Morey to host his second AMA on reddit tomorrow at 1pm CT

If Mark Cuban can do a sketchers commercial, I want Morey to appear in a Taco Bell commercial.

Spoiler

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actually, he pretty much agreed with how the rockets reverted back to the ways of "earlier in that 7 game losing streak" in his interview yesterday morning. he knows. he was just being nice.

 

Morey doing Reddit AMA playoffs edition

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1colpv/iam_the_houston_rockets_gm_ama_playoffs_edition/

That is it and that is all. Hope not a repost

 

neat stuff:

DavisAg 30 points 4 hours ago*
Thanks for doing another AMA, Daryl!
Lifelong Rockets fan here. I always hear about Hakeem working with other teams' big men. Is there not a permanent postion the Rockets would be willing to give him? He seems like too much of a wanted commodity to just let others have.

[–]dmorey 52 points 2 hours ago
Our big men have worked with Hakeem. That said, we have a richness of big men coaches here in Houston with Carroll Dawson (who worked with Hakeem/Ralph/Moses/Yao) and Kevin McHale (top 10 big man ever).​

]HoustonRocket 33 points 4 hours ago
Hello Daryl. As my username shows, I'm a huge Rockets fan.
I'd love to hear your opinion on Wednesday night's Rockets game. We got off to a good start, but once our lead hit 11, we stopped moving the ball, we stopped getting good shots, and we stopped pushing the tempo. What happened? Why were those offensive possessions the best we could get?
Why were we playing small ball in the 4th and putting Delfino on Gasol when he was dominating us? Why didn't we put Greg Smith or Terrence Jones on him?
Very frustrating, we should be playing the Spurs right now. Regardless, I'm proud of this team and I'm humbled to finally be back in the playoffs after a 4 year drought. Thanks for all the hard work you've done thus far. #rednation

[–]dmorey 57 points 2 hours ago
you are clearly a Rockets fan as all of the problems you listed from the game are correct. Coaches and players working to correct.
with the benefit of hindsight, it probably was not the correct move. That said, if Delfino had made a few 3s during that stretch it may have worked out. Very hard to coach in this league as everyone else gets the benefit of seeing how things work out and then criticizing.
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Gelatinous_Queef 31 points 3 hours ago
Give me your thoughts on Royce White? Do you ever think he'll play for the Rockets?
How do you feel Lin is developing? Do you see him as your pg for the future? I feel like he needs the ball in his hands to be truly effective and with Harden commanding the ball most of the time, Lin becomes redundant.
Also you should play Terrence Jones more. The guy is a winner and a competitor.

[–]dmorey 31 points 2 hours ago
I was happy Royce played for the Vipers at the end of their regular season. We only want him to succeed.
For his first year as a starter, I thought Jeremy was fantastic and given his physical ability, competitiveness, and work ethic I only expect him to get better. His primary weakness is his shot which is a skill that generally improves as your career progresses. See also my Quora answer on what he has improved this season
Terrence Jones has worked hard to get his shot and is making the most of it. Love him.​

Sean88888 82 points 4 hours ago
Hi Daryl, nice of you to be doing this.
As a fan of advanced stats I'm sure you realise that Harden's PPP from ISO is lower than his PPP from PnR. Have you ever discussed this with coach McHale?
With the emergence of Terrence Jones and Greg Smith as starting calibre power forwards, are you still looking to sign a star big man in the coming free agency, or will you sign the best player available regardless of position?

[–]dmorey 116 points 3 hours ago
Pretty much every NBA player has a lower PPP from ISO than PnR so there would not be much to discuss.
We are excited about Terrence Jones and Greg Smith emergence - both are clearly rotation caliber players. We have not developed our full free agency plans yet.​

TheSuitedMonk 318 points 4 hours ago*
Daryl, will you promise to never break up this Lin-Chandler bromance?
I understand your hard-core use of data and analytics, but don't forget to listen to your heart. Don't underestimate the power of love.

[–]dmorey 405 points 3 hours ago
How can we ever break that up?​

yellowstonedelicious 32 points 4 hours ago*
Harden took and made the most unassisted 3s in the NBA. Is this something you'd like to see more or less of going forward? Is this something you've discussed with Coach McHale?

[–]dmorey 52 points 2 hours ago
The best 3s are off the catch. That said, it is pretty hard to take a bad three, it is almost always better than most other options once you pass up the shot. Harden is one of the top players in the league in shooting% on 3s off the dribble.​

ChristheGreek 30 points 4 hours ago
This season the Rockets have taken very few mid range shots (especially since PPat left). It's pretty widely known that you've stated the most efficient way to get points in the NBA is via 3s, layups, and free throws. Now that the Rockets have been playing in such a style this season, has it changed your analysis at all? Have any surprising trends or conclusions pertaining to this come up?

[–]dmorey 34 points 2 hours ago
One interesting thing is that folks think we are proscribing mid-range shots, which is not the case. Our transition based attack and open sets give us the best chance to win with our personnel and generally this type of offense leads to high quality shots.​

bobo_hobo 28 points 4 hours ago
How do you feel about what Coach McHale has done this year?

[–]dmorey 72 points 2 hours ago
Taking the 6th youngest and least experienced team ever to the playoffs in the tough western conference when we were picked by multiple publications to finish last? I would say Coach McHale has done a great job.
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josephcook0 26 points 4 hours ago
How difficult has it been drafting true NBA talent with the implementation of the one-and-done rule and the fact that we are usually in the 14-18 slot in the draft? Are this team's best years ahead?

