"Moneyball and the Houston Rockets"

An informative article at Grantland.com written by Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey and Executive VP of Basketball Operations Sam Hinkie, which touches on a plethora of topics ranging from Moneyball the movie to the future of quantitative analysis.

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living in the bay area

just got back from the moneyball midnight premier. great, great movie.

by Devyn on Sep 23, 2011 2:58 AM PDT reply actions

I also hit up the movie theatre last night, but went and saw Contagion.

A quiet, sparsely attended 10 p.m. showing two weeks in rather than a packed midnight premier, though.

That was an exceptionally well-made film. An outstanding cast, too, and my favorite performance of them all was by Kate Winslet, who always stands out and shines through.

"I Am Mine"

by AK1984 on Sep 23, 2011 3:31 AM PDT up reply actions

I liked that movie too

Especially since I’d had a weird virus the week before. I saw the trailer for Moneyball there and wasn’t impressed — my first thought was that Hollywood had ruined yet another good book. Devyn’s take has me interested though, and I’ll be curious to see what other BE folks have to say.

by Corvid on Sep 23, 2011 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions

I also heard pretty good reviews about both movies

I liked “Outbreak” back in the day, and studied crisis management with a SARS case study, so I think I’ll watch Contagion.

The odd casting choice in Moneyball is Jonah Hill, who looks nothing like the person he portraits. Unusual for Hollywood to make you far uglier, especially when the lead gets played by Brad Pitt.

by Norsktroll on Sep 23, 2011 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions

Back story

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ti-depodestamoneyball080510

by Corvid on Sep 23, 2011 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, he claims that now it was about his character...

But really he didn’t want to be played by Hill ;-)

by Norsktroll on Sep 23, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions

Regarding Contagion, I do want to give a mini-spoiler.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s head gave its best performance since Se7en.

"I Am Mine"

by AK1984 on Sep 23, 2011 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions

I was really impressed

with how they went about presenting the movie. not to give away too many details, the movie is more about the life of billy beane than it technically is about finding inefficiency’s in the market.

by Devyn on Sep 23, 2011 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions

Having loads of cash and healthy players beats having a moneyball strategy every time :-)

Rockets had bad luck with Yao and T-Mac, and thus haven’t really won anything yet. Like the Athletics.

by Norsktroll on Sep 23, 2011 9:15 AM PDT reply actions

If only Jeremy Giambi had slid.

long live the jd.

by jksnake99 on Sep 23, 2011 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions

I like Daryl Morey but he seems like quite the self promoter. Remember when he had turned +/- into an actionable stat? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/magazine/15Battier-t.html?pagewanted=all

i keep dancing on my own.

by atomiccafe on Sep 23, 2011 5:32 PM PDT reply actions

Arrgggggg...

I was hoping this would be a more interesting article, especially from Morey, but it bored me, though it was a little more personable and funnier than I initially thought it would be. However, it lacked the insight I was craving.

"I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all."

by thankyouforblaze on Sep 23, 2011 10:24 PM PDT reply actions