Interview with stat analyst Dean Oliver (author of the excellent Basketball on Paper) on how advanced statistics are used in the NBA. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> When Bill James' "Baseball Abstract" gave us reason to think about on base percentage and game-winning hits, Al McGuire was still coaching at Marquette and Magic Johnson was a high school senior. A generation later, a handful of NBA teams have hired or contracted stat wizards whose skills would make Billy Bean blush. One of these is recent Nuggets hire Dean Oliver, formerly affiliated with the Seattle SuperSonics. Oliver, a member of the Association for Professional Basketball Research (basketball's equivalent of baseball's SABR), is the author of "Basketball on Paper." We interviewed him about the use of statistical analysis in the NBA.</div> Interview
I'm curious if he was for or against the contracts Denver ended up paying Kenyon Martin and Nene Hilario.
<div class="quote_poster">shapecity Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I'm curious if he was for or against the contracts Denver ended up paying Kenyon Martin and Nene Hilario.</div> I think he was working for Seattle last year. I expect he wouldn't have supported the Kmart contract, at least.
