How are Sports Teams Using Data Science?
The MIT Press Podcast
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Basket Ball
There's a number of individuals in the mba right now that were border line probascabel players five years ago that are making major money now. The league cares more and more about your ability to shoot the ball from 24 feet away, than it does all these other things. Because of this awakening, youcan see drills that you would have never seen ten years ago. For instance, damian lillard in the portland trail blazers routinely practises 30 foot shots, seriously. Now we're drilling our players to do that. Ten years ago, we were yelling at our players for doing that. So i think what you're not seeing is that evaluation framework where shooting has become
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