ur right. a random nikka who watches a couple of games here or there isn't reliable. but nba coaches and scouts that watch millions of hours of game tape is alot more reliable than some stat geek just mashing numbers at his desk.
when analytics takes over a team like the Grizzlies, its a problem. when you have dudes like John Hollinger telling established NBA coaches like Lionel Hollins how to do his job, that is a problem.
I got no problem with the information analytics provides. I got a problem when these dudes who never played a second of ball in their lives try to tell dudes who have been in the game for decades how to do their jobs.
remember the new coach for the grizzlies almost quit last year cause he couldn't take how much meddling the analytically driven front office had on his coaching strageties.
Coaches and stuff are great but they're not infallible nor do they always have the best eye for talent, scouting, or how to properly develop players. Look at Presti, Dantoni, Mike Brown, etc.
Not are players always the best judge of their talents or other talents. Josh Smith thinks he can freaking shoot.
You got players like Melo who might be a hard cover on an individual basis so individual players might think highly of his offensive ability but then you got a guy like Lebron who is a far bigger defensive nightmare for a coaching staff. Players might say Melo is a harder cover than Lebron because they're thinking in terms of who to guard in an iso setting but coaches and coordinators will say Lebron is a much harder to plan for. Things like that.
A lot of these analytics are dudes who pour over tape and games too, breh. They're not just looking at a computer and formulas. These are dudes who study basjetball like a cracy and break things down, bit by bit.
Grizzlies actually improved, overall, after the analytics cane into play and showed that letting Rudy Gay would help their team.
Analytics are there to help you put things into context and give people more specific insight on things plus put certain things into a better perspective.
Humans also got a tendency to block out things that don't match what we want to believe which is why stats are useful. I know people who still think Lebron chokes in big moments even if you tell them he's hit more playoff game winners than Kobe in far less seasons.
You got people who think AI is better than Lebron, Durant, or Wade because they romanticize his impact because he's small and they look up to him. You got people who think Kobe who is inefficient or a bad passer despite the fact that he's neither but it goes with their "Kobe is a selfish ballhog mentality".
