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Daryl Morey: (Yao is) a great person which people always say but actually true in this case. I think the quality he has as a person that many don't know about is that he is extremely funny. He was by far the funniest person in the locker room. Most jokes I cannot print there is one time I remember I can talk about. During the pre-season required drug testing, all the players were lined up to pee in a cup and Yao Ming looking to all of them and said, "why am I the only one not nervous"? reddit

Houston Rockets, Yao Ming, Daryl Morey 

When Dikembe Mutumbo would speak to you, would you sometimes just nod and say yes? Daryl Morey: Yes. And then I would ask him to follow up with a txt of what he wants on one of the 4 cell phones he always carried. reddit

Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey, Dikembe Mutombo 

I’ve noticed a lot of talk about Chandler Parsons nicknames of late. I saw Daryl Morey and Matt Bullard discussing that very topic via Twitter last week. What do you want to be called? Chandler Parsons: Honestly, I was kind of feeling the Chandler Bang for a little bit ... JCF: I always thought that one fit the best. NBA.com

Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey, Chandler Parsons 

Daryl Morey: Official welcome to the Rockets @_ScottMachado! Highlight from this summer youtube.com/watch?v=hj-yhS… Twitter

Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey, Scott Machado 

Daryl Morey: "I think our goal for this year ... is we fight for a playoff spot, even though it's one of the most challenging years to do that. The West is strong and if we were to make the playoffs, it means a lot of good things will have happened. Namely Jeremy Lin, Omer Asik or somebody else emerges to become an All-Star. "I think that's a stretch goal, but were not going to go into the year saying we're not going fight. Along the way we'll keep trying to take advantage of every opportunity to make moves that will make us better." NBA.com

Houston Rockets, Omer Asik, Daryl Morey, Jeremy Lin 

But that doesn't mean the Rockets won't keep stepping back into the batter's box to take more cuts at landing the big-time star they need to climb back to relevance. "The moves we made were designed to be the right moves whether we pulled off a bigger trade or not," said general manager Daryl Morey. "We want every player on the team to be one who has a chance to become an All-Star level player or give us the cap flexibility to sign that kind of a player. NBA.com

Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey 

"This trade didn't work out. We took a hack, and it didn't work out. But it doesn't mean we're abandoning our plan. "I think our goal for this year ... is we fight for a playoff spot, even though it's one of the most challenging years to do that. The West is strong and if we were to make the playoffs, it means a lot of good things will have happened. Namely Jeremy Lin, Omer Asik or somebody else emerges to become an All-Star. "I think that's a stretch goal, but were not going to go into the year saying we're not going fight. Along the way we'll keep trying to take advantage of every opportunity to make moves that will make us better." NBA.com

Houston Rockets, Omer Asik, Daryl Morey, Jeremy Lin 

Hickie, who has an MBA from Stanford, is considered a leader in the league's analytics movement and has been the Rockets' second-in-command behind general manager Daryl Morey for 5 years. According to the source, the Sixers have received permission to speak with Hinkie, though it's not known whether he has met with owner Josh Harris or any other team executive. It also remains unclear whether Hinkie is willing to leave his job with the Rockets to continue his NBA front-office ascent. Philadelphia Inquirer

Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Daryl Morey, Sam Hickie 

Daryl Morey: Welcome to the Rockets Carlos Delfino! Will add leadership, toughness, defense, 3-point shooting, rebounding, etc... Great all around player Twitter

Houston Rockets, Free Agency, Daryl Morey, Carlos Delfino 

Daryl Morey on whether he feels the Rockets ever got close to getting a deal done for Dwight Howard: “I do, yeah. I do feel like it was close but they did their diligence and they were searching for something they thought they liked even more and they liked this trade better than anything we could offer. I promise you Rob knows what he’s doing and he thought this was best for Orlando and I think people will see over time that he’s a very good executive.” Sports Radio Interviews

