Football is getting majority of the recognition these days in sports, but basketball is right around the corner. Five teams held their media days on Friday, while the rest of the association has theirs today, including Houston and Dallas.
Over the summer, Mark Cuban had some choice words for how Daryl Morey and his Rockets run their team. Houston has landed James Harden and Dwight Howard over the past few years, while also trying to lure in another stars, like Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh.
Cuban said Morey doesn’t believe in chemistry.
Months later, Morey has fired back.
“Our teams have had great chemistry, and it’s something we believe in. Hey, if Mark believed so much in chemistry, he wouldn’t have busted up a title team for cap room. He’s trying to reunite a lot of those people now, bringing back the center [Tyson Chandler] from that title team. Maybe he’s got some chemistry religion recently.
“He’s tripled his analytics staff. If he’s equating analytics with not caring about chemistry, well, he’s tripling down on it. I think he’s smart to paint a competitor in a negative light, but none of those statements are lining up. He says that we’re the team that you sign with and then we will trade you, when that’s what he said he would’ve done with Dwight.
“We don’t care about chemistry, but he busted up a championship team for what he hoped cap room could do.”
There’s always a fine line between talent and chemistry. Obviously, you’d like to have both and that’s what Houston is aiming for. You can’t fault Morey for being aggressive in free-agency because in today’s NBA you need multiple stars to compete for a championship. Finding the right balance is the hard part.
Houston and Dallas will meet next Tuesday in preseason action