I was watching the Detroit Tigers @ the Baltimore Orioles baseball game last night and the Tigers were precariously holding on to a 9-8 lead […]
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Are Your Players Ball-Movers or Black Holes?
Picking up where we left off on a past Hoop Coach post entitled, “Passes Per Possession-an Eye-Opening Metric”, we’re going to examine another aspect of that […]
Read moreExamining NBA’s New Player Hustle Stats
In case you missed it, the NBA has recently officially started tracking 5 player hustle stats which “evaluates player performance that affects outcomes but can’t […]
Read moreCoaching Balance: Where Do You Stand on these Key Questions?
In a number of articles, we’ve expressed or implied that X and O’s, techniques, drills and strategy are all extremely important but at the very […]
Read moreQuantifying Team Chemistry
Previous posts have dealt with grading one’s players’ intangible qualities as an add-on to any advanced stats evaluations one does. Certainly, putting a number on […]
Read moreAttacking the Front Court Double Teams
Today we’ll finish our three article series on ideas to help prepare our players for the various double team types and locations that they’ll possibly […]
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