“This is taking ‘Moneyball’ to the extreme,'” says one researcher.
Barron and company are using DFFT to break down the spatial interactions of where players like to be and how players interact with one another on the court.
The approach can quantify a player’s success, or lack thereof, from several nearby positions on the court — thus predicting more exact locations where they will score more or defend better in just about any given scenario. “Where this becomes useful is that we can improve a player’s positioning,” he added of the data, which currently only accounts for two-point shots.Oakland A’s former general manager Billy Beane found incredible success with another data intensive strategy — “Moneyball” — in the early 2000s.In that same vein, many basketball coaches may soon pose the question “but can he drive to net?” from simulations based on the Cornell research.
Admittedly, more variables — like accounting for players’ set positions, specialty skill sets and re-running the numbers to include three pointers — still need to get worked in, according to the doctoral student.
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