[Morey] “I’m quite confident we were selling high [on Jared Mccain]”
“We’d like to thank Jared for all his contributions as a 76er, but sometimes you have to make hard decisions in this business. We wish him the best of luck in OKC”.
I came up with that in like three seconds. It’s not that hard Daryl. What a prick.
Brad said something along of the lines of Minott, Boucher and Tillman weren’t getting the opportunity they deserved
There are good ways to talk about trading someone and there are some less good ways
Presti damn near writes the opening statement for the guys biography every time a guy leaves us, Morey is garbage
It’s so easy to take an inconsequential L for the sake being considerate. Everyone gets to feel good, nobody will really hold it against you. And if somebody does, that’s good because you just found out that that person is an asshole.
Guys who have to get the W every time are just insecure as f_ck.
It’s not an L to be kind
The only reason it’s inconsequential is because everyone already knows he’s a dick and they expect it
Harden has done some questionable things, but I believe every bad thing he says about Morey as a fact.
What questionable things has he done outside of foul-baiting?
Eeeeh invading half of Europe??
https://imgur.com/mrw-i-see-this-meme-EayyIxr
I’ll be honest, before Harden saying he was a liar in China, I did believe that he was a scoundrel and probably a liar.
I legit think he’s a highly overrated GM.
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I mean those rocket years with harden were amazing. They competed against the sawblade that was golden state or whatever then metaphor is. Just unlucky.
buzzsaw
Just read the KOC piece sucking off Morey, they both come off as idiots.
It’s easy if you’re a normal person. It’s incredibly difficult if you’re a majorly insecure asshole who cares about looking so much smarter than everyone else above everything else.
Daryl Morey said the same thing multiple times, but OP got the quote he wanted
He did say that. And then when someone asked him about selling low he said “nah we sold high”. Basically got defensive and trying to justify his stupid mistake
Kerr basically said something to that effect about Kuminga, and I guarantee you Kerr hates Kuminga way more than Morey hates McCain.
Even if you were to interpret what Kerr said (he needed a place where he could play through his mistakes) as being passive aggressive, that’s still a real fucking long way from what Morey said.
I don’t think Kerr was especially nice lol
Daryl is somehow worse at this than Sean Payton.
Dude has the social savvy of a tissue paper
“We’d like to thank Luka for all his contributions as a Maverick, but sometimes you have to make hard decisions in this business. We wish him the best of luck in LA”.
Yeah I guess it works
Meh, who cares. I’d rather honesty that’s commonly interpreted as being an asshole than PR sound bites.
Morey has always been autistically honest. It’s a large part why I love him. I am also autistically honest and dgaf who thinks I’m an asshole.
McCain is the guy who paints his nails and sings TikTok songs right? I’m sure they did not feel neutral about him
Why don’t you go back to talking about who’s the biggest slut in your favorite TV show
What’s wrong little guy? Why don’t you man up and say exactly what’s bothering you?
So which one is your favorite slut? 😂
Marie. She’s pretty. I made a super popular post about a super popular show so idk what you are getting at? 2nd chance to man up and say what you want to say?
We’re still making a big deal about painting nails and TikTok dances in 2026?
If I’m Jared I’m taking that personally.
My man busting out that black nail polish for his revenge tour
I predict fans with painted nails in the Paycom within a year.
Yes I realize women and some men already paint their nails, reddit
Under-discussed impact of McCain coming to Oklahoma: Boomer grandpas across the state will be sabotaging their relationships with their grandkids and kids by making not so subtle homophobic remarks about painted nails.
I mean if any boomer grandpas are still watching the NBA at this point they probably don’t give a shit lol.
I’m sure they will catch wind of it on Facebook as a smear against NBA culture.
Actual boomers? My dad’s a boomer great grandpa and he still watches the NBA. If he noticed painted nails, he might comment on it then forget all about it 30 seconds later.
Yeah, I don’t think homophobic old people are big on the NBA. The person above me said fans would be painting their nails. So the joke was that boomers would comment on their family members having painted nails at family gatherings.
They saw Caleb Williams do this already, old news
I do wonder if McCain will get SGA to be a part of the painting nails trend. Would be kinda cool to see a top player in the league do it.
McCain coming in with a swooped emo bang and a popped collar like he’s in Spiderman 3
Right? Utterly classless. Even if the guy sucks you say “Jared McCain has a ton of talent. There is a reason we drafted him. It is very unfortunate not to be in a position to keep him in Philadelphia so he can achieve his potential with us. We wish him nothing but the best. Except when he faces the Sixers of course. “
I mean this is the guy who knifed his longtime friend James Harden on a handshake deal.
