Sports analytics
Subject in Basketball
Sports analytics has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Digital Social Hour. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Gary SuttonBusiness intelligence and analytics leader and author of data science and statistics books including Statistics Slam Dunk
Sutton said the data suggests LeBron James has had a better career than Michael Jordan, though he personally prefers Jordan.
“I think the data suggests that LeBron has had a better career. I wouldn't necessarily agree with that. I'm more of a Jordan guy”
Digital Social Hour: The Project Management Problem Nobody Talks About... | Gary Sutton | DSH #2013 (Jun 11, 2026) · Listen from 39:09
Sutton called 'defense wins championships' a cognitive illusion, arguing basketball is roughly a 50-50 game between offense and defense.
“I think basketball is basically a 50-50 game between offense and defense. It might not be exactly 50-50, but it's close”
Digital Social Hour: The Project Management Problem Nobody Talks About... | Gary Sutton | DSH #2013 (Jun 11, 2026) · Listen from 19:19
Sutton said he does not believe analytics alone should be used to assess players or situations.
“I'm a big analytics guy, obviously. But I don't believe in using analytics alone to assess players or other situations”
Digital Social Hour: The Project Management Problem Nobody Talks About... | Gary Sutton | DSH #2013 (Jun 11, 2026) · Listen from 3:40
Podcasts
- Digital Social Hour · 1 episode
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.