[AM 610] Daryl Morey 10/29

durvasa · Oct 29, 2008

This week's Daryl Morey podcast is up on 610's website. You can find it, and other podcasts (past interviews), on their website http://www.sportsradio610.com/.

And here's the MP3 of interview.

Here's my paraphrasing of the conversation for those who can't listen:

Aaron Brooks
- foots responding well.
- closer to 1 week than 3 weeks
- Shane is still day-to-day
- Luther and Barry and McGrady will handling the ball when Rafer is out of the game

Luther's development
- in his 4th year, pretty much know his game

What kind of team is Memphis
- like to get up and down
- have size in the middle
- like to shoot the 3
- primary scorer, Rudy Gay
- quick with their PGs, attack of the dribble
- a little underrated by fans

Discuss decision to keep Wafer
- tough decision between Wafer and Strawberry, both played well
- Von played well, also chose him based on most likely injury scenario

Yao ready?
- health wise, he's great
- game shape is nearly there
- rhythm is still working on getting to midseason form: passing out of double tema, strong to weakside, getting him the ball

Making the entry pass to Yao
- he's our most efficient scorer, want to get him the ball in his position
- defenses key on denying him the ball with doubles, fronts, doubling on the dribble

Lineups right now
- will see Luther and Barry together
- will see Landry and Hayes together, feel very comfortable with them in maintaining or extending a lead

Caller: What do people see in Rafer?
- doesn't understand the Rafer negativity
- he's in a conference with HOFs and All-stars at his position
- a championship caliber team needs contributers that aren't allstars, can't have stars at all positions
- helps get players in their spots
- feels he is the right PG for us
- excited about Aaron off the bench: Rafer is more of a distributor, better defensively; Aaron puts more pressure on other team's defense
- good defensively: e.g. probably best guy for defending Kevin Martin

Caller: Mutombo?
- he's in Atlanta
- we're looking at that like P.J. Brown, will wait to see how things develop.
- like that he's option; a good chance that we can see him

Caller: Design more plays for Scola?
- Luis should get a lot of shots tonight the way Memphis guards
- he picks his spots: e.g. he'll gets a couple buckets in transition

Caller: What's the plan for Dorsey?
- before D-League starts, he'll be in on pro roster
- he's been working everyday with CD, he's an eager learner
- it will be a while until he's out on the floor
- coach will evaluate if its best to keep with the roster and put him in D-League

What have you liked about Dorsey?
- he does well in rebounding and team defense ("middle-linebacker" type)
- he doesn't have an individual post moe
- his post defense needs a lot of work

Brent's role?
- he played terrific in the preseason
- he'll have the ball more in his hands than in San Antonio
- he led NBA in assist-rate in preseason

Greg Oden's injury?
- it was really disappointing
- Fernandez played really well (a guy we targeted)

Thoughts on expectations?
- the team has been good about ignoring predictions
- there's been anticipation the past few years
- maturity level of team is high; Brent brings some more of that
- the excitement has to translate into wins

Is your job done?
- keep working with coaching staff
- help in game preparation on specific question, help provide some analysis they may request

Artest contract situation
- his agent said they want to wait until after the season
- hopefully, we have a lot of difficult decisions to make after the season

Thoughts on the Lakers?
- it struck him how rusty all the teams were
- mistakes from all the teams, even Celtics and Lakers
- the Lakers are deep; probably deeper than us
- have an unparalleled superstar, depth, and great coaching

Caller: excited about Dorsey being an enforcer against Utah
- Joey is most popular athlete in Memphis
- he'll be a fan favorte; he's signed for many years
- plays hard, he's fun to be around

Caller: What's the story with Francis?
- his comeback from injury has been slower than anticipated
- not sure when he'll be able to get on the floor

Game today:
- first 10,000 painted faces get a Get Red shirt
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