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And finally, Zach Lowe with a tremendous piece on the SportsVU camera tracking system that half the NBA uses now.

Nothing Hornets related, but really good stuff on help defense, how everyone should shoot more 3s, and playing young guys even if they screw things up. Very good read if you're interested in what advanced stats have to say about NBA strategies.

I like the basic advanced stats, but at a certain point it just becomes nauseating. Don't want to get into an advanced stat argument, but i'm still waiting for one of these teams to actually win something.

I know the Red Sox supposedly used some of it when they won, but a $200 million payroll sort of helps. Superstars win championships and they didn't need MIT students to tell them to sign Manny Ramirez.

I don't think Riley consulted anybody at the Sloan Conference before signing the big 3.

In the end, you don't need a PHD from Harvard to build an NBA Champion. You need to be lucky enough to work in a city with good weather, and the ability to draft or attract a couple superstars.

The exact same as the NBA has always been...

Just judging by that article, you'd think the Raptors were a cutting edge, progressive organization, leading the rest of the league toward this new advanced math and technology. Except in the real world we know thats no even close to being true. They've been a terrible organization.

Plus, they obviously don't even believe what they're preaching because they just traded for Rudy Gay. Is there a guy advanced stats people hate more than Rudy Gay? Maybe Carmelo...

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Posted by TigerinATL

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Posted on 3/19/13 at 2:37 pm to eyeran

I see it as an extension of film study. You can have the computer help do the grunt work of compiling video and have the people you pay spend more time analyzing video.

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Posted by Fleur de Diable

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Posted on 3/19/13 at 2:40 pm to eyeran

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but i'm still waiting for one of these teams to actually win something.

Spurs are one of the teams with the camera's. OKC as well. I'm not disregarding your assertion that at a certain point, it comes down simply these 5 are better than that 5. But, I can't blame a team like a Toronto, who knows they'll never compete with a Miami, for exhausting all avenues to close the gap.

Also, in the article he speaks about the apprehension of the actual coaching staff, when it comes to treating the analytics as gospel. It seems almost like there's going to be a civil war in the NBA between the new school and the old school over these issues, kind of like the Mike Trout vs Miguel Cabrera for MVP last year in baseball.

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Posted by corndeaux

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Posted on 3/19/13 at 4:31 pm to eyeran

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Just judging by that article, you'd think the Raptors were a cutting edge, progressive organization, leading the rest of the league toward this new advanced math and technology. Except in the real world we know thats no even close to being true. They've been a terrible organization. Plus, they obviously don't even believe what they're preaching because they just traded for Rudy Gay. Is there a guy advanced stats people hate more than Rudy Gay? Maybe Carmelo...