Game 1 of the NBA Finals went to the Toronto Raptors, and to make matters worse for the Golden State Warriors, Kevin Durant is still out. Are the Dubs doomed? NBA Video Coordinator and Scout Bryan Oringher says not so fast my friend.
It’s an argument that may last as long as basketball does: who is the greatest player of all time? Michael Jordan? LeBron James? Maybe somebody else? No one person ever started this argument, but we may know who popularized it, who put numbers and analytics to it. Johnny Carver is a law student with experience in the NBA, who wrote a book about applying numbers to ranking the greatest in the sport’s history.
After a memorable Final Four, it's time to project what will happen for Monday night's National Championship game between Virginia and Texas Tech. Joining Edward Egros (@EdWithSports) to do it is Ryan Girardot (@EPlayRyan) and Dan Dickey (@hoops_nerd).
It’s finally time to tip it off from Minneapolis, and once again we are at the National Association of Basketball Coaches to discuss who will win Saturday’s Final Four games. Data scientists Dan Dickey and Joseph Gill offer their picks with Edward Egros and also who they believe will ultimately cut the nets Monday night.
Longtime basketball scout Alan Branch joined Edward Egros at the National Association of Basketball Coaches at the site of the Final Four to discuss the ongoing problems with the “One and Done” rule, and why it has even affected the high school game.
Basketball data scientist Joseph Gill joins Edward Egros to discuss the best players competing in this year’s Final Four, and if the best player can carry his team to the National Championship.
Ryan Girardot, Dan Hickie and Edward Egros explain why Duke didn’t make the Final Four, despite having what could be half of the Top 6 in this year’s NBA Draft AND one of the better coaches college basketball has ever had.
The team wraps up and reflects on their time at SXSW 2019 in Austin this year...and gets into a spirited debate.
The guys dive in headfirst to trying to see what the anlytics tell us about "good" and "bad" draft classes. Featuring Edward Egros, Dan Dickey, Ryan Girardot, and Producer Mike.
The OTB crew takes a swing at determining whether momentum in basketball is just a perception or a reality in this episode. What do the analytics say? Let's find out.
The guys interview one of their own - Producer Mike. Mike doubles as an AAU coach and youth mentor (on top of being a superstar producer and his day job). This episode dives into his experiences in coaching and how analytics could be of use at the lower levels of basketball competition.
In this episode, the team digs deep to explore methods behind quantifying the age old question of "system/coaching vs. players/talent".
In this episode, the guys take a look at how international play differs from stateside basketball and why/how pace of play is driving this divergence.
The guys try to navigate the tricky world of league to league comparisons? What metrics do we use to quantify? The world may never know...or maybe you'll know by the end of this episode.
In the first episode of the Outside The Box series, Edward, Ryan, Dan, and Producer Mike tackle a question the analytics community will soon have an answer to: How will Luka Doncic’s game transition from the highest levels of European basketball to the NBA? The crew focuses on how the analytics tell us this transition will might occur in a very real-world example of the power of analytics.