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How to Build Basketball Impact Metric like LEBRON? Why do catch-all stats rate Franz Wagner higher than Paolo Banchero? How long will GS Warriors play such a deep 12-man rotation? – with Krishna Narsu
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Ep. 14 of Learning Basketball with Krishna Narsu! Krishna Narsu is the inventor of the LEBRON impact metric with BBall Index, the default stat used in the popular NBA Trade Machine on Fanspo for projecting wins after fake trades. He contributes to Nylon Calculus and has formerly worked as an Analytics Consultant with the Dallas Mavericks.
Find his work at @KNarsu3 and @The_BBall_Index on Twitter
Timeline:
0:00 Introduction & Background
1:00 What goes into Developing an Impact Metric like Krishna's LEBRON stat?
16:00 How do Film and Analytics go hand in hand when evaluating basketball?
22:10 Karl-Anthony Towns Percentiles & Grades with clean fit with New York Knicks
24:30 Franz vs. Paolo - The Magic Fan Dilemma - Why do so many impact stats rate Franz Wagner higher than Paolo Banchero?
43:21 How long will the Warriors continue to play such a deep 12-man rotation?