I wanted to read more about Mike Zarren, and I came across this presentation here:
This was a panel talking about NBA analytics at the 2013 Sloan Conference. The panel included Zarren, but also Buford, SVG, Pritchard, and Zach Lowe. If you have a spare hour I recommend watching the whole thing.. I found it enjoyable.
I am so happy that Colangelo is gone.. this conference proves to me how bad Colangelo was at building the right team. Getting him out of there was the best news I heard all year. Now we need a GM that properly understands analytics and knows how to hire a coach that understands analytics as well. I'm actually impressed by Zarren by listening to this conference. He might be a bit green when it comes to fielding a team, but I actually think he'd be a good fit going forward.
So going through Sportsnet's list of candidates (thanks Matt for posting them), my list would be:
1) Weaver
2) Zarren
3) Pritchard
4) Ujiri
And if any of these guys can get SVG that would be a major coup. Also if we need a cap expert they should hire Larry Coon.
This was a panel talking about NBA analytics at the 2013 Sloan Conference. The panel included Zarren, but also Buford, SVG, Pritchard, and Zach Lowe. If you have a spare hour I recommend watching the whole thing.. I found it enjoyable.
I am so happy that Colangelo is gone.. this conference proves to me how bad Colangelo was at building the right team. Getting him out of there was the best news I heard all year. Now we need a GM that properly understands analytics and knows how to hire a coach that understands analytics as well. I'm actually impressed by Zarren by listening to this conference. He might be a bit green when it comes to fielding a team, but I actually think he'd be a good fit going forward.
So going through Sportsnet's list of candidates (thanks Matt for posting them), my list would be:
1) Weaver
2) Zarren
3) Pritchard
4) Ujiri
And if any of these guys can get SVG that would be a major coup. Also if we need a cap expert they should hire Larry Coon.
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