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re: Massive ESPN article on analytics - Pelicans segment
Posted on 2/24/15 at 11:33 am to NawlinsTiger9
Posted on 2/24/15 at 11:33 am to NawlinsTiger9
The blurb quoted below is also worth pointing out.
I'm just reposting from the Demps thread
I'm just reposting from the Demps thread
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Still, it's challenging to find examples of how analytics have penetrated New Orleans' decision-making, and sources confirm that GM Dell Demps and coach Monty Williams are not engaged in incorporating advanced stats.
Data isn't the be all, end all. The questions you ask and how you interpret the stats are more important than anything else.
But these are tools that can help (sometimes confirming a belief, others reversing). Not blending all the available information together at your disposal is willful ignorance.
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Posted on 2/24/15 at 3:55 pm to corndeaux
Demps and Williams respond:
LINK
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''It is completely inaccurate to suggest that the Pelicans are skeptics and do not value analytic data,'' Demps said. ''We study and analyze the data using advanced metrics before we make any decisions.
''Just because we do not publicly broadcast how we use analytics, I do feel it is important to let the Pelicans fans know that the use of analytics is an important part of our decision-making process.''
...Pelicans coach Monty Williams said he's always used analytics, but considers it primarily as just stats.
''I try to use real stats and add my feel to it to the numbers that I'm getting,'' Williams said. ''Like case in point last month (Monday's game against the Toronto), they made a lot of contested shots but it will go down as a bad defensive possession. I don't think that's the case.
''But we use numbers all the time, we just call them stats. I don't discount any of that stuff. You have to take all of it in the pot and make it relevant to your team and the situation.''
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