Fears that stats trump hoops acumen

Posted on by Mr. Lakhaney

“There is a growing concern that the rise in the popularity of basketball analytics (such as player efficiency rating and true shooting percentage) has led to more stat-based personnel hires rather than ex-players becoming general managers.”

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10673335/some-executives-fear-reliance-stats-keeping-ex-nba-players-front-offices

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