It can affect personnel decisions/coaching schemes past common sense. You can tell it's a bad decision to take a 19 foot jumper contested- but what if it's demar catching it in open in the mid range, 19 feet away off a screen, with his defender closing in and ross's defender a shade off ross to stop the drive but close enough he can challenge ross's shot. That's a harder read with just the eye test over a full season.
Also, it can completely change the way defenses gameplan and attack specific offences. We know 3's and layups are bad for a defence. But what's your scheme when there's an equal threat from the above-average PG coming off a pick and roll shooting a 17 foot jumper and a slightly contested corner three from the SF? How do you gameplan for that? How good is the PF off a pick and pop? There's a lot of scenarios that it could help.
And- it can help you understand the people who don't have the flashiest numbers in the world, but contribute more than the current box score shows. Those are the guys you go and get on a MLE that can move the needle in a series. For example, do you sign jamal crawford or nick young to be your gunner off the bench? You don't have to look at just points anymore- you can see the TS%, PER, Win Shares, EPVA, the PER they hold the person they're facing to- a lot that allows you to make a more informed decision that could swing a series.
Analytics confirm the things we know, and it's usually not groundbreaking on the big and obvious plays. Curry shooting 3 is a good shot all the time, rubio shooting anywhere is bad, rudy contested midrange are bad, howard pick and rolls are good- it's not these plays we need analytics for. It's the little things that happen in a basketball game that aren't always easily visible, but absolutely affect the outcome of the game, that advanced stats points out. And if it gets guys like the no-stats all-star battier bigger checks and shows their real value? I'm all for it
Also, it can completely change the way defenses gameplan and attack specific offences. We know 3's and layups are bad for a defence. But what's your scheme when there's an equal threat from the above-average PG coming off a pick and roll shooting a 17 foot jumper and a slightly contested corner three from the SF? How do you gameplan for that? How good is the PF off a pick and pop? There's a lot of scenarios that it could help.
And- it can help you understand the people who don't have the flashiest numbers in the world, but contribute more than the current box score shows. Those are the guys you go and get on a MLE that can move the needle in a series. For example, do you sign jamal crawford or nick young to be your gunner off the bench? You don't have to look at just points anymore- you can see the TS%, PER, Win Shares, EPVA, the PER they hold the person they're facing to- a lot that allows you to make a more informed decision that could swing a series.
Analytics confirm the things we know, and it's usually not groundbreaking on the big and obvious plays. Curry shooting 3 is a good shot all the time, rubio shooting anywhere is bad, rudy contested midrange are bad, howard pick and rolls are good- it's not these plays we need analytics for. It's the little things that happen in a basketball game that aren't always easily visible, but absolutely affect the outcome of the game, that advanced stats points out. And if it gets guys like the no-stats all-star battier bigger checks and shows their real value? I'm all for it
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