It was delivered personally
jared is going to put out generational gay tiktoks with okc after reading this comment
Idk why but ‘generational gay tik toks’ sent me lmfao
Entire city of Philly taking it personal
I’m taking it personally for him
Daryl Morey is a liar
And a douche.
thinks he’s smarter than Presti
Thinks hes smarter than meter maids
Nico Harrison presser vibes
Also those are words you say behind closed doors but incredibly shitty to say at a press conference
egomaniac things
There it is.
“Lemme say it again”
Even if you think that, why would you say that in a press conference? You are managing a team of people not a stock portfolio. I can’t imagine statements that disrespect formal players don’t hurt the team’s morale
can’t imagine statements that disrespect formal players don’t hurt the team’s morale
Right after Maxey was just out there talking about how bummed he is that McCain isn’t on his team anymore.
Morey seems like a stereotypical spreadsheet/stats nerd with no people skills whatsoever.
Sounds like my CFO
The Social Network style movie but now it’s about Daryl Morey
but he created his own left lane to beat the traffic! what a genius, I never would’ve thought of that.
Nobody is staying in a small club like the NBA for 20 years with no people skills. Jealousy!
Thing is he doesn’t view them as people. He’s a piece of shit
I wasn’t as upset about the trade as half this sub. It’s sports, but Morey’s remark is diplomatically shit and completely inaccurate. McCain was sold low
This has been the issue with Morey for years, he doesn’t get the personal side of the business
Players still flock to the teams he managed though.
Morey has literally said in interviews that he believes that other GMs and team officials put too much emphasis on team chemistry and personality. This is all documented, there’s a pretty well-known Zach Lowe podcast interview from about a decade or so ago that goes into this in depth.
Instead, he believes that talent is more important than anything else and will take a “basket case” or those with previous behavioral issues that with talent/potential over a player that may be good for team chemistry. In his mind, his objective is finding undervalued assets and that most GMs overvalue personality. So he doesn’t care about team chemistry and once an asset loses value to him, it is time to move on and he does not believe in maintaining a good relationship.
I think looking for hidden value or undervalued players is a reasonable strategy for GM-ing. Morey’s classic example has always been Jeremy Lin who measured extremely highly on athleticism tests but was overlooked because of stereotypes. The other case is looking at advanced efficiency and contribution stats of players who are buried on the bench or in lower leagues/college. All good ways of finding hidden value without being a dick to people.
What Morey does that pisses people off is going one step beyond and treating players purely as assets. He doesn’t realize is that preserving personal relationships might have tangible benefits down the line. He literally did not have to make this statement about “value” and “selling high,” no matter how much the reporters prodded him. Saying nothing would’ve cost him very little but what he did will hurt team morale. It would’ve taken very little to avoid burning the bridge with Harden.
But since he gives zero fucks about preserving relationships with people who have no value to him, he perpetuates a very transactional attitude and it has definitely weakened his reputation amongst the rank-and-file of the league. Everyone knows that the league is a business about winning but you don’t have to completely treat people as assets. They still value being respected and humanized.
Whether he is right in lumping in the dismissive treatment of players as the cost of doing business, I can’t say. He still gets some superstars. But being a good person also has intangible benefits in addition to the tangibles ones, too.
I think presti proved that wrong pretty quickly with the two thunder rebuilds, first one he took talent regardless of personality fit and in the second one he valued almost more than anything else. Sengun for instance said that they gave him a 100 question personality assessment test, and bunch of things like that. I just dont think you can grow fully in a space you are uncomfortable in constantly and hate all your peers. I think top performers can but the way you develop the Wiggins, Joes, JWills, Dorts is having them in a family environment of like minded individuals who can fit I think. Especially as the league gets younger.
He don’t give a fuck lmao. Good GM but a pretty weird guy
As a fan, I’d rather people just said the truth of what they actually thought.
Rather than a fake PR lawyer statement.
Some people value honesty more than platitudes. Other adults are free to disagree.
most of the time “he’s just being honest” is just a way to justify saying something unnecessary or mean spirited with poor timing
you don’t have to lavish the dude with fake praise, but you don’t have to give the impression like you’re kicking him on the way out either
Meh, you’re entitled to your opinion. Just like he is. Hate all you want, it’s not affecting his life or even your life. You’re free to interpret or misinterpret. You’re literally just pushing buttons on social media. You have no high road here. You’ve never met him. You’re just judging some random person. Again, you have no high road here.
In other words you’re just an asshole. Plain and simple
You’re free to think that too. Why would I care what some online stranger thinks of me?
Oh well, guess I’m an asshole to JamrockDetective.
