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[Grantland] Kirk Goldsberry on Moreyball

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by kevC, May 19, 2015.

  1. kevC

    kevC Contributing Member

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    2 people like this.
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    The haters will keep hating though. Stupid gimmick Murray ball amirite?
     
  3. J Sizzle

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    Terrific article.
     
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    Good Article. Kirk Goldsberry is quickly becoming my favorite writer on Grantland.
     
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    Hopefully the many people on this board who complain about how "ANALYTICS DON'T WORK", while not understanding how analytics is used in game-planning are reading this.
     
  6. JuanValdez

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    One of the things I love about Morey's approach is that it's the same thing Rudy T did with his Rockets teams intuitively 20 years ago. He played a roster of Olajuwon in the low post and a bunch of 3-point shooters. The only difference is that Rudy T probably didn't take it as far as he should have.
     
  7. rockbox

    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    Rudy missed the getting foul shots part but to be fair, only Jordan got calls back then.
     
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    Rudy had the added benefit of coaching during the era of illegal defense. That made the inside-out offense even deadlier back then.
     
  9. OpenLayup-Why3?

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    Lets hope Kevin Love reads it and sings with Rockets next time he's available.
     

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