Ahead of the Curve

HayesIsBack · Nov 18, 2015

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Bask in my predictive glory Clutchfans! Five years ago, I predicted that Moreyball Moneyball was a failed philosophy.

Five years later, what has it wrought? Years of general mediocrity, peaking with utter decimation in the Western Conference Finals, after getting there only by virtue of a six sigma statistical fluke comeback.

And now that Morey has achieved his long-fabled masterstroke . . . the addition of the fabled "third option," his failures are laid bare. The current season is nothing short of a disaster. Morey has been given all the resources, but his philosophy and this team have not delivered as advertised.

But what is this team? One built around a star center and shooting guard (remarkably similar to the makeup he started with). Has he made it better or worse given free reign?

Dwight Howard is an offensively limited center with an injury profile similar to Yao Ming. Although Dwight does not present the "fronting" problem we had with Yao, he can still be turned into a liability by being forced to shoot free throws. Overall, Dwight is marginally worse than Yao.

Harden, for all his consistency in the regular season, cannot perform in the playoffs. For playoff stats, T-mac shot at a higher percentage, scored more points, grabbed more boards, and notched more assists. Tmac had heart and a killer instinct, but was let down by injured teammates. Prime T-mac would clearly be the superior player to James Harden.

So, our main two players have gotten worse. What else is there?

We still have two young, defensively challenged power forwards who can put up numbers against scrubs but get wrecked by real competition. I'd rather have prime Scola and Landry.

Ancient Mutombo was a better backup center than Capela (although Capela is turning into a nice player).

I guess we can take comfort in the fact that we threw big contracts at Corey Brewer and Pat Beverly.

In conclusion, JC Denton is, and always has been, Ahead of the Curve.
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Five years ago ... how many teams got to the Western Conference Finals in the last 5 years?

JCDenton · Feb 5, 2020

Looks like JC Denton was ahead of the curve yet again in calling out Morey the Moron.

We literally just traded a guy 4th in REB, 7th in BLK, 21 PER borderline all-star for a 13 PER journeyman scrub based on "fit." And we gave up a first rounder to do it. Doesn't take DETAILED STATISTICAL ANALYSIS to see that this was a blown deal.

Out of all the bad trades I've called out Morey the Moron for before, this one is literally the worst. He should be hauled into the town square and guillotined (on some graph paper to take care of the mess).

D-rock · Feb 5, 2020

JCDenton said: ↑

Looks like JC Denton was ahead of the curve yet again in calling out Morey the Moron.

We literally just traded a guy 4th in REB, 7th in BLK, 21 PER borderline all-star for a 13 PER journeyman scrub based on "fit." And we gave up a first rounder to do it. Doesn't take DETAILED STATISTICAL ANALYSIS to see that this was a blown deal.

Out of all the bad trades I've called out Morey the Moron for before, this one is literally the worst. He should be hauled into the town square and guillotined (on some graph paper to take care of the mess).
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LOL

JCD always good for a laugh.

topfive · Feb 5, 2020

JCDenton said: ↑

Looks like JC Denton was ahead of the curve yet again in calling out Morey the Moron.

We literally just traded a guy 4th in REB, 7th in BLK, 21 PER borderline all-star for a 13 PER journeyman scrub based on "fit." And we gave up a first rounder to do it. Doesn't take DETAILED STATISTICAL ANALYSIS to see that this was a blown deal.

Out of all the bad trades I've called out Morey the Moron for before, this one is literally the worst. He should be hauled into the town square and guillotined (on some graph paper to take care of the mess).
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Didnt "give up" a first rounder; we sent out one we acquired in the same series of trades.

Plus, bring graphs or GFOH.

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