Traded him after one full season for a pick that’ll be in the 20s lmao
A full season where he got injured early after taking on way too much responsibility way too early because the superstars were injured
True but none of that is his fault and for a rookie he played really well. Its clear hes a hard worker and a positive guy that will get him far
What responsibility? Once our stars got injured everyone in Philly took that season as a wash. It was pressure free minutes to develop I don’t see how it was too much for a rookie playing on a tanking team and just told to go out and play and develop
He was exciting for what 15-20 games? Don’t get me wrong I think this was a too quick of a move by us but I mean the dude was a cheerleader this year, yes he got injured early. Since coming back I have yet to see him play to that level he did last season and remember he played like that cause the Sixers were giving him minutes. With vj and maxeys top traits being able to play over long periods with their stamina he was never getting those minutes back and was even sent down to the g league. He has the ability to make this move look stupid but at the same time I understand why it was done.
This dude might be the most socially awkward and poorly spoken GM of all time
Honestly he’s exactly what I imagine a redditor would be like as a GM
u/dmorey
The fact that it’s his real account and has LoL and all sorts of stuff is neckbeard hilarious
He used to manage their esports team as well. Was a weird period in sports where teams like golden state were owning league of legends teams.
2yrs ago last post. Guess he switched to his burner fulltime lol
I doubt it. He’s not even the most socially awkward and poorly spoken Sixers GM of all time
Morey is a loser dude wtf.
He was getting a pass for this deal because it was a move to get under the tax, it wasnt his decision. Well i guess it was both.
give us hinkie back but for real this time
I agree lol traded him to the defending champs then put a chip on his shoulder, not a good combo. He’s going to a top 5 organization in developing young players too. Time will tell.
And like you don’t think that is rubbing guys the wrong way on the team? He seemed like he was well liked.
Just an own goal of a statement.
The fact that he’s on OKC now tells me this take is going to age horribly
OKC is going to flip McCain and Ajay and some firsts for giannnis this offseason and everyone gonna be losing it.
It honestly was a fantastic deal for OKC. Another rich get richer move.
why couldnt he just have said they have enough guards, mccain will have more opportunities elsewhere. wish him the best. but nope let’s lie to let them think im a smart savvy gm. lol
He did say that. Morey is an asshole, but the point he was making was that McCain wouldn’t get an opportunity to play in Philly, and with his rookie contract nearly half over they needed to sell now. Morey wasn’t saying that McCain is going to get exposed for being ass lol. This quote is just going to be taken out of context for all of eternity. I repeat that Morey is an asshole though so don’t get me wrong
This is such a GM by numbers ass response. And I still think he’s wrong and the timing was stupid.
The worst part about this is I have to root for Morey to be right because he sent him to effin OKC.
I hate you for this Morey!
This guy is CONSTANTLY saying dickhead things about players. The inference, is that, the guy will never amount to much or play better basketball than he already did with us. Sure, money talks so people will still take PHI’s money, but this shit matters and players talk and Morey is seen as a egotistic dickhead
lol, lmao even
How does this guy still have a job?
he’s really saying this when he traded mccain for probably a late first and 3 second round randoms that’ll run back to college a couple years after getting drafted 😭
Sometimes Morey needs to learn to shut up. “I’m comfortable trading McCain now because I think he’s gonna be ass” is an inside thought
If im Jared I’m painting my nails bright red and ballin out just to show that middle nail to morey when they eventually met the sixers.
What a bozo
What a prick.
Ive never seen any other GMs publicly gloat about they “selling high” after trading away a player.
As opposed to “we were selling low, he sucks”
Isnt his original statement kind of saying “he sucks”?
If he said we were selling low it would imply hes worth more than a late 1st and change. Saying we selling high implies hes worth less than what they got.
at least at that point morey would be honest about what he did
Liar.
Between this sort of thing and the ridiculous shit players are saying on COMPLETLY OPTIONAL podcasts, there is way too much oversharing in todays society
Shut the f up. You f-up the trade and now want to defend it by shitting McCain in front of the press. All players make note of this and don’t go anywhere near him unless that’s the only offer. If I were McCain I would play even harder to prove the idiot wrong.
Especially unnecessary choice of words considering Tyrese Maxey has indicated he is/was very close to McCain.
That a crazy statement to make even if you think it why say it?
Respect for calling his shot
DARYL MOREY IS A LIAR
it feels like Morey is salty people are questioning the value he got and said this.
Guy was on pace to win ROTY last year and didn’t get a chance this year because the sixers have 5 guards that all deserve to play for some reason btw
Well at least if this just helps the Thunder dynasty, I’ll be able to make fun Sixers fan for it
That is not what selling high means lol, trading him after his stretch last year would be selling high
Well, thanks 😂
Morey has no social skills
Wow, wild to say that in a PRESS CONFERENCE.
Especially about a player you JUST had like 2 days ago lol
fuck this dude
Morey GOAT, always and forever!
This statement doesn’t appear to be 100% truthful.
This guy is a clown and overrated asf as a GM
Morey teams have still never won anything, right? Just checking.
Is he an NBA GM or some guy in my fantasy league talking bullshit after browsing r/fantasybball?
