May 2, 2014; Portland, OR, USA;Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard (12) congratulates Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) after making a last second shot in the second half in game six of the first round of the 2014 NBA Playoffs at the Moda C
May 2, 2014; Portland, OR, USA;Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard (12) congratulates Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) after making a last second shot in the second half in game six of the first round of the 2014 NBA Playoffs at the Moda Center. Reuters

Houston Rockets' Daryl Morey has been content on standing on the side watching his rival executive Dallas Mavericks' Mark Cuban have all the fun in the sun. Now, he has had enough.

The analytics expert of the Rockets revealed through Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports his thoughts on the ongoing back and forth between the two Texas teams. "We've been pretty good, and I think he's doing a smart thing to take on a rival," Morey told Yahoo Sports late Sunday. "He should want to beat up on San Antonio, too, but it's hard to paint the Spurs that way. So he's directed his bully pulpit onto us. Our owner stays above the fray, so I'm outgunned honestly."

The chronicle between these two teams has been intense the past few years. Houston and Dallas both coveted marquee free agents Dwight Howard and Deron Williams. Both lost out on Deron Williams but Houston got Howard mostly due to the surge of superstar James Harden. This summer it intensified when Morey offered a contract to long-tenured Maverick, Dirk Nowitzki, which was not taken too kindly by Cuban. Not long after this back and forth, Cuban snatched away prized forward Chandler Parsons with a hefty price tag. The mercurial owner was not done there as he was critical of the way Morey ran his franchise, stating that the GM was only concerned with analytics and brushing team chemistry on to the side.

Morey bluntly said in the Yahoo Sports interview that the accusations are all false and the Mavericks have to look no further than their team when it comes to assembling teams based on chemistry. After all, the 2011 NBA champions broke up a defending squad that includes Tyson Chandler and Jason Kidd. Morey points out that Cuban is taking some time to study "chemistry religion" recently by re-acquiring Chandler from the New York Knicks. He also slammed the owner for hitting on analytics when the Mavericks themselves have tripled their investment into the mathematical side of player and team analysis.

Nevertheless, Morey concedes that Cuban has the edge mainly due to the championship ring around his finger. He also emphasises that he is not breaking up chemistry but merely surrounding his core with complimentary pieces. The GM pointed out that the core of the team is Harden and Howard, much like the heydays of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady before them.