Houston Rockets Part Ways With GM Daryl Morey

Daryl Morey never accomplished his mission to win an NBA Championship,  and as a result, he’s leaving. The Rockets general manager is stepping down, sources told ESPN.

In the aftermath of Houston’s elimination from the NBA’s restart in Orlando, Florida, Morey approached owner Tilman Fertitta with the idea of leaving the job and the sides quietly worked through an exit agreement to conclude his 13 seasons running the franchise’s basketball operations, sources said.

ESPN Sources: Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey is stepping down. https://t.co/NTmplVtWcl

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 15, 2020

From Woj:

Through it all, Fertitta remained consistently adamant that he was committed to Morey, calling him “the best general manager in the league” in an interview with ESPN on the night of the tweet. Fertitta never seemed to waver in his plan for Morey to continue running the Rockets’ basketball operations.

Morey will remain in an advisory role for a short period to assist in the Rockets’ head coach search.

The Rockets are planning to promote executive vice president of basketball operations Rafael Stone to general manager, sources said.

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In Morey’s final season on the job he created a ton of controversy, after a tweet supporting freedom in Hong Kong led to China pulling the NBA off its airwaves and suspending sponsorship agreements with the league.

China returned the NBA to its airwaves for the first time during the NBA Finals. Twitter was really his downfall.

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