Miami Heat Analytics Assessment Overview At a time when salary caps are skyrocketing, and teams are sinking $100s of millions on players who are not adding commensurate value, it’s more important than ever for teams to know that the players they select add value and will do whatever it takes to win and help the…
DetailsCharlotte Hornets Analytics Assessment Overview At a time when salary caps are skyrocketing, and teams are sinking $100s of millions on players who are not adding commensurate value, it’s more important than ever for teams to know that the players they select add value and will do whatever it takes to win and help the…
DetailsAtlanta Hawks Analytics Assessment Overview At a time when salary caps are skyrocketing, and teams are sinking $100s of millions on players who are not adding commensurate value, it’s more important than ever for teams to know that the players they select add value and will do whatever it takes to win and help the…
DetailsBrooklyn Nets Analytics Assessment Overview At a time when salary caps are skyrocketing, and teams are sinking $100s of millions on players who are not adding commensurate value, it’s more important than ever for teams to know that the players they select add value and will do whatever it takes to win and help the…
DetailsThis is a review of the NBA player performance under pressure research conducted by Matt Goldman and Justin M. Rao applying a random coefficient model. Athletes are often praised or criticized for their performance under pressure. They are said to rise to the occasion or buckle under pressure. Studies have shown that amateur athletes do…
DetailsThis is a review of the NCAA basketball research conducted by Francisco J. R. Ruiz and Fernando Perez-Cruz, applying Poisson factorization. Predicting probabilities regarding outcomes of sporting events is difficult as it is often not clear which variables actually affect the outcome and what information is known before the event begins. Predicting outcomes for team…
DetailsThis is a review of the MLB payroll research conducted by Martin Kleinbard applying cross sectional analysis and longitudinal analysis. Over the years, there has been a complaint among stakeholders in the MLB that a payroll inequity creates an uneven playing field among the teams. Is there any validity to this argument? If money plays…
DetailsThis is a review of the MLB research conducted by Joe Rosales and Scott Spratt applying the Strike Zone Plus/Minus. Every baseball game creates some controversy regarding the calls of strikes and balls. No one ever completely agrees with the umpire and umpires, being human, are not 100% accurate. It seems that some players in…
DetailsThis is a review of the soccer research conducted by Patrick Lucey, Alina Bialkowski, Mathew Montfort, Peter Carr, and Iain Matthews applying conditional random fields and point-in-polygon calculations. Within any soccer game, the team with the most shots on goal is often not the winner. Why is this? Obviously, not every shot has the same…
DetailsThis is a review of the basketball research conducted by Brian Skinner, applying networks and Braess’s paradox. A basketball game can be seen as a series of intertwined networks. Each possession has a starting point, a path to follow, and an ending point. Each possession, or pathway, would have its own unique probability of scoring…
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