Along with traditional, back-to-basket big men largely going extinct in the modern NBA, the league has seen sweeping changes and improvements with analytics. Gone are the days where players and teams are simply evaluated on the eye-test, much to the chagrin of some.
Over recent years the Los Angeles Lakers had developed a reputation as an organization that had not yet caught up with the technological advancements some other teams were utilizing. Last October, they hired Jason Rosenfeld as director of basketball analytics.
Prior to joining the organization Rosenfeld previously held the same role for the NBA, where he’d spent three years before making the change.