Pass

Salley to Dumars to Rodman

Now that, my friends, is a pass.

You're already outdated, Muthu...

Just as Muthuball comes into the picture, here's the latest: 


Moneyball 2.0: How Missile Tracking Cameras Are Remaking The NBA


Go read. Oh, and the creators would like it if you referred to it as Moneyball Plus, thank you very much. 


I think these two taken together have a lot of potential. Muthuball could help determine the draft picks for various teams and Moneyball+ would then get to work on improving their game. 


Now can someone tell Kobe and the Buss family there's something out there that they can spend money and get their hands on to win another title? 

Muthuball

I came across this sometime in the last year, I think. 


Its a theory put forward by a Stanford guy, Muthu Alagappan, on how there are actually 13 positions in basketball, not the traditional 5.


I liked it then, and now its getting picked up in wider circles as well.

These are his 13 positions:

If you want to check out his entire talk as well as the presentation, go here From 5 to 13: Redefining the positions in Basketball