Why do you even bother coming to Clutchfans if that is your opinion? That young people with advanced degrees from top institutions in business school or statistics will somehow be replaced once again by former NBA players and people hired the old-fashioned way, i.e. through nepotism? Do you truly believe this will happen to future NBA GM's? Use baseball as an example if you want. Name drop Paul dePodesta and JP Ricciardi as examples of stats-oriented GM's that came from the Billy Beane tree and were subsequently fired for their failures once assuming the big chair. I can STILL cite to you many more GM's in baseball that are young, enterprising, stats-oriented, and here to stay because of their past successes. Andrew Friedman. Jon Daniels. Josh Byrne. Ben Cherington. Hell, Theo Epstein still counts. So next time you wanna come in here and call Morey lucky and tell us that all we'll be seeing ten years from now are different iterations of Steve Kerr, go back to school and do your homework. That's the best, the right way to make it nowadays.
Brilliant Move by Masai....this man did not hesitate to dump Bargani..when the opportunity presented itself....and has now managed to get something in return for Gay who comes off the books next year anyway...I liked Gay as he was a good defender who could close in the 4th...but he has Kobe-itis....It is obvious...these players are trade pieces...while all the while allow them to contend for a 6-7-8 seed...depending on how far down Masai will tank.....
the rockets are lucky, the thunder signed brickbrook to a max deal (despite all the criticism he got), and please don't include the spurs (who are the best run organization in professional sports) in a conversation about analytics. the spurs do thinngs the spurs way that's why they are the spurs. morey has nothing in common with the spurs. gtfo.
It's not just that you're not just wrong, your thought process is dumb. Let's make it a deal. $20 tip jar bet that the Kings don't finish better than 12th in the West this year, barring a major acquisition/Rudy Gay injury. Are you willing to back up your garbage?
You've got some research to do. http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2013/03/22/these-spurs-arent-the-same/ Yes they do. Any NBA organization worth their salt does now.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursn...e-nerds-how-advanced-stats-took-over-the-nba/ Also another one...
Big trade that amounts to nothing. Two bad teams going nowhere trading pieces that won't change much. I think this adds a little excitement for the Kings fans. It gets Gay off the books in Toronto. If Carl Landry can come back and contribute, the Kings should have a decent team. But, they are the Kings so they will probably continue to suck.
But elite conley is so much better than Harden. You do know Conley is the second best pg in the league, right?
analytics (the way the term is used at least these days) is all about evaluating a player strictly by advanced numbers with partiality to feelings. The spurs are the opposite of this. They are loyal to the players that helped them win championships. Morey would have sent Manu packing last year at the first sign that he could get something back in value. So please don't every compare morey to buford and the spurs. their approaches couldn't be further from each other. all players are to morey are either assets or liabilities. period.
