Epicurus wrote:Chuck Diesel wrote:I don't often knock stat people, but I'll take own observations, notes and analysis of a basketball game over someone else's statistical formula any day. Many people who scout basketball for a living would say the same thing.
I am sure you are correct about the scouts, but therein lies the problem--self-aggrandizement and hubris.
Three words-Jose Juan Barea. I'm sure you've become familiar with the Puerto Rican speedster since Stotts has been in Dallas. I must have missed all the statistics that said the barely 5-10 point guard would be a productive NBA guard, but I certainly remember watching him with the Fort Worth Flyers of the D-league two years ago and writing a scouting report (albeit unprofessional) suggesting that Barea would be a productive NBA player in time.
Call it self aggrandizement, but I'd welcome you to go back over any of my personal analysis/scouting reports on players like Barea over the last three or four years and see how they compare to the statistical analysis of the player at the time.