The NBA does a great job being at the forefront of using analytics to improve their product. The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference is currently underway, and the smartest statistical minds from around the league are all meeting in one place to improve the use of stats in the sport. Just before the conference began, the league announced that they are making a few new tracking statistics public information. One of these new stats is the “box-out”.
Most of you know what a box-out is, but for some of you basketball fans less in-tune with the vernacular, here is an explanation.