Facundo Campazzo will take his brilliance to the NBA. No doubt his flashy assists and PNR decisions will look good on the side of Nikola Jokic. However, his (lack of) physicality make some people doubt. How will a 1m81 (5'11)…
Last Euroleague season, teams averaged around 10 offensive rebounds per game. Even when more than half of them ends in a put-back, it’s easy to understand that it pays off to have a plan for these extra possessions of 14…
In today’s article I highlight how analytics helped Real Madrid to be successful in the Euroleague. After a rough start of the season, the mathematics behind the game whispered the winning playcall in Coach Laso’s ear! Ever since I spent…
The second wave of the worldwide pandemic is again the moment where a lot of young adults spend time on Fortnite instead of working out on the court. When that happened some months ago, I dove deeper into the genius…
These past few weeks I took you along on a little journey through analytics. This time I want to make the bridge to the basketball court. Where many statistical analysis stop, I want to make the connection with the X's…
Happy to have you back on board on my search for the shot that make you win games! On a more general note, I like to prove to all non-believers to which practical insights analytics can lead. Independent of playing…
Welcome back to join me on my the quest for THE ultimate analytics cypher that has the biggest impact on winning games. Can analytics make you win games? I say YES! In my previous article I showed how the effective…
We have crossed a point of no return... Analytics WILL play an more important role in the future of basketball. Also internationally. Also in Europe. There's no way back, it's inevitable. And it will be crucial in closing the remaining…
Hello there, Just like so many of us, I'm completely into "The Last Dance" nowadays. Every episode is a nostalgic throwback to my childhood. Despite knowing how every important shot or action ends. I watched them over and over again…
Good afternoon! Every disadvantage has its advantage. This Covid-19 crisis leaves us with some extra time to study the game. Today I want to dig in some of the spacing concepts by one of Europe's coaching GOATs, Željko Obradović (9x EuroLeague…