I was actually thinking about this the other day. Morey is the poster boy for the new GM’s, and he’s spent a small fortune on computers and software and analysts, and some are pointing to the Rockets’ success this season of validation of his methods. But Yao and McGrady and Battier all pre-date him, so it’s pretty hard to reach the conclusion that it all works perfectly. Having said that, it’s my assumption (and it is clearly just that, an assumption, based on nothing really) is that Battier is a very ‘Morey’ kind of guy. He’s never going to look great to even the best available metrics (11.6 PER this season, 13.8 career), he’s nonetheless valuable. Does Morey have better, proprietary, measures that prove his value (deflections, defensive rotations, whatever)? Or maybe, as you suggest, Morey secretly believes that Battier really is overrated and would love to move him. I suppose it’s possible.