The stark reality of basketball is that most games are determined by the results of 5 or fewer possessions. If we were to go back over all of our games […]
Finding Wisdom in Your Scorebook and Old Data
I know terms like “Advanced Analytics” and “Advanced Metrics” are the new hotness in basketball and certainly the NBA, but there is plenty of great wisdom that can be gleaned […]
Tracking Players Stats per Minute of Playing Time
Tracking one’s players’ points and rebounds is easily one of the most casual ways of entering the analytics fray as a beginner. Even for the metrics disciples among the coaching […]
Do You Know Your Players’ Usage Rates?
Among the metrics in vogue these days is one called usage rate. The concept is really quite simple as it merely means the number of possessions in a game that […]
Mid-Range Shots: Your Thoughts and Standards
Most of us have heard the noise; taking any shots besides layups or triples is inefficient. On that issue, we likely fall into four main distinct categories: True Disciple – […]
Reasonable Defensive Expectations – because there are no shutouts in basketball
Finishing up some current thinking on charting individual player defensive accountability, we’d like to share one more thought on how coaches can use postgame defensive charting to zero in fixable […]