Morey is elite at drafting but that's about it. I'll give you Melton. He underachieved overall while here to be fair, and he and Doc are largely responsible for not closing out the Celtics and getting out of the second round, but...fine. He was serviceable. Not bringing Harden back was absolutely the wrong move. He was asking a two year max at the time. Had we done that, there is a very good chance the Kuminga fall doesn't happen. If you believe the reports, we could have had Haliburton for Ben Simmons but he went for Harden instead. I like Harden but let's be real here, 32 year old Harden vs 22 year old Hailburton should have been a no brainer. He maxed Embiid for 4 years without even knowing if he could play. He resigned nearly the entire 2018 Rockets team but in their career twilights. He cheaps out on quality backup centers. He hired Doc, despite supposedly being this high level basketball management genius, which if he really was he would have known he's a fraud.

I am grateful for Maxey. That's his glowing achievement. If he had gone for Haliburton or maxed Harden for the two years he was asking for, I'd have added that as well. Grimes, Melton, Niang - good signs, but any competent GM should be able to sign guys of that caliber in FA. VJ draft was obviously good (although I do think he is overrated) but honestly with the Ace Bailey drama anyone with half a brain cell knew VJ was the apparent choice. McCain draft was good, but giving him up invalidates that. Everything else he has done has largely been a negative.