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Daryl Morey on Dan Le Batard Show (featuring Stan Van Gundy)

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  1. Carl Herrera

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    #1 Carl Herrera, Jul 17, 2013
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    Recap?
     
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  3. liveguy

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    Dope interview.

    He did turn Kevin Martin into Harden which got us Howard.

    There isn't a GM in any sport better than he is!
     
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  4. liveguy

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    Seems kinda reckless talking about the number of teams he thinks is tanking.

    We all know it's done, but can he get fined for talking about the league like that?
     
    #4 liveguy, Jul 17, 2013
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  6. Carl Herrera

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    From what I remember:

    1. Stan and Daryl joked about being fined. Daryl said that if you are gonna get fined, you might as well go full-howitzer like Stan did.

    2. They discussed the Dwight Howard recruiting process. Daryl basically told the same story he told elsewhere: that they thought Houston was the best place for him winning-wise and thought that he would choose Houston if winning was their priority.

    3. Daryl said that only 5 to 7 teams each year has even a somewhat realistic chance at winning (as reflected by Vegas odds), getting Dwight puts the Rockets in that group.

    4. The host asked how many teams will be trying to win and how many will be tanking. Daryl says that maybe 5 or so teams tanking right off the bat, but more will likely to join them if things don't go well in the first part of the season and we'll end up with maybe 10-12 tanking teams.

    5. One of the hosts said "OK, so lets role-play: I am Omer Asik's agent, and I call you and say 'Hey Daryl, our client would like to be traded.'" Daryl said "That call was not that polite." Everyone laughs. The host: "OK, 'Hey you mother****er, you got our client here to be a starter and now you bring in this new guy, so we want you to get him the **** out of there.'" Daryl said "That's more like it. But the reality is we are trying to win and Omer is a winner. We need him on the court because when we didn't have him last year we sucked. We don't want to suck when Dwight sits. Omer and Dwight are two of the top 5 centers. When Omer hits free agency, people knows he is a top starting center and no one is going to hold it against him that he played behind Dwight Howard."

    Stan thought it was a good answer because it was helpful for them to have Gortat in Orlando which allows them to feel more comfortable resting Dwight.
     
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    Morey yelps???...:eek:

    Good stuff, just didn't like Morey telling SVG "you don's have to go to MIT to figure this out, where ever you
    went to college could of figured it out"    , sounded kind of pompous but SVG rolled with it....:eek:

    (p.s.) Thanks for posting Señor Herrera
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    - Says tanking is a great strategy and probably "the higher probability" strategy. Said they probably couldn't have tanked well enough to get in the top 5 multiple times.
    - Gives PatBev signing as an example of something they wouldn't have done if they were tanking
    - Says about 5 teams are going into the season tanking, more will join them during the season
    - Morey says he considered saying "both teams played hard" as interview answers from now on after getting fined.
    - Made fun of SVG's comments about David Stern.
    - Feels bad for Kelvin Sampson getting kicked out of college for texting players.
    - Talks about their offer to Dwight, thought they had the best offer, says they were gonna add probably about 5 wins without Dwight, their goal now is 50+ wins and homecourt.
    - Host makes a joking trade request from Omer's agent. Morey praises Omer as the defensive anchor and says they were terrible without Omer last year. Makes "no sense" to move him. Says Omer will have no problem with free agency.
    - Says they aren't worried about injury risk particularly with how many games they play.
    - Random discussion about Jeff van Gundy dropping out of Yale.
     
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    Yeah that must have been a running joke between Daryl and Stan because that made me go whattt. Definitely not a cool thing to say.

    On the other hand, we finally have actually proof that Omer's agent asked for a trade?
     
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    Thank you all.
     
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    No, the host was just jokingly pretending to be his agent and demanding a trade request.
     
    #11 NotChandlerParsons, Jul 17, 2013
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    oh wow so that 'call' was made to daryl.

    it doesn't matter because i'd be upset if omer wasn't upset. Omer's got game.
     
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>. @<a href="https://twitter.com/LeBatardShow">LeBatardShow</a> today on @<a href="https://twitter.com/espnradio">espnradio</a> : Gregg Marshall, Steve Alford and @<a href="https://twitter.com/dmorey">dmorey</a>. Stan Van Gundy is our guest co-host. Friday!!!</p>&mdash; Jon Weiner (@Stugotz790) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stugotz790/status/436940030263984128" data-datetime="2014-02-21T19:06:35+00:00">February 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
    <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

    http://espn.go.com/espnradio/show?showId=danlebatard
     
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    Okay, so Asik's probably staying the duration of his contract. That's genuine news.
     
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    Are you reading the summary from July? Today's interview hasn't happened yet, I don't think.
     
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    Anyone know when todays interview will be?
     
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    Haha just asked him point blank, "How close were you to getting Rondo?"

    "Anything you read online is generally inaccurate."
     
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    SVG would be perfect for this team.
     
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