— Mr. Van Doren, I’m also from New York – a different part of New York. I’m happy that you made your statement, but I cannot agree with most of my colleagues. You see, I don’t think an adult of your intelligence ought to be commended for simply, and at long last, telling the truth.
– Rep. Steven Derounian (R-NY), Quiz Show, 1994
Daryl Morey won. The rest is window dressing.
The Rockets’ soon-to-be former general manager led a revolution that remade the NBA during his 14 years in Houston. The league is now shaped in his vision, the advanced stats revolution complete, with acolytes and former partners of his in the Rockets’ front office now populated on many teams throughout the sport. Every team has a robust numbers/research/analytics department full of number crunchers who sift through Second Spectrum and Synergy and NBAMiner and any of the dozen of the dozen or so advanced stats websites, and…
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