, trying to poach the prideful man whose best shot at the Warriors fell approximately two of an unprecedented twenty-seven straight off-target threes short of besting one of the greatest teams of all time when you're an organization that has won next to nothing is like the lead singer of a cover band trying to swoon Bon Jovi's wife from her barstool while he's in the bathroom. Again, the Sixers are probably a better destination for a perspective GM than the Rockets in the long run, but - in the short term - trying to outkick their proverbial coverage was sure to leave them exposed as the project they still are. Now, if their freakishly athletic center sped his development up to reach his ever-running mouth, their transcendently talented point guard learned to shoot jumpers with he appropriate hand, and the #1 pick they traded up for magically remembered how to play basketball? Well, then they might have had the better situation necessary to make a compelling case for Daryl Morey to pull a 'KD' and snake his way out of town. Until even one of those things happens, however, the Sixers should probably stop just a wee bit short of trying to quench their thirst for a GM that doesn't "Snowden" their organizational secrets from the tippy-top shelf in which the reigning 'Executive Of The Year' currently resides. They could very easily make him live to regret his decision, but the best way to get a man to question his loyalty is to tempt him with something that is better, as opposed to something that might be.
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