Daryl Morey (Business Executive) – Overview, Biography

Daryl Morey
Name:Daryl Morey
Occupation: Business Executive
Gender:Male
Birth Day: September 14,
1972
Age: 48
Country: United States
Zodiac Sign:Virgo

Daryl Morey

Daryl Morey was born on September 14, 1972 in United States (48 years old). Daryl Morey is a Business Executive, zodiac sign: Virgo. Nationality: United States. Approx. Net Worth: Undisclosed.

Trivia

He was the subject of a 2016 book titled The Undoing Project. 

Net Worth 2020

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Before Fame

He graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in computer science.

Biography

Biography Timeline

1972

Morey was born on September 14, 1972 in Baraboo, Wisconsin. He graduated from Highland High School in Medina, Ohio before receiving a bachelor’s degree in computer science with an emphasis on statistics from Northwestern University in 1996, as well as an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

2003

Author of Moneyball, Michael Lewis, chose Daryl Morey as the new nerd-hero at the center of his 2016 book, The Undoing Project. Whereas Moneyball highlighted the plight and success of Billy Beane as GM of the Oakland Athletics in 2003, The Undoing Project reveals Daryl Morey as the underdog king of basketball, making use of a similar analytical method to acquire undervalued talent as Beane did with the A’s to produce a forceful team. Lewis uses Morey as a real-world example of one who has exemplified ideas introduced by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, two Israeli psychologists whose work pioneered the field of behavioral economics. The psychologist duo defined a simple, two-part distinction of the way the brain makes decisions: System 1 and System 2. A more intuitive, subjective, fast, and efficient process, System 1 represents the brain’s capacity to make split-second choices, often using personal experience to guide decision-making. System 2, however, characterizes a slower, more analytical process of reasoning to reach a conclusion. Michael Lewis points out in The Undoing Project how Daryl Morey observed basketball experts of the time making awfully subjective assessments in looking at basketball players. Shifting the Rockets’ scouting strategy to look at hard data over simple observations, Morey implemented a more System-2-based approach to the team’s hiring practices. This strategy is thought to be critically linked to the Houston Rockets’ recent success.

2006

Then-Houston Rockets’ owner Leslie Alexander named Morey assistant general manager of the Houston Rockets on April 3, 2006. He succeeded Carroll Dawson as general manager on May 10, 2007. His hiring followed the Moneyball trend of employing more advanced statistical-based analysis in addition to the traditional use of qualitative scouting and basic statistics. Several teams have hired executives with non-traditional basketball backgrounds, but the Houston Rockets were the first NBA team to hire such a general manager. In the fall of 2012, he and the Rockets acquired now-All-Star and 2017-18 league MVP James Harden via trade from the Oklahoma City Thunder. During Morey’s tenure, the Rockets have not had a losing record and have advanced to the playoffs 9 times, including to the Western Conference Finals in 2015 and 2018. He was also named the NBA Executive of the Year in 2018.

2018

Morey is the co-chairperson for the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. He is also an avid Esports supporter, has attended MLG (Major League Gaming) events, and is part owner of Clutch Gaming, the Houston, Texas based League of Legends Championship Series eSports team. Morey is also passionate about musical theater. He commissioned and produced the basketball themed musical Small Ball, which opened in April 2018 at the Catastrophic Theater in Houston, Texas.

2019

On October 4, 2019, Morey tweeted in support of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, drawing criticism from Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta, who said that while Morey was the best general manager in the NBA, the Rockets were not a political organization. Morey later deleted the tweet. In mainland China, where the Rockets have an extensive relationship after the selection of Yao Ming in 2002, Morey’s tweet resulted in the Chinese Basketball Association’s suspension of its relationship with the Rockets and the issuance of a statement of dissatisfaction from the consulate office of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Houston. All Houston Rockets-related items were removed from the Tmall and JD.com sites and the team’s games would no longer broadcast on Tencent. The Associated Press said that the reactions underscored Beijing’s sensitivity about foreign attitudes toward the protests. At the time of the tweet, Morey and the Rockets were in Tokyo for the NBA’s Japan Games. He remained isolated in his room at the hotel and only engaged with Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri upon the fallout. According to Ujiri, Morey claimed that the timing of his tweet was in response to a new law in Hong Kong prohibiting protesters from wearing masks and that himself and his friends had discussed political autonomy in Hong Kong since attending MIT Sloan.

2020

On October 15, 2020, it was reported that Morey would be leaving his job as GM for Houston. He will remain an advisor for a short period. He announced his departure in a full page ad in the Houston Chronicle on October 18, 2020.

On November 2, 2020, the Philadelphia 76ers named Morey as president of basketball operations.

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Currently, Daryl Morey is 49 years, 9 months and 13 days old. Daryl Morey will celebrate 50th birthday on a Wednesday 14th of September 2022.

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