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Basketball Beyond Paper: Insights Into the Game's Analytics Revolution - Paperback
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by Dean Oliver (Author)
A pioneer in the field of basketball analytics, Dean Oliver introduced a framework to understand basketball through the use of statistics in his book Basketball on Paper. In his follow-up, Basketball beyond Paper, Oliver lays out both the technical and personal aspects of his twenty-year experience in the NBA as he helped build the analytics that changed the game. He also looks at the people and technology that pushed those analytics forward.
Oliver tells stories of how the insights came about, whether studying other teams or witnessing events with players, coaches, and management of his own teams. He highlights how great LeBron James and Steph Curry have been but also how critical "middle-class" or "glue" players such as Shane Battier, Andre Iguodala, and JJ Redick were to their teams. Oliver illustrates the paths taken by Most Improved Player Award winners such as Lauri Markkanen, Julius Randle, and Brandon Ingram. Basketball beyond Paper tells the stories of how analytics have helped basketball players, coaches, and management--and changed the game.Author Biography
Dean Oliver is a pioneer in the field of basketball analytics, as well as a former collegiate player and scout. He has worked for four NBA teams, most recently the Washington Wizards as an assistant coach. Oliver headed up the development of ESPN's analytics group from 2011 to 2014 and is currently a sports data scientist for ESPN. He is the author of Basketball on Paper: Rules and Tools for Performance Analysis (Potomac, 2003).
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