The Basketball Court Swordsman

“Yes, there is only one player, because he is the only player worthy of our attention at uCLA this year.”

Hearing Henson’s words, Pritchard didn’t even bother to read the scout report. What is uCLA? It is the holy place that the best basketball talents in the United States aspire to. In that arena full of opportunities and genius, the scout only brought them a player report! Although the Pacers may not get too high a pick this year, there is more than one option.

Bird may not be familiar with Henson, but Pritchard has heard of some of Henson’s “honorable deeds.” It’s not without reason that the original team’s data analyst has become a small scout who needs to run around.

After all, not everyone is like Cuban to find such an excellent data analyst. In this world, there are really not many people who can do both math and basketball who can do this job. And what’s the scout report written by someone who doesn’t understand basketball?

Henson can say that Jrue Holiday is one of the most noteworthy players, but he can’t remove that one. After all, Holiday’s predicted draft pick has never been in the lottery area. Did the people ahead of him die overnight?

“Ju. Holiday? I know him. If the league still allows high school students to participate in the draft, he may still be able to squeeze into the lottery zone. But after this guy went to college, he almost disappeared. You also wrote in detail above. His average data per game in college is very mediocre. A player who can’t dominate the game in the NCAA, I really don’t know why he became the most watched one. When you just said this, I thought You will give me a copy of Darren Collison’s scout report. But Jue Holiday?”

Bird looked at the first page of the report, bit his cigar and shook his head. Had it not been for Henson’s remarks that made Bird feel a bit interesting, he might have let the scout out of the room.

“Indeed, Holiday’s averaging data looks ordinary. But you have to know that this data may not reflect Holiday’s true level at all, and the data will lie. Points, assists, rebounds, blocks and turnovers. ….. Holiday’s data itself is not problematic. The problem is that these data are not comprehensive enough, not objective enough, and cannot truly reflect Holiday’s level! Mr. Bird, please continue to open the second part of the scout report page!”

In the face of doubt, Henson was very calm. With the help of the data analysis module, he can see that Hollodi’s potential is A-level, but others cannot. In order to persuade others, he was thinking about how to convince others from last night to today when he took the plane. After crossing, the owner of the body itself left Henson with a clever mind and superb knowledge of mathematics. So Henson thought, maybe he could use this to make a fuss.

Byrd turned to the second page of the scout report, and then he was confused. On the entire paper, a lot of numbers and mathematical formulas were written densely, and Bird felt a dull pain in his brain instantly!

“Whether it is points, rebounds, steals or blocks and assists, all these data have a significant correlation with the team’s wins and losses. For this I used the t-test formula and correlation analysis, and the results support this view. For this purpose, I also collected data from each game of Holiday in University, and then comprehensively considered the influence and contribution of Holiday’s various data to the team’s victory and defeat. I used several mathematical models to construct… ..”

“Hey, stop, Henson! Damn it, am I here to listen to your math class? Tell me something you can understand!” Byrd was a little impatient, and Pritchard was silent. Watching the show. The rumors are pretty good, and this guy Henson will only play with a bunch of mathematical formulas that the coach doesn’t understand, and that doesn’t help the team. He is not a scout, just a nerd.

But after Bird yelled, Henson remained unchanged. He knew this would happen, and Henson certainly knew that Bird and the coaching staff didn’t understand and didn’t want to listen to those annoying formulas. But the reason why he still said this is to prove that Holiday’s excellence is not just mere words, but is supported by complex data.

“Okay, then let’s skip that annoying analysis. To be honest, I was annoying enough to calculate these formulas last night.” Henson first used a self-deprecating way to ease the atmosphere, and then, persuasion was really real Start!