Houston Rockets, Dwight Howard, Daryl Morey 

Rob Hennigan at a press conference, when asked specifically about dealing with the Rockets, he said the offer sheets that you all had out there made it more difficult to deal with you, do you think that’s accurate? Daryl Morey: “I haven’t seen Rob’s comments. I think those deals were done for a while now so that would surprise me but really the only opinion that matters is Rob’s. If he felt like that made it difficult then it was difficult right? At the end of the day he has the player that he was trading that everyone wanted and there are a whole host of things that either made it positive or more difficult for them and how they value things. I really think in these big trades it often comes down to how people value individual players in the deal. Last year when we did the big trade we found a partner in the Hornets and they were a team that obviously really liked the players they were getting in that deal. In this case Orlando really liked the players they were getting in that deal. That’s all that matters and I think Rob Hennigan is an unbelievable executive and going to be in the league for a very long time. He made the best deal for Orlando and that is all there is to it.” Sports Radio Interviews

Houston Rockets, Dwight Howard, Daryl Morey 

Daryl Morey on how he feels about his team heading into this season: “We’re very comfortable with where we are set up in terms of we feel very good about our young players. Jeremy Lin, Chandler Parsons, Jeremy Lamb, (Patrick) Patterson, (Marcus) Morris, (Terrence) Jones, Royce White, (Donatas) Motejunas and I’m going to miss a few but every move we did, we made to either set ourselves up for a move like this or to have ourselves in a good situation even if it didn’t happen.” Sports Radio Interviews

Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey 

The general manager of the Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey, is one of the more accessible and accommodating fellows in the game. When I teasingly asked him exactly when he left the Rockets to become the general manager of the Development League’s Rio Grande Valley Vipers, he laughed. “I can see that someone looking at our roster from afar might wonder what the heck we’re doing,” he said. New York Times

Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey, D-League 

The method behind the madness? Morey, who spent time with the Boston Celtics during the last decade before moving to Houston, is trying to recreate what Danny Ainge did in Boston to acquire Kevin Garnett. Ainge succeeded by developing young players (Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Delonte West) to the point that they became valuable trading chips in deals a month apart for Garnett and Ray Allen in the summer of 2007. “It’s very similar to what Boston did,” Morey said. “Hopefully, it will yield the same result.” New York Times

Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey 

After this season, Morey is certain to have at least one lottery pick (his own), and he could have another from Toronto as well. Let’s just say he is not envisioning challenging the Oklahoma City Thunder or the Lakers in the Western Conference this season. “Last season, we won more than half our games with a roster of youth and experience,” he said. “I liked what we had, but we didn’t have enough.” This time, he could end up with draft picks, young, intriguing players and salary-cap space in which to make his run at Howard or Bynum. That’s the plan, anyway. “We’ll be very well set up in a year,” Morey said. New York Times

Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey 

Young said the Rockets encouraged Diebler to play overseas again this season because they are well-stocked with players on the wing. "(Rockets general manager) Daryl Morey told me they can see him on their roster in the future but this year is not the best time," Young said. Buckeye Xtra Sports

Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey, Jon Diebler, Transactions 

Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced today that the team has signed its three first-round selections from the 2012 NBA Draft: Connecticut guard/forward Jeremy Lamb (12th overall), Iowa State forward Royce White (16th overall) and Kentucky forward Terrence Jones (18th overall). NBA.com

Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey, Terrence Jones, Jeremy Lamb, Royce White, Transactions 

Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced today that the team has added center Omer Asik (pronounced O-mair AH-shick) after the Chicago Bulls chose not to match Houston’s offer sheet for the restricted free agent. Under the terms of the NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Bulls had three days to match the offer from the Rockets. NBA.com

Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Free Agency, Omer Asik, Daryl Morey 

Daryl Morey: Welcome to the Rockets @AsikOmer! He will be provide the much needed defensive presence in the paint that we have not had since @YaoMing Twitter

Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey 

“They (general manager Daryl Morey and VP of player personnel Gersson Roses) called me right around draft day and they said they had drafted power forwards, and they told me they were going to get some big player to help us right now, which I could be a big part of that,” Scola told SheridanHoops.com Sunday night after Scola’s Argentinian national team lost to Team USA 86-80. SheridanHoops

Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns, Daryl Morey, Luis Scola