Les Alexander: Rockets are contenders and do not need to get out of the first round

Actually we do have this, we have DMO postups, hes efficient and automatic downlow ...one could reasonable agruge even more efficient than Harden particularyl when whistels are silent...

however for some strange reason players wont feed him the ball...and its mchales fault again(if morey is not forcing his hand in this to decrease DMOs value in order not to have to pay max salary to dmo for extension or the new contract......

 

I'm all for more Dmo post ups, but let's not get it twisted... Harden is not the one who is preventing us from more valuable offensive touches, calls or not.

I think at this point it's obvious that we are placating Dwight to coax as much defensive effort as we can. Morey has said it publicly, which with the way this team is run we know McHale knows it, that Dmo is our next best option after Harden on offense.

In a perfect world, all egos aside, I think the game plan would be a steady dose of Harden creating and Dmo posting, but that's just not this teams reality.

That said Dwight's post ups do serve a very valuable purpose even when he isn't converting at the rate Dmo would and that's the fouls he draws. The way our offense works the quicker we get in the bonus the better.

 

WTH is winning at the "highest level" to you? He clearly said he wanted to have a winning record in the regular season rather than tanking.

You have to draft to get talented players on cheap contracts. That is the way it goes.
Without Morey he does not even get Lowry, Harden.

He stopped Morey from picking in the Top 5 of the Draft.

His mindset has clearly made us winning at the second highest level in the regular season.

"Winning at the highest level" means winning a lot of playoff series to me.
Sorry.

 

Edit: At least Cuban has the mentality to build a contender within 4-5 years and does everything to achieve it (signing players in discos, clubs)

That said I dislike him way more than Les Alexander but he has the killer instinct IMO

Alexander is satisfied with the team being very good but not great (Top 6 but not Top 1-2)
Close but no cigar - mentality

 

Don't worry- Les said getting out of first round was not necessary. So I'm assuming that getting out of 2nd round is not necessary either.

 

We are contenders and yet we don't have to get out of the first round. Makes sense.

 

Insert Les Alexander Evil Emperor laugh

 

don't worry after he sells the penthouse he's gonna start paying lux tax

 

Keep cashin them checks le$

 

contender my ass.

 

lol sums up what we see on the court pretty well.

 

Well we got out of the first round, so I'm sure he's happy! And I'm sure he still loves his boy McHale too! Man we are so ****ed as Rockets fans.

 

Les: I am the Imperator. McHale is my weapon. Clap Clap Play harder

Morley must do whatever I tell him to do......yeah I allow him his trades and his 3 pointers but that is all.

 

Too bad he has not been forced to sell the team.

He is a crap owner. Just wants to make money. That's it.

 

Considering his lineage that shouldn't be surprising.

 

We got out of the first round.

"Fire McHale? Let's give him a raise!"
-- Les