Kevin Arnovitz has breakfast with Houston GM Daryl Morey at Nate'n Al Delicatessen to discuss how Mike D'Antoni was hired (5:45), player evaluation (19:45) and the Rockets defense (27:30). https://player.fm/series/the-hoop-collective-1203966/rockets-gm-daryl-morey Great listen
Talking about breakfast, Morey's really gotten fat. If I'm Tillman, and with Morey on that evergreen contract I think we need to focus on his diet some. SIL
He got the Deli omelette though vs Kevin who went with the Lox and Eggs. Corned Beef, Pastrami and Salami ... with Swiss cheese. Surely piled high. Haha. But yeah, he got the sliced tomatoes vs hash browns or home fries.,,,
"Switching is easy." DM kinda bit his tongue and remained calm and fockass'd on the corned beef and pastrami
Morey really didn’t seem to want to do the interview and seemed annoyed with some of the questions. Worth listening to because it was basically Curb Your Enthusiasm with Morey and the extremely socially awkward Arnovitz. Morey was very careful with how he answered the D’Antoni questions.
Morey has always been a suck up to Les, this is the first time I have heard him blame ownership for something, IE Scout FF Miles, and the 14th pick being the worst strategy to use.
that's because they want their scouts to be a true enthusiasts doing it for the sake of loving the work like bbholic not only for money
Morey essentially can be as cheap as he wants with hires cause there's always a much larger supply than demand with sports teams. You can pay an Ivy League grad for $30K and work them overtime if you're a sports team simply cause you're a sports team. The Rockets can be as a-hole as they want and still get top candidates. The 14th pick thing was definitely a surprise. No way he says that if Les was still the owner.
