In an interview with the website of the Italian Basketball Federation, the Brooklyn Nets director of international scouting, Simone Casali, talks about just how complicated the “puzzle” of international scouting has become, whether it’s balancing analytics with the eye test, making sure that diamonds in the rough don’t go unnoticed or staying aligned with what Sean Marks and Brooklyn are thinking.
He even admits that mistakes are made and as in most aspects of life, luck plays a role, particularly on Draft Night.
“There, mistakes are the order of the day because there are things that you cannot predict, or that you predict from one perspective and not another,” said Casali who’s worked with the Nets since Marks has been GM and has been director of international scouting focusing on Europe since 2019.