By Jay Fitzgerald – A blog about Boston, Hub of the Universe, and everything else.


How 3-point shot analytics have hurt basketball, Part II: The panel showdown

Just in time for this weekend’s MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference at the Hynes Center, along comes a Washington Post article on how the “NBA is facing an analytics-fueled crisis,” similar to what Hub Blog was saying last month. … One of the panel discussions at this weekend’s Sloan summit: “Have the Nerds Ruined Basketball?” The short answer: yes. …  The NYT and the Herald’s Bill Speros have more on the upcoming summit 

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