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[Sports Illustrated] Chris Ballard Piece on Daryl Morey - "Moneyballsy"

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by durvasa, Nov 29, 2012.

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  1. Billionzz

    Billionzz Contributing Member

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    Vertical is good but you come to a point where you have to reach a happy medium, you put more arc on the ball for a larger target but you have to be able to control the shot. Somewhere between 45 and 60 degrees, 55 may be a better angle than 45 but if you can't control the 55 and you can control the 45 then 45 is what you should be shooting.
     
    #81 Billionzz, Dec 1, 2012
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    this.....

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    #82 pcheung08, Dec 1, 2012
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    or this.....

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    #83 pcheung08, Dec 1, 2012
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    So damn racist haha
     
    #84 OremLK, Dec 1, 2012
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    I am sorry if it is racist and annoys you. I have no idea what the guy is saying in the background. I thought It is a little fun to see the vid.

    Racist to me is a serious thing and I am a bit confused why "haha"?

    good day.
     
    #85 pcheung08, Dec 1, 2012
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    Sometimes, racism is funny. For other times, see Dred Scott v. Sandford.
     
    #86 AFS, Dec 1, 2012
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    It's funny because it's clearly a joke, like stand-up comics who tell racist jokes even though they're not really racists. It's not meant to be mean, just funny.
     
    #87 OremLK, Dec 1, 2012
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    Lin's shooting coach, Doc Scheppler replied to the article on SI website...

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...rden-daryl-morey/index.html?eref=twitter_feed
     
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    I wish I played ping pong with Morey so he would stop his trash talk.
     
    #90 Easy, Dec 1, 2012
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    cool. thanks.
     
    #91 pcheung08, Dec 1, 2012
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    Bet him something significant and rockets related and i think he'd accept a challenge. Like, if you lose, you'll stand on Westheimer with a Rockets sign or something like that.
     
    #92 RV6, Dec 1, 2012
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    Oh and btw they mention clutchfans in the article!
     
    #93 KingStevo10, Dec 1, 2012
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    Good read.
     
    #94 BigShotBob, Dec 1, 2012
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    What do you guys make of Les saying the window is 2 years? As in the amount of time he's giving Morey. Does that mean championship in 2 years? Finals in two years? What's the benchmark?

    This seems to be a more accelerated schedule than I had previously assumed. The young players we have require at least 3 years to develop fully.
     
    #95 Arthurprescott2, Dec 2, 2012
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    I'd say he just wants to see improvement. I would really doubt that he expects a ring or finals appearance. I'd say he's pretty happy right now. Not many GMs can trade away a whole team like that and field another .500 team the following season.
     
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Rocketscast Live w/ special guest @<a href="https://twitter.com/si_chrisballard">si_chrisballard</a> begins at 11:30am CT today. Send ?s to me or use <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23RocketsLive">#RocketsLive</a>. Very excited for this one.</p>&mdash; Jason Friedman (@JasonCFriedman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonCFriedman/status/275620662498963456" data-datetime="2012-12-03T15:21:01+00:00">December 3, 2012</a></blockquote>
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    I am definitely watching that one..
     
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    My guess is at least the second round of the playoffs, but only a guess. He's been surprisingly patient with Morey up to now. Before the Asik, Lin, and Harden moves, I bet Morey was sweating bullets. Les can and will fire people. He's done it before, even if it was usually cloaked in some PR mumbo jumbo.
     
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    is there a link for this?
     
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