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Gottlieb: Daryl Morey talks Rockets
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Daryl Morey has been standing up for James Harden for years. Back in 2014, the Houston Rockets general manager called the viral, 11-and-a-half-minute video of Harden's defense "completely unfair," saying it "bothered him in a big way" to see Harden's worst moments compiled like that, out of context. Last season, Morey again came to Harden's defense on Twitter, calling people out for embracing the "narrative" that Harden is clueless on that end of the floor rather than looking at how well he was playing overall.