Would looking at stats and player type just be considered analytics instead of all that goofy shyt?
I’m 29 man i grew up without all that I’d rather use the eye test.
Like if I was the GM of the Hawks, I’d go after players to fit the system. I wouldn’t need analytics to find bigs who can shoot the 3, a penetrating PG & 3&D wings. Plus I’d sit with em and figure out their personality to see if their a team first, unselfish person. Don’t need numbers for that.
Every team uses some form of analytics now.
You don’t want to use numbers, but how are you going to know if a player is a 3 point shooter without checking his shooting numbers? How are you going to determine if he’s a good defender without checking the numbers of players against him and the teams defensive numbers while he’s on the floor?
You just gonna watch thousands of hours of film on 10+ players when you have other GM obligations to attend to as well?
No, that’s not realistic, the numbers paint a clear picture of what happens out there to supplement a scouting report. You can see different play types through the numbers and then verify through film.
I see a lot of people talk about how they hate analytics and eye test is way better, then they follow that up with some dumb shyt that shows how they don’t actually even know what it is that they’re seeing out there. Can’t name a single set that these NBA teams are running. And constantly shyt on players that play well within a team concept cause they don’t score because there’s no recognition of the game other than scoring and on ball defense.
Not saying you’re “that guy” but I see this archetype play out frequently
