https://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/jazz/54982892-87/jazz-hyde-bob-cap.html.csp
Give it a read. One of the last reads of the off-season.
Give it a read. One of the last reads of the off-season.
Interesting Read on Jazz Salary Cap Guru Bob Hyde
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theNBAnerd
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this dennis lindsey quote tells me that maybe the jazz haven't been as stuck in early 20th century analytical models as much as we all assume:
also, i want this book:
also, i want this book:
There's a Mormon joke somewhere in there .. Just begging to be birthed.
theNBAnerd
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i don't think it was much a look behind the curtain, though. i thought it was kind of sloppily written and there were a lot of very obvious questions that weren't asked.
they start talking about the analysis behind the DW trade, but they don't share what the analysis was or why they opted to do the trade.
they mention KOC getting ideas at odd hours but don't say what that means or share an example of a time bob got a 3 a.m. call to chime in.
they never asked anything about how many deals they analyze but shoot down versus the ones actually done.
there were 3-4 other times when he made reference to something but then jumped to another topic without explaining (like the 63 merchandise stores).
i wonder if smith is getting a little trunky, because this was not his best work, interview-wise or writing-wise.
they start talking about the analysis behind the DW trade, but they don't share what the analysis was or why they opted to do the trade.
they mention KOC getting ideas at odd hours but don't say what that means or share an example of a time bob got a 3 a.m. call to chime in.
they never asked anything about how many deals they analyze but shoot down versus the ones actually done.
there were 3-4 other times when he made reference to something but then jumped to another topic without explaining (like the 63 merchandise stores).
i wonder if smith is getting a little trunky, because this was not his best work, interview-wise or writing-wise.
That is why I said peek and not look. It is a very small peek but new nonethless (to me at least).
theNBAnerd
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yeah agreed. i'm just saying, here's a guy with 27 years worth of insight on the transactions that have shaped this franchise... and the only quotes are about how KOC knows the cap well, how the last 5K of negotiating with karl were hard, and how the blood pumps faster when analyzing multi-year deals.
this story could have been sooooo entertaining.
this story could have been sooooo entertaining.
This definitely could have been better, but what would you expect from a lame-duck beat writer who's excited about his new job?
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So by day, we have the salary-cap guru, put on his spectacles and count all the beans, "Dr. Bob."
But at night, deep in the bowels of the ESA, Boring Bob transforms into the evil Mr. Hyde, madly crunching numbers and creating mysterious formulas in his secret laboratory. Many a night wanderer has passed the building and heard his pained groans punctuated by occasional maniacal laughs, sometimes even catching a glimpse of the man-beast, his white hair disheveled, clothing tattered, his words muffled and barely intelligible: PERS, splits, effective percentages, Al Millsap, Paul Favors, Derrick Kanter.
But at night, deep in the bowels of the ESA, Boring Bob transforms into the evil Mr. Hyde, madly crunching numbers and creating mysterious formulas in his secret laboratory. Many a night wanderer has passed the building and heard his pained groans punctuated by occasional maniacal laughs, sometimes even catching a glimpse of the man-beast, his white hair disheveled, clothing tattered, his words muffled and barely intelligible: PERS, splits, effective percentages, Al Millsap, Paul Favors, Derrick Kanter.
And by lame duck, I mean this was probably the last article Brian T. Smith wrote for the Trib. Bill Oram takes over just in time for Media Day on Monday.