Daryl Morey

“If you have an intuition of something but no hard evidence to back it up, you might kind of sort of go about putting that intuition into practice, because there's still some uncertainty if it's right or wrong.”

“It's tough out there, but obviously I have a lot of great memories and a lot of pride for being a part of the Rockets organization.”

“As only one team out of 30 gets to win, you cannot play it safe.”

“But I leave the arena late in games specifically because I don't want anyone to see my psychology.”

“Everyone 'watches Kobe when the Lakers play.”

“James Harden changed my life. An entire page could be dedicated just to James. He not only transformed my life but also revolutionized the game of basketball - and continues to do so - like almost no one has before.”

“I think if you've got a guy who can create his own shot then you're better off than not.”

“Personally, many of my views are not in the mainstream as I am a centrist-libertarian.”

“The Mavericks are a smart organization.”

“I think the whole Rockets organization has done amazing things.”

“There are lots of decisions, and also non-decisions, that go into this job. In the same way that it can be impossible to separate a coach from the players, it's also impossible to separate the GM from the coach from the players. You just have to ask: Is the GM helping the team have playoff success? Is he giving the team a chance to win the title?”

“I think the reality is that no one is any good at crunch time.”

“Thank you to Josh Harris for the trust he has placed in me to lead the 76ers. I am humbled by the challenge and will work tirelessly to win the hearts of Philadelphia's legendary fans.”

“We were trying to build the best team around our talents in Houston.”

“During trade deadline, we pretty much tell every player, look, there's lots of names, lots of everything for every player in the league. So it's best to tune it out because every team's job is to explore things and you don't like when things get out, but it's silly to kill or accentuate rumors during deadline week.”

“Unfortunately, rim protection is really difficult these days with the rules that there are if a guy is getting downhill. It's very hard even if the center is back to handle that. You have to cut off penetration at the start with a strong perimeter and then get the rebound and get out and go.”

“I think Houston is a city players love to play for, love to play in.”

“I think the uglier the playoff beard, the better though, right?”

“That always seemed the coolest thing to me. How do you use num'bers to predict things? It was like a cool way to use numbers to be better than other people. And I really liked being better than other people.”

“Ultimately you want to optimize championship probability over some window. But if you literally take that to the logical extreme, you would be doing crazy stuff.”