Sweet article. I like this part too: "Proof: Martin once scored 50 points on 11 field goals – the lowest number of field goals for any 50-point scorer in NBA history. He is also the only NBA player to ever average eight free throws and shoot 40 percent from three-point range in a season. And he did it twice. "
Thanks for the link. That's really an article buried in the depths of the Internet, dunno why Scout Northwestern wrote it but I'm glad it got written. For my part, I've got to admit I'm a huge Morey fan. I was always a Rockets fan, and never thought much about CD being a horrible GM in his last decade of work, but there it is. When the Rockets hired Morey I was like "who is this quiet guy who's doing all the pre-game interviews over the radio?" And then I found out, he's a really well-educated guy, a guy I can identify with, he makes decisions that everyone else including myself hates at the time, but they work out in the end. I always used to think that the San Antonios of the world were just straight lucky to fall on guys like Parker and Ginobili that blew up out of nowhere. But now I know. THIS is how you run a franchise.
yeah, i thought that wasn't morey's decision but one of CD's last moves. sending away our albatross Swift along with acquiring Gay for Jerry West.
What a find!!! For his encore in 2009-10, Brooks started every game, was the only NBA player to hit at least 200 three-pointers and ranked No. 19 in the league in points per game. Alston, meanwhile, was shipped from Orlando to New Jersey. Shooting 34 percent and scoring nine points per game, the Nets bought him out and released him. Alston then signed with the Miami Heat, but they suspended him for the season in March after a bizarre sequence in which Alston skipped games and practices and wasn’t communicating with the team. On the year, he made more money than Brooks. Just another reason why in Morey I trust.
It always baffles me why people would think if you could play basketball well, you'd be good at managing a team. That just doesn't make sense. The vast majority of the players aren't business minded people. Most of them didn't even have enough education to be able to grasp the advance math models needed for successful business (not just basketball). As for the article, the most interesting part is on how Alexander hired Morey. It gives me a new respect for the man. Interestingly, the most progressive owner in the NBA is supposed to be Mark Cuban. Alexander beat Cuban to being the first owner to hire a geek for a GM. That's really cool.
The writer was trying to make a point, which you know very well, which is the value of Brooks and Scola in relation to their salary. They are an excellent value. One could go further and compare their production to players who scored less and were paid more, of which there are a very large number.
Lots of free throws and a good number of 3 point shots out of that 11. http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200904010GSW.html
lol i just checked the box score for that game, he was 11 out of 22 from the field and get this, 23 out of 26 from the line!!!!!
Unfortunately, they also lost... Looking at the opponents I notice that the three high scorers for the Warriors were Ellis, Azubuike, and Crawford...all SG's... Either way, I still like Martin.
Oops, just realized Randolph scored 2 more than Crawford followed by another SG in Morrow... How many SG's do they (did they) have?!
That was a very complimentary and insightful article on Morey and Alexander. For all his stats genius, Morey recognizes there are serendipitous moments. Well, luck comes to the person who's best prepared. So here's to hoping it won't be too long for Morey and the Rockets organization to win that elusive prize ... Btw, from David Thorpe's May 19 chat at ESPN, he has Kevin Martin training hard at his Florida gym these days. Hopefully Kevin enters the 2010-2011 season in tiptop shape and picking up a thing or two on defense.
I know, But I've called him Debbie Downer so many times that I've lost count. Figured that he deserved a reply to a post that wasn't entirely rediculous. Actually, he made me look at the individual scoring rankings, and it is amazing the millions being paid to players who scored less than Brooks over the course of the season. And a lot of them were being paid to score, too. One could say that heck, Brooks is on a rookie contract, so of course he's being paid less, but that's the point. How many rookies, especially around where he was picked, are producing in their 3rd year remotely at the level Brooks is producing? Just a great read and the OP deserves a lot of credit for unearthing it.
