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HOW DO YOU KNOW ... THIS GAME ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE?

By Eric Neel

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

The clammy desk jockey on the TV is describing a disaster: the worst single-day point drop in the stock market's history. As he watches, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey shakes his head and says dryly, "Sounds like a buy-low opportunity." Spoken like a man who recently invested in some discounted Ron Artest. The 36-year-old MIT MBA often sees opportunity where others see alarm. Conventional wisdom says Artest is toxic. Morey has the numbers to show that the talented head case can reinforc ...

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