Daryl Morey Legacy

Daryl morey leaves a legacy of doing things differently daring greatly jonathan feigen oct.

Daryl morey legacy. Any eulogy for daryl morey s ground breaking tenure as houston rockets general manager should probably start with the 2017 18 season when houston took a 3 2 lead in the conference finals over perhaps the greatest team ever assembled and might have upset those golden state warriors had chris paul not suffered a hamstring injury at the end of game 5. They have enough good players to be competitive but lack the financial flexibility to fill in the holes they need to compete for an nba title. Morey s time with the. Daryl morey the team s general manager since 2007 has also decided to step down as the head of houston s.

File this is a july 26 2019 file photo showing houston rockets general manager daryl morey during an nba basketball news conference in houston. Daryl is a big reason that analytics plays such a big part in analytic decision making today that s a big accomplishment ali also mentioned how he was impressed when morey was able to handle the transition from the rockets era with yao ming and tracy mcgrady into the contender they are now without having to put the team through a major rebuilding phase. Jonathan feigen has been the. Rockets general manager daryl morey is stepping.

Daryl morey s legacy in houston won t be a tweet though his bleep stirring social media support of hong kong will live forever on his wikipedia page and beyond. The houston rockets are a mess. Any eulogy for daryl morey s groundbreaking tenure as houston rockets general manager should probably start with the 2017 18 season when houston took a 3 2 lead in the conference finals over perhaps the greatest team ever assembled and might have upset those golden state warriors had chris paul not suffered a hamstring injury at the end of game 5. 17 2020 5 52 p m.

The houston chronicle s jonathan feigen examines the tenure of former rockets general manager daryl morey and what his nba legacy is after 14 seasons in houston. In july 2013 when gm daryl morey pursued and successfully landed all star center dwight howard as a free agent they pitched him on being the latest addition to that lineage. Daryl morey saw the big picture but his legacy is shaped by a single game. Add that to the fact that the team is now in the market for a new head coach and are in a conference where making it to.