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Glockner, Andy.
Subjects
National Basketball Association -- Forecasting -- Statistics.
Basketball players -- Recruiting.
Basketball -- Statistical methods.
Basketball -- Economic aspects.
Basketball -- Philosophy.
Basketball teams -- United States.
Professional sports -- Statistical methods.
Professional sports -- Economic aspects.
Sports -- Statistical methods.
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Glockner, Andy.
National Basketball Association -- Forecasting -- Statistics.
Basketball players -- Recruiting.
Basketball -- Statistical methods.
Basketball -- Economic aspects.
Basketball -- Philosophy.
Basketball teams -- United States.
Professional sports -- Statistical methods.
Professional sports -- Economic aspects.
Sports -- Statistical methods.
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Chasing perfection : a behind-the-scenes look at the high-stakes game of creating an NBA champion /
Andy
Glockner
.
by
Glockner
,
Andy
.
Da Capo Press, 2016.
Call #:
796.32364 G562c
Subjects
National Basketball Association -- Forecasting -- Statistics.
Basketball players -- Recruiting.
Basketball -- Statistical methods.
Basketball -- Economic aspects.
Basketball -- Philosophy.
Basketball teams -- United States.
Professional sports -- Statistical methods.
Professional sports -- Economic aspects.
Sports -- Statistical methods.
ISBN:
9780306824029 (hc.)
0306824027 (hc.)
Description:
274 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Basketball team building is the ultimate challenge as the NBA level and the last few years have seen a massive change in the amount of money, technology, and approaches to finding and evaluating players. This process starts at the high school level, goes through college, and culminates in the NBA, where the ability to identify and cultivate talent is at an absolute premium. Media and fans like to talk about "busts" when a player doesn't work out, but in truth, it takes a complete team/franchise culture beyond any evaluation system to ensure the greatest chance of player success. Spanning the entire amateur and pro basketball landscape and using the 2014-2015 NBA season as a prism, this is a fascinating, all-access spin through the inner workings of the smartest minds at every level of the game, all of whom are part of the chase for an end goal that may be impossible: establishing certainty in player acquisition. The relentless, high-stakes quest to find what national sports writer
Andy
Glockner
calls "Perfected Players" and what ultimately happens to them at the highest (pro) level. Finding those players who, by the end of their run through high school and college and into the NBA, hit as many qualitative and quantitative predictors of future success as possible"--Provided by publisher.
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