This Guy’s Quest to Track Every Shot in the NBA Changed Basketball Forever

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Awesome article! Wired is one of a handful of magazines that might survive. I'll read it next time I'm at the library again.
 
riverman said:
Awesome article! Wired is one of a handful of magazines that might survive. I'll read it next time I'm at the library again.
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My gf drinks Diet Coke so if you enter the codes on bottle caps and boxes you get points. I got a years subscription for free last year and then they offered renewal for $12 for the year.
 
Wow really really cool. I wonder what happens when you apply that info to game simulators. Would be really interesting to see the outcomes. Needless to say I hope the Blazers are all over this in any and every way possible.
 
In doing a little more research in it I found this as well: http://courtvisionanalytics.com/where-do-rebounds-go/

And the conclusion was particularly interesting and is sure to spark a few around here for obvious reasons:

Conclusion
Using the information here we can contemplate the confluence of FG%, points per attempt, and offensive rebounding %; we can begin to think about shot selection in the NBA from a more informed plateau. With this in mind, the midrange jumper is the least efficient shot in basketball, it results in the fewest points and also kills possessions at the highest rates. Does this mean midrange shots are always foolish? Of course not, many of the NBA’s best teams like Boston, Miami, and Oklahoma City effectively use the midrange shot on a frequent basis. Regardless, league-wide the efficiency of a shot cannot simply be judged by its expected point total; we must also consider the offensive rebounding rate, which determines whether a given possession ends or whether the offense gets another try. With this in mind, getting shots near the rim has a double-benefit: 1) close shots have a higher FG%, and 2) missed close shots more commonly result in second and third chances for the offense.
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I read it. Thanks Sly. This is an ongoing conversation and really a tribute to one guys work effort. I posted it on the O-live forum of course i gave you and S-2 a plug. (Very Shameless Indeed!)
By the way. Do you know if the Blazers are one of the teams that have requested info from him. I would have thought that a guy like Paul Allen would be all over this. That and the fact that Coach Stotts is a stats and numbers junky.
 
kjironman1 said:
I read it. Thanks Sly. This is an ongoing conversation and really a tribute to one guys work effort. I posted it on the O-live forum of course i gave you and S-2 a plug. (Very Shameless Indeed!)
By the way. Do you know if the Blazers are one of the teams that have requested info from him. I would have thought that a guy like Paul Allen would be all over this. That and the fact that Coach Stotts is a stats and numbers junky.
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You should read the entire article. The answer to your question is there.

"The gear wasn't cheap—any NBA team that wanted this information had to pay roughly $100,000 for the installation of the cameras and computers in its arena. By the end of the 2012–2013 season, only 15 teams had done so, and the data had huge gaps—only about half the games were captured. But the data that was there looked like it had a lot of potential. In September 2013, the NBA signed an agreement to install the system in every arena in the league."



Then there's the following info from nba.com

http://stats.nba.com/tracking/#!/player/

What is player Tracking?

Player Tracking is the latest example of how technology and statistics are changing the way we understand the game of basketball.

Using six cameras installed in the catwalks of every NBA arena, SportVU software tracks the movements of every player on the court and the basketball 25 times per second. The data collected provides a plethora of innovative statistics based around speed, distance, player separation and ball possession. Some examples include: how fast a player moves, how far he traveled during a game, how many touches of the ball he had, how many passes he threw, how many rebounding chances he had and much more.

The information will be available to fans on NBA.com and NBA TV.
 
Hobbesarable said:
You should read the entire article. The answer to your question is there.

"The gear wasn't cheap—any NBA team that wanted this information had to pay roughly $100,000 for the installation of the cameras and computers in its arena. By the end of the 2012–2013 season, only 15 teams had done so, and the data had huge gaps—only about half the games were captured. But the data that was there looked like it had a lot of potential. In September 2013, the NBA signed an agreement to install the system in every arena in the league."



Then there's the following info from nba.com

http://stats.nba.com/tracking/#!/player/

What is player Tracking?

Player Tracking is the latest example of how technology and statistics are changing the way we understand the game of basketball.

Using six cameras installed in the catwalks of every NBA arena, SportVU software tracks the movements of every player on the court and the basketball 25 times per second. The data collected provides a plethora of innovative statistics based around speed, distance, player separation and ball possession. Some examples include: how fast a player moves, how far he traveled during a game, how many touches of the ball he had, how many passes he threw, how many rebounding chances he had and much more.

