What's up with the knee-jerk reactions? No one implied Morey signed Howard ONLY AFTER he saw Goldsberry's stats on Howard. Everyone is well aware of the prolonged two-year courtship of Howard. My point was to articulate how in Moreyball some superstars i.e. Howard are worth pursuing more than others because they have quantifiable advantages through statistical analysis. Thus, Morey simply wasn't courting Howard based on the so-call "passing the eye test" and that in fact there is root in statistical analytics in every move Morey makes even landing Howard - a bonafide superstar. It's just cherry on the sundae for me to know that getting Howard was a Moreyball move through and through. This level of inside stuff allows one to at least think about other Morey moves say like not matching Parsons or courting Bosh aggressively. I mean, I would like to know the statistical reasoning behind either move. Why or why not accept one vs. the other? The search for logic beyond simpleton assertions that "Parsons is not worth the max" or "Bosh is a great fit" that is so often thrown around this board. What is the empirical data that proves either move worth executing? That's all I'm trying to understand.
