Rockets Owner Says He’ll Re-Sign Daryl Morey

Rockets owner Leslie Alexander is pleased with the moves that netted James Harden, Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik, and said he will re-sign GM Daryl Morey before before his contract expires after next season. From the Houston Chronicle: “With the Rockets’ retooling exceeding his expectations, owner Leslie Alexander said he will not let the contract of general manager Daryl Morey expire after next season. Though he typically has not worked on one contract until the previous deal is complete, Alexander said he intends to re-sign Morey. ‘His contract is up next year, I believe,’ Alexander said on Saturday. ‘We’ll re-up him. Daryl knows that I judge him all the time. I’ve told him. He’s not shy about it, either. He just knows that’s the way I operate. Why wouldn’t I? The general manager is the one person in your organization you can really judge. He can make good moves or bad moves. This year, I think he’s made three terrific moves.’ Alexander said the decision to trade for James Harden, along with the moves to acquire the pieces that set up that deal and the free-agent additions of Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik convinced him to keep Morey.”