moneyball

[rollie mass]

just saw that movie for first time and thought it applied in many areas to celtics rebuild and pursuit of talent during the recent rebuild-zeller,amir,jerebko,turner and isaiah and even yabusele and nader

isaiaih has been allowed to become a superstar with defense of bradly,crowder,marcus and amir
horford is an under appreciated player that has that intangible ability to make others better even isaiah
no trade was done at deadline because of team chemistry and that doesn't mean joking in locker room and high fives
 it means make up of players strengths and how they interact and what we had to give up to gain a superior player and how he adds to team

the phrase" he gets on base " seems inter changeable with he makes things happen or great in clutch or we play better when he is in -
-the movies hero an MIT stat guy and brad pitt GM refusing a Red Sox offer of 42 million

[Granath]

Some of it could apply Rollie and I've thought the same thing from time to time.

Moneyball isn't about OBP. It was about taking the approach to find and acquire undervalued assets that resulted in wins, not style points.

IT is a great example - a truly undervalued player who could fit a system despite his apparent physical limitations.
Another is Jae Crowder - a guy many thought was a throw in but as filled such a major role that when he's on the court the Cs are like +350 this year and when he's not we're like -150. 
Another is Danny's retention of Bradley before his 3 and D game was truly valued by the rest of the league (or even those on this board). 

And all of those guys are under exceptionally valuable low cost contracts. That's the essence of the moneyball approach.