"Moles in a dungeon."

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raleigh
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"Moles in a dungeon." 

Post#1 » by raleigh » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:17 pm

Thought stat nerds would enjoy Spoeltra's quote about the guys the Heat hired to chart games:

Spoelstra says this isn’t the first time he’s used advanced stats to organize his offense. He did it last season with Jermaine O’Neal, sending the big man to the left side of the floor after seeing the numbers.

What numbers does Spoelstra use?

“We use a little bit of Synergy and then we charted it out on our own,” Spoelstra said. “I have these moles in the dungeon -- video guys -- all they do is chart.


http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/miamiheat/post/_/id/4356/how-advanced-stats-changed-chris-boshs-game
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Re: "Moles in a dungeon." 

Post#2 » by Shinyhubcaps » Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:11 am

I think it's funny, and it's good that teams realize the value in this. "Eye tests" aren't going to be effective anymore. Football and baseball teams make charts from video, I'm glad some basketball teams do as well.

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