[–]dmorey 69 points 2 hours ago
The good news is we don't have a 14ish pick this year. The bad news is that it happened because of my worst trade: Terrence Williams for this years 1st.
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IanicRR 20 points 3 hours ago*
Hey Daryl, huge NBA fan here. The team you have put together is incredibly fun to watch and likable.
My question, did you know from your analytical data when you drafted chandler parsons that he would be as good as he is this quickly?

[–]dmorey 28 points 1 hour ago
No, no one could predict how good Chandler would be. We obviously thought he was very good or we would not have picked him but his success should be attributed to him and his hard work.​

yellowstonedelicious 17 points 4 hours ago
What was the most interesting paper to come out of this year's SSAC?

[–]dmorey 15 points 2 hours ago
Value of Flexibility in Roster Construction
Research papers will be much bigger next year. Stay tuned!​

PREPARE FOR MORE TWEENERS.


yellowstonedelicious 16 points 4 hours ago
What changes need to be made, if any, to maximize our chances of beating the Thunder?

[–]dmorey 43 points 2 hours ago
Increase the variance​

ak2themax 55 points 4 hours ago
Before the season started (but after the Harden trade), where did the analytics have the Rockets finishing?
Can we ever get the actual throwback uniforms for a game?
I know you're a regular at r/NBA, but how often do you trek to other Rockets blogs like The Dream Shake, Clutchfans, and *****?

[–]dmorey 95 points 3 hours ago
Vegas over/under was 29 wins, that is about as objective a number as you can get.
Not my area but I do love the classic uniforms.
I consider it part of my job to stay up on all analysis of the Rockets. May learn something.​

LOL. HE'S WATCHING. CEILING CAT IS WATCHING.

 

Lorkovicious 16 points 4 hours ago
Who's a young or unproven player on the Rockets that you're particularly excited to see develop in the upcoming years?

[–]dmorey 29 points 2 hours ago
Too many to choose from (in no particular order): Patrick Beverly, Terrence Jones, Furkan Aldemir, Donatas, Thomas Robinson, Greg Smith​

Interesting lack of White or Llull


Bearsh 14 points 4 hours ago
What move/trade do you think was the biggest statistical gain for the Rockets? In other words, which move made the biggest overall impact for us as a team?
Thanks for bringing an exciting product back to Houston, I fully believe you will bring a championship to the city. RED NATION FOREVER

[–]dmorey 26 points 1 hour ago
Rafer Alston for Lowry for Toronto guaranteed lottery 1st were probably the most important trades as it set up the Harden trade more than any other moves

[–]Sean88888 4 points 1 hour ago
So the Thunder values the Toronto pick more than Jeremy Lamb. Interesting....
To bad for them the Raptors were only mediocre instead of terrible this year.​

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This thread needs more comments and readership.

If you guys haven't read the whole thing, you need to go read it. Morey seems to indicate that Harden ISOs at the end of the game aren't as bad as we with eyes think because:
"[–]dmorey 114 points 4 hours ago
Pretty much every NBA team increases their use of isolation late&close. Some of this is supported by the data - e.g. to control the clock to minimize the time to score for the other team or to potentially exploit a certain match-up when the opposing team switches all perimeter screens as is often done late&close. Some of this is not supported by the data."

 

And in regards to Morey's comments in my comment above, F*** that noise.

I love Morey, but that's a load of poop. You have to play the style that is most successful for you, even (especially?) in clutch situations. Harden is not a high enough percentage shooter to merit allowing him to just try and break down the whole defense alone, and if the fouls aren't being called (which late in game - especially in the playoffs - are called fewer times), then Harden's true shooting percentage is worse than his normal one.

IT ISN'T WORKING. STOP THAT CRAP.

 

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=237301

 

Monkaryl, will you promise to never break up this Lin-Chandler bromance?
I understand your hard-core use of data and analytics, but don't forget to listen to your heart. Don't underestimate the power of love.

dmorey: How can we ever break that up?

chicarrones: As a gay person, they look pretty gay to me
:grin:

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>“@<a href="https://twitter.com/ak2themax">ak2themax</a>: @<a href="https://twitter.com/therealtwill">therealtwill</a> Daryl Morey recently called you his worst decision as GM. God bless Daryl, I wonder why everyone hates him?</p>&mdash; Terrence Williams (@TheRealTWill) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealTWill/status/327570476853506050">April 25, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Note Morey doesn't actually comment on the Harden-iso ... he just comments on what other teams do.

That is a big difference.

The Rockets, as a whole, don't do what the rest of the NBA do, anyway. That's how Morey operates. From the way he drafts, trades, his roster building, the offense we play ... that's how we increase the variance.

It's pretty obvious Morey isn't big on Harden-iso (in late game situations). Or else he'll pull up data that supports it.

So he talks about it in the context of what other teams do. Vaguely.

 

The guy that sent this Tweet to him totally took what he said out of context trying to bait T-Will into bashing Morey back. Even T-Will would probably admit that it wasn't a great trade because of more than a few reasons.

T-Will's game was a terrible fit for Adelmans system. Morey should have went over some footage with Adelman beforehand to make sure he could be useful in his offensive sets.

Also Morey overvalued Terrence's trade value, and probably got bamboozled with misinformation from either another team or the Nets themselves about other offers coming in for T-Will. This is what Morey was referring to mostly.

I dont think Morey regrets taking a gamble on Terrence Williams, it was the cost of the gamble he regrets.

 

ARGH! Please stop using this phrase if you don't know what it means! "Increasing the variance" doesn't refer to the offense, it refers to the players. It's either REALLY GOOD or REALLY BAD. Or in other words, inconsistent.

In order to beat OKC, Morey said the team needs to "increase the variance"...which means the team has to hit homer runs or strike out, because playing slightly above average all the time will not win any games.