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u/WinesburgOhio · 3 pointsr/nba

The other bad part about Wilt planting himself in the post is that when he joined the Lakers, their 2 top stars (West & Baylor) were both great drivers who Wilt would not move away from the basket for (so his defender could easily help on those drives knowing Wilt wasn't going anywhere), which particularly killed Baylor's value since Wilt liked to set up on the left block and Baylor famously drove in along the left baseline. Wilt also wouldn't move out of the post for fear of getting less rebounds, so his teammate were never getting picks from him, he wasn't helping create driving lanes for them, etc.

BTW, I can't recommend people reading Ben Taylor's work enough. His book is phenomenal, his site & Twitter are phenomenal, his YouTube channel is phenomenal, etc.

u/jokes_on_you · 2 pointsr/nba

I think we may have miscommunicated about your ambitions. What you're referring to is a scorekeeper and I don't think it requires much, if any, formal statistics training. You had mentioned getting a master's degree so I was talking about something different. Those who are trained as statisticians or related fields and hired by NBA teams are called many things but often has "analytics" in the title. Think Daryl Morey, Warriors, Sam Hinkie, etc. Using numbers to inform play style, acquisitions, trades, etc. Here is a book about it that seems aimed towards the layperson. This one is considered the "Moneyball" of basketball but is quite dated. This is by Kirk Goldsberry and is specifically about the 3-point shot and probably has the highest production value and approachability.

u/Fr4mesJanco · 1 pointr/nba

Thinking basketball is pretty great (Thinking Basketball https://www.amazon.com/dp/1532968175/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_CNOCDbZD2VERY)

The author also has a podcast and YouTube channel that are equally useful if you want to learn about different strategies and sets in basketball.