What Gary Sutton has said about NBA draft
1 quote · 1 episode · Jun 11, 2026
Gary Sutton, Business intelligence and analytics leader and author of data science and statistics books including Statistics Slam Dunk, has been quoted on NBA draft once in 1 episode of Digital Social Hour, most recently on June 11, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Sutton reported that players drafted in the top five average two to three times the win shares of other first-round picks.
“that number is much, much greater than any other first round draft pick. Oh yeah, two to three times at least higher than what you otherwise get in the first round”
Digital Social Hour: The Project Management Problem Nobody Talks About... | Gary Sutton | DSH #2013 (Jun 11, 2026) · Listen from 5:06
Episodes
The Project Management Problem Nobody Talks About... | Gary Sutton | DSH #2013Digital Social Hour · Jun 11, 2026 · 1 h 1 min
Sean Kelly talks with analytics author Gary Sutton about NBA data on the draft, tanking, salary cap, hot hand and betting, plus AI and project management.
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