Daryl Morey talks to 1560AM The Game's John and Lance

by UofTOrange on Jul 17, 2009 8:32 AM CDT in Discussions about Badasses Comment 14 comments

I was listening to the recap show this morning on the way to work and Daryl Morey had a segment with John and Lance of 1560AM The Game yesterday. It was the most insightful, nugget filled radio show I've heard Morey give.

I would highly suggest listening as here are a few of those nuggets:

Andersen is a real winner, winning 7 championships in his last 7 teams. Scola was actually beaten by him a couple of times in those championships.

Andersen "Is not Dwight Howard" so he has some issues defensively (On a side note I love his dry humor)

Von is in the plans but only at the money they have allocated for him

One wing spot up for grabs with Von Wafer, Chase Budinger, Jermaine Taylor or James White all vying for that one spot. (I'm not sure how this works out exactly, I would expect there to be at least 2)

Budinger has been all of the good and none of the bad they expected in Summer League. He and Jermaine both need a lot of work defensively. White is the superior defender by way behind on defense.

Dorsey "should have known that he would have injuries since the Rockets drafted him". He needs to cut out the mental errors

Bigs rotation: Chuck, Andersen, Scola and Landry. Didn't mention Dorsey at all with playing time

Deke "got the cadaver tendon put in" and he won't be playing NBA ball again

No trades imminent but they are expecting they'll have to take back a guy they don't want in any trade they do.

Will try to upgrade through trade, or with guys at the minimum. He's trying to make the playoffs but you could tell he's not positive it will happen. Or maybe I'm reading too much into it. Though, it would seem obvious that he wouldn't be positive.

Good analysis (it is Morey after all) about Battier and Ariza playing the 2 and 3.

Brooks could play some 2

The Rockets want to stay in the top 5 defensively and that seems to be their first goal. He feels if they get to the 10-15 range of scoring that they will be good.

Most importantly Morey admitted to card counting Black Jack and when the deck "wasn't positive" he was able to split 4 aces and got black jack on all four. Sadly due to the deck not being positive he only had 10 bucks on each split.

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It's

David Andersen, not Anderson ;-)

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by Tom Martin on Jul 17, 2009 8:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I keep doing that

Thanks Tom

You know you could have just edited it ;-)

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by UofTOrange on Jul 17, 2009 8:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And back off!

At least I’m posting again!

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by UofTOrange on Jul 17, 2009 8:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

tis true

It’s good to see. I was already late for work, so fixing it myself was NOT an option.

Besides, it’s better for you to edit it, so you can learn yourself!

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by Tom Martin on Jul 17, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

David Anderson

plays for the Texans haha

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by Artest4Prez on Jul 17, 2009 9:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And his mom dressed up like a pig

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by UofTOrange on Jul 17, 2009 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wing spot

So Morey actually said that there’s one “rotation” spot available for Von, Chase, Jermaine, and James. Since they probably carry a 9 man rotation, the math works out: Brooks+Lowry+Ariza+Battier+Chuck+Landry+Scola+Andersen = 8

by Moondebah on Jul 17, 2009 11:27 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

no joey dorsey..

i don’t understand that. he is a monster. we put him at back up center (or landry) and then we have back up center and 3 PF. just like last year.

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by Rockets 4 Life on Jul 17, 2009 11:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

da rockets are better without artest!!!!

the rockets will be able to run Rick adelmens system!!!!!! finally we see wat his system can really do on the court for the past years we didnt have a team that could do that but know we have young players, Yao’s gone playin for his team know in china artest is in la thank god “ballhog” so we can be a better passin team we dont have to pass it to yao down low or wait ti’ll ron ron decides to shoot it. we’re gonna be up tempo type style movin without the ball which is why they didnt offer Von wafer a contract hes the perfect player for wat were trying to do next year n a proven one too i remember seen him come off the bench n score like 18 points in da fourth quarter!!!!!

by da_H on Jul 17, 2009 12:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Brooks can play the 2

that has to be the biggest WTF statement I’ve ever seen

by Souwantmyname on Jul 17, 2009 2:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Not if you watched the playoffs...

There were plenty of time Lowry(1) and Brooks(2) was on the court at the same time.

by pbok_bigtime on Jul 17, 2009 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was them playing a 2 PG lineup in my opinion

I’m not sure if that was what he was talking about, but I guess so. It would seem Morey would say “We’ll play 2 PGs on occasion” instead of he’ll play some 2

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by UofTOrange on Jul 18, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Funny comment about our injury situation

Morey: “Dorsey should have known he would be getting injured sometime since he was drafted by the Rockets, only he chose his first year to be injured.”

Good to know the team management is keeping a positive attitude despite our team’s injury situation.

by RoxBeliever on Jul 17, 2009 9:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I would have hoped though

that they would bring both Taylor and Budinger in the roster, and include Dorsey in the mix. Last year’s team needs a dose of spark and energy and unpredictability. The newcomers will bring a lot of fire and hunger to the team, I think.

Since he was a high school player, there have been a lot of expectations on Budinger. His star has dimmed a bit in college, but I think that’s why he’s out to prove himself. He has the skills, winning mindset, and athleticism (one-time volleyball star, good enough to have made the U.S. team if he continued) so I hope he gets a chance with us.

by RoxBeliever on Jul 17, 2009 9:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs