Eye on the D-League - Rio Grande Valley Vipers News

Maybe he's just in DE's doghouse?
http://www.draftexpress.com/article/D-League-Showcase--Day-One-3074/

 

Yep. If a McGrady deal happens where the Rockets take back less combined salary than McGrady's, so that the Rockets are only SLIGHTLY over the tax threshold, I would expect Les and Morey to just dump Dorsey plus cash on another team, rather than have to spend more to get rid of Cook.

 

Absolutely expect something like that to happen. I was actually excited when we got him. At this point I say good riddance. It's a shame really, if he showed real improvement or at least more of a work ethic, I could have seen him getting some minutes at the 5

 

That link doesn't say anything about dorsey. The quote worzel has is from last year.

 

It is really sad. I sure wish we had picked up DeAndre Jordan instead of him. At least he has shown some promise. Dorsey has shown absolutely freakin nothing.

 

I'm disappointed but not surprised by this. It has to be a challenge to go from a being a star in college to being sent to the D-League for two consecutive seasons. And IIRC Morey publicly criticized him for his effort level in the D-League last season as well.

It sounds like it's a mental issue more than a physical one for Dorsey. He's got NBA-level talent. Now can he develop the focus and determination to go with it?

 

We didn't pick Dorsey. What is it with the assumption that the Rockets got Dorsey at the expense of Jordan? Dorsey was a freebie as a result of the Donte Green/Batum swap. The Blazers weren't the ones who drafted Jordan, how would we have gotten him at the time?

 

So you honestly think the Rockets told the Blazers to draft whoever Portland wanted and then send that player to the Rockets? Are you that naive?

 

This draft recap by Clutch makes it seem like we got to draft who we wanted at #33. I also recall Dorsey being Morey's pick and not Portland's.

http://clutchfans.net/news/1476/thumbs_up_on_rockets_draft_day_moves/

"I also have to wonder what the Timberwolves thought about the Rockets landing pick 33 after Houston and Minnesota, holding picks 31 and 34, ran numerous draft workouts together. I can see Morey calling Timberwolves GM Kevin McHale around pick #32. "Hey Kev -- remember when you told me you liked Dorsey at 34?" That might have been a good time for an "I drink your milkshake" reference."

In any case, Morey had lots of praise for Dorsey after the draft and signed him to a multi-year deal. He didn't have to do that if Dorsey was just a throw-in. It doesn't really matter, no one panned out in the 2nd round of that draft.

 

10th in PER, 2nd in rebounding, 15th in TS%....14 points/g with only 9 FGAs/g. Granted his man to man defense has sucked the last few times I've seen him and i'm surprised he doesn't get more blocks.

 

Dorsey looked fairly decent on some plays and made both his free throws shockingly.

 

from that article on draftexpress linked above:

The worst part that he did all this with his general manager Daryl Morey (the man who traded for him on draft night, praised him effusively and gave him a 3-year contract) was sitting in the second row—obviously not happy with what he was seeing. “Disappointed” was all he was willing to say to us…on the record. There really wasn’t much more to be said, it was that bad. The big problem is that it’s exactly these type of issues that teams were worried about during the pre-draft process—his background, character and intangibles, and he’s unfortunately not doing much to show that he deserved otherwise. Dorsey needs to realize that his place in the NBA is anything but secured at this point in his career—there have been plenty of second round picks who didn’t last more than half a season in the NBA and never got another shot again. If he’s not careful, he could find himself meeting the same fate if he refuses to change his ways

 

Dorsey is everywhere right now, looking far more active.

 

Haha I heard that, I thought the same thing Hayes proves its highly possible.

 

Where is the chat Hayesfan?

 

Dorsey just scored 27 points with 21 rebounds 11-11 fg