Rockets GM Daryl Morey Is Creating a Musical Called 'Small Ball' About Fake MJ

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey is a numbers guy. His time with the Rockets has been marked by the use of analytics.

Apparently, he’s a theater guy, too.

According to Hunter Atkins of the Houston Chronicle, the veteran GM is combining two of his passions into a musical appropriately titled Small Ball. Morey is collaborating with playwright Mickle Maher.

Here's Atkins:

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The premise: The people of Lilliput, a fictional island nation that appears in the 1726 novel "Gulliver's Travels," want to join an international basketball league. But to be competitive enough for that, they import "Michael Jordan," a man who turns out not to be the NBA Hall-of-Famer but happens to have the same name.

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While amusing, Morey remains steadfast Small Ball is the real deal. Per Atkins, Morey said the show will debut in Houston within an 18-month timeframe.

"It's definitely happening," he said.

[h/t CBS Sports]