The MIT math master made many major miscalculations this offseason. Rockets GM Daryl Morey cleared copious cap space, but after Chris Bosh and Carmelo Anthony declined the dollars dangled (Morey was out of touch if he thought either would settle for less touches; Anthony thinks he should have the ball in his hands more when he plays pop-a-shot) and the only things that rolled into town were Trevor Ariza and tumbleweeds, what's clear is Houston were the failures free agency more so any team in the league and now Morey should clear his desk. To put it in hip hop terms, Houston was chopped (up) and screwed (up). The Moneyball mimic has mounds of money, but no one to ball. His back to (graduate) school essay will be entitled, "How I Didn't Spend This Summer*."
Morey can pour over PER, but what's perplexing is that he parted with Chandler Parsons, actually released him from his cost effective contract, then traded Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik before replacements were ready. Morey mistakenly subtracted before he added; he must've forgotten PEMDAS. Since he solely sees statistics through his Google Glasseyes, that's a combined 34.9 ppg, 16 rpg and 8.6 apg, as those three accounted for almost a third of the points and over a third of the club's rebounds and assists. We're failing to find the Nate Silver lining. Morey has as many advanced degrees as the franchise does playoff series wins in his seven years: one (it turns out MBA doesn't stand for Masters of Basketball in the Association). It's enough (or, more accurately, not enough) to make him cuss his abacus.
Running a basketball team isn't rocket science - or any sort of science. Perhaps the Sloan Conference at his alma mater should invite Jerry Sloan to speak this year in Morey's stead.
*is what we're doing regression toward the mean-spirited?
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