OT: Dean Oliver leaves the Denver Nuggets for ESPN

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I think this could be huge for statheads.

From what I know, lots of information is withheld once a statistical analysis guy is employed by an NBA team...I'm hoping his work with ESPN can help more advanced statistics become mainstream.

Obviously ESPN has Hollinger, but I'm not a fan of PER.

For anyone who hasn't seen it, Dean Oliver is the author of 'Basketball On Paper', a book that shows fans/coaches/scouts how to forecast player performance based on statistical evidence. Great read.