latimes.com - 11/30/2008
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The EA Sports game is used by about half the franchises to check out what the competition is up to and plan accordingly.
latimes.com - 11/28/2008
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latimes.com —
While the kids plug in NBA 08 to
"ooh" and "aah" over how real it looks when...
Kobe Bryant dunks or LeBron James runs the court and finishes, Morey plugs in for more serious purposes. "Say if you're thinking about acquiring Ron Artest," Morey said from ...
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Teams plug in to video game to evaluate talent in NBA - ...
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... Diane Pucin of the Los Angeles Times: “Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey doesn’t play video games for fun or fantasy. Morey uses the EA Sports NBA game for professional reasons. He uses it to help evaluate talent. Morey says he is a statistical junky, an admirer of Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane and a mathematical nerd. ‘I’ve always loved numbers,’ Morey said. ‘I don’t play EA Sports as a game. I use it as a tool.’ While the kids plug in NBA 08 to ‘ooh’ and ‘aah’ over how real it looks when Kobe Bryant dunks or LeBron James runs ...
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... You had to know this would happen sooner or later. Puts a lot of pressure on EA Sports to get their ratings right, though - Los Angeles Times ...
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... NBA teams use video games to evaluate talent. Hey if you guys need help I’m available. NBA LIVE sucks though - use NBA 2k please. ...
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