76ers Next Major Hire: Basketball Analyst
Admit it. You’ve already pictured Brad Pitt (the guy in Hollywood who hangs out with Angelina Jolie) hamming it up across the big screen in the movie “Moneyball”. The story was well-documented but fun to see. It was the story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
Baseball was the first professional sport to assemble a roster based on analytics, but I assert that basketball has taken the lead in professional sports in the application of statistical analysis as a strategic management tool.