“The data calculated by those complex formulas all point to a result, that is, Holiday’s contribution to the team’s victory is much greater than uCLA’s head guard Darren Collison! That’s right, Darren Corey Sen averaged 14.4 points, 2.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 2.3 steals per game, which made him look more like a star. After all, even Westbrook had played him off the bench for the Bruins. But these statistics deceived him. In the eyes of everyone, when the Bruins attack, whether it is possession of the ball or the right to shoot, a large amount of it is in the hands of Collison. I have calculated that if Collison’s possession and shooting rights are converted to Huo For Ledi, his stats will be countless times better than Collison! And Holiday is a point guard, but the Bruins put him in the position of shooting guard for tactical needs. Holiday’s scoring ability It is indeed better than the organizational ability, but one of his dilemmas when playing as a shooting guard is that Hollodi can’t touch the ball at all during most of the game. The ball is spinning in Collison’s hands!”

Henson said, paused on purpose. At this time on the court, the Pacers and Spurs’ second quarter game has begun, but Bird is still intently staring at Henson’s scout report and listening to his explanation. Henson knew, Bird listened! This means that his preparations were not in vain.

“You also said that data will deceive people’s eyes. Then, how can you ensure that the numbers you list will not deceive my eyes?” Bird continued to ask, the world of basketball is not just numbers. It can be described clearly.

“Well, of course I have other things to say. You continue to look through the scout report. I have attached a few pictures of Holiday shots and layups to the scout report. Mr. Bird, have you seen anything? ?”

“They are all ordinary pictures, what do you want to express?”

Henson deliberately waited for Bird to ask him every time before saying that this would increase Bird’s sense of participation and leave an impression on Bird. The clever mind of a mathematical genius is not only useful in mathematics.

Now that Bird has asked, Henson is no longer selling it. “Although Holiday uses his right hand to shoot the basket, he uses more left hands when he lays up and dunks! This means that Holiday is the kind of guard who uses both left and right hands in a very balanced manner. !? Most NBA players are left-handed and balanced, especially guards. You can hardly tell whether he is left-handed or right-handed just by looking at the dribble. But shooting and layups are the most intuitive way to distinguish between a player’s right and left hands! Most players do not use their non-dominant hand to attack. However, there are some players who want to use their non-dominant hand to attack, the purpose is to make themselves more versatile and make their offense more difficult to defend. The hard work and effort required to achieve this goal is beyond ordinary people’s imagination. Zhu Holledi, happens to be one of them!”

Bird nodded slightly while listening. As one of the most balanced left-handed players in league history, Bird knows that it takes a lot of effort for a right-handed player to train his left hand to perfection. And you know, Holiday is not as talented as Bird. Perhaps he has sweated more than Bird!

“Isn’t a rookie who knows how to use diligence to change his destiny more easily than a rookie who only depends on talent?”

Bird smiled after listening, and put out the cigar in his hand. Bird agreed with the last words Henson said.

Even Pritchard, who was about to watch the excitement, was a little surprised. The Henson in front of him was completely different from the one in the rumors! His report really looks like that!

“One more thing is that I believe in my intuition as a basketball player! Zhu Holledi, judging from the rank we can probably get, it is definitely the best choice!”

Finally, Henson added one more sentence. Perhaps in Pritchard’s opinion, “intuition” is a bit too illusory. But in Bird’s view, a basketball player’s intuition is essential. Because Auerbach, Bird’s mentor, is a very intuitive guy!

“I heard you came here as soon as you got back to Indianapolis, haven’t you had dinner?” Byrd, who was combing his head, closed the scout report. From his smile, Henson could tell that he passed. Up!

“Before I had time to eat, I was almost late. You know how bad the traffic is on match day.”

“Indeed, all Indianapolis people on game day want to watch the game. It’s a pity that the team’s performance today will disappoint them. Forget it, don’t talk about it. Pritchard, man. Ask someone to show me and Henson bought some food, he should be starving.”

“Very happy to have dinner with you, Mr. Bird.” Henson exhaled. Now he really wants to go back to Long Beach to thank the hotelier.

That guy is simply a natural prophet.