The information will be available to fans on NBA.com and NBA TV.
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I did read the entire article. Maybe you should read it again.

"He has parlayed his work into a job writing about analytics for the sports website Grantland, and although he won't confirm it, there are reports that multiple NBA teams have consulted with him. And he's still at Harvard, where he's organized a group of students that call themselves the XY Hoops after the mathematic shorthand for the coordinate system."
 
kjironman1 said:
I read it. Thanks Sly. This is an ongoing conversation and really a tribute to one guys work effort. I posted it on the O-live forum of course i gave you and S-2 a plug. (Very Shameless Indeed!)
By the way. Do you know if the Blazers are one of the teams that have requested info from him. I would have thought that a guy like Paul Allen would be all over this. That and the fact that Coach Stotts is a stats and numbers junky.
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You don't need to give me any credit but thanks. Post whatever you want from here on Oregonlive. I'd love to get some of them over here.
 
kjironman1 said:
I did read the entire article. Maybe you should read it again.

"He has parlayed his work into a job writing about analytics for the sports website Grantland, and although he won't confirm it, there are reports that multiple NBA teams have consulted with him. And he's still at Harvard, where he's organized a group of students that call themselves the XY Hoops after the mathematic shorthand for the coordinate system."
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It shouldn't be too difficult to mine the data once you have it and Mr. Allen has the resources to definitely pay someone for that.
 
Hobbesarable said:
It shouldn't be too difficult to mine the data once you have it and Mr. Allen has the resources to definitely pay someone for that.
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Well that's probably correct but this guy has assembled a team to do just that. I'm just wondering if the Blazers are one of the "Multiple" teams.
Do you know who the stats guys are for the Blazers? I don't know who they are? Are they up to the task?
 
SlyPokerDog said:
You don't need to give me any credit but thanks. Post whatever you want from here on Oregonlive. I'd love to get some of them over here.
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They will come around but most are hyper sensitive types who don't respond well to being ROOKIFIED! If you know what i mean. I had to take a step back and just take my medicine a bit. It's a time thing.
 
kjironman1 said:
Well that's probably correct but this guy has assembled a team to do just that. I'm just wondering if the Blazers are one of the "Multiple" teams.
Do you know who the stats guys are for the Blazers? I don't know who they are? Are they up to the task?
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Blazers are usually secretive about stuff like that. Even KP wouldn't go into the new drafting program he brought with him from the Spurs.
 
kjironman1 said:
They will come around but most are hyper sensitive types who don't respond well to being ROOKIFIED! If you know what i mean. I had to take a step back and just take my medicine a bit. It's a time thing.
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You had to step back from HCP's hazing? :lol:
 
Jeff Ma's been on a contract basis since at least 2008. I don't know if the newest Olshey regime kept him on.
 
kjironman1 said:
They will come around but most are hyper sensitive types who don't respond well to being ROOKIFIED! If you know what i mean. I had to take a step back and just take my medicine a bit. It's a time thing.
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What you rookies have to learn is that he picks on you guys because you're the only ones who will take him serious.
 
Hobbesarable said:
Blazers are usually secretive about stuff like that. Even KP wouldn't go into the new drafting program he brought with him from the Spurs.
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I don't think he stole the right program.
 
So we could buy a championship with some 100k software?
 
well, the coach has to listen to it. Remember when we excoriated McScribbles for his rotation in the Nash-on-Batum series, and he had to ask Canzano what the problem was?
 
kjironman1 said:
Yeah...Sounds a little weak now that i think about it. But i get grumpy sometimes so it's really for the best. I go all "You wanna piece of me?" mode.
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Hcp's hazing is a joke. He tried with me and I made him look like a fool. Im way better at the internet than him though. He spent most of his days growing up rolling 20 sided dice defending middle earth while I watched cute cat videos and porn like a boss.
 
rasheedfan2005 said:
Hcp's hazing is a joke. He tried with me and I made him look like a fool. Im way better at the internet than him though. He spent most of his days growing up rolling 20 sided dice defending middle earth while I watched cute cat videos and porn like a boss.
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Hahahahaha!

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