I’m quite confident Morey is a dickhead and a LIAR
Uhhhh….how worthless of a player did you think he was?
Morey is another idiot who has survived this long via nepotism and networking in the endless carousel of the NBA front office.
Fuck Daryl Morey this man is such a pure piece of shit and insanely unlikeable.
Well that’s fuckin rude lol
What a fucking asshole thing to say.
There’s no harm in keeping that shit to yourself.
So am I. He had a great 23-game stretch last year. He had an awful 35-game or what have you stretch this year. But because people are slow to update their priors, now everyone is acting like Morey is a fool for getting a first and two good seconds (and one bad second) for him. That’s excellent asset management.
The sum of those games played is still under one full season at the NBA level for a 21 year old. Much more inclined to believe his numbers will go up from last year as he gains experience, than that he peaked as a rookie and is permanently damaged goods.
You’re strawmanning my position. Can’t take you seriously when you’re doing that. It shows you just want to argue and be considered right. Okay, well you’re right. Now leave me alone.
I was pretty mad about this but the truth is Morey might be right. I was convinced he could be Steph light last year, but I was pretty out there.
He’s been bad this year. Hes the fourth guard in the rotation and not a good defender
Seth Curry is a reasonable outcome for him
What is an 80th percentile outcome? Like a starting 2 that defends ok?
How does he even get a chance to show that on the sixers? He can’t play in 3 guard lineups.
I dunno I’m kinda ok with the trade all else equal. The fact that it’s wrapped up in ducking the tax is the problem
He’s playing poorly this year after spending the majority of last season and start of this season dealing with two serious injuries. Ridiculous to write him off based on that.
They traded him for a late first in supposedly a strong draft plus seconds, they didn’t cut him
They know more about him and their plans for him than we do
I’m trying to be precise. What are his likely outcomes? How likely is it he reaches high end outcomes when he’s structurally limited on playing time with 3 guards ahead of him?
How good would he have to be for this to be a mistake?
He’s a player known for his work ethic. He’s got a good head on his shoulders and has a high basket IQ. He’s a great shooter and a ball mover and plays with high energy and effort. He’s coming off a major injury that I’m sure impacted his comfort level on the court, he’s been playing with a brace for the first time in his life. His role changed tremendously. There’s vets on the roster playing for money. He’s like 21. Let’s not forget he forced Nick Nurse to play him last year because he was too good to keep on the bench. And he delivered up until his injury.
He is a very good player, he will improve and I believe he’ll have a great career if he can stay healthy. I don’t know what the outcome is, and it’s always fine to move a player for what you think is an adequate return, but saying the last pick in the first is selling high on his career is definitely insulting. I’m thrilled he’s on okc though, it’s a fantastic system that will compliment his strengths. And if they’re willing to open the coffers for him means they believe in him. I trust OKC more than any other team right now.
I get a lot of this, especially the first part I get. They got good value for the guy.
Number two is just funny as hell though, do we treat team evaluations like gods now? No team can be blamed at all if that’s your stance.
Heck, Doc thought Isaiah Joe wouldn’t be a rotation caliber player in this league and they actually CUT him. Should we just point to your number two and say “oh well”?
Sixers evaluations of late picks have been good. Isaiah Joe is the exception and he’s a 7th man.
And what I am saying is literally true. they know more about him than anyone else does. They have more info than anyone else. You can discount his important that is but it is true
Clippers knew more about Shai than anyone else did.
Thunder knew more about Harden than anyones else did.
Mavs knew more about Brunson than anyone else did.
And these are just the stars of the league. You’re basically trusting the organizations so much that, that knowledge becomes the ultimate decider. No, NBA teams are proven wrong about their knowledge all the time. This isn’t anything new.
You as a fan just hope that their evaluation about this player is correct. That’s all. Heck, maybe the Sixers are actually correct in the end, I don’t know. We’ll see how things go.
I actually want them to be wrong because I really like McCain.
That’s three examples of teams having the wrong evaluation. But you are arguing a different point.
Just purely logically you must see this. There’s no point pretending not to understand. You don’t get anything from pretending not to understand
So explain to me what’s the difference between knowledge and evaluation?
Yes, Sixers as an organization know about McCain more than anyone. And? If McCain goes on to become a 20 ppg player the rest of his career what would that knowledge be worth?
I don’t really get what your argument is here really.
I know that McCain is 6’3 with even wingspan, sturdy, slow feet, generally smart.
Great shooter, great teammate, good passer. Average handle.
Last year he was able to get to his spots, score with crafty finishes. Hes been injured this year and hasn’t been able to get to his spots.
I don’t know, but team knows: his medical records, his work ethic, in practice how much he’s improved at specific aspects he needs to improve to get to different levels
Evaluation is how likely is he to improve different aspects of his game, and what does that package look like in terms of contribution to a winning team.
So many snowflakes here holy shit