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sar480
October 17, 2023 at 1:05 pm
In Ben Simmons case the free throw pressure affected him 100% cause he stopped taking any by sitting out a whole season.
Stud Gerbil
October 17, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Ben shows up on a lot of highlight … and lowlight clips. He was amazing when he was on, but man when he wasn’t, it was awful.
Yashvardhan Raju
October 17, 2023 at 1:06 pm
moneyball walked so this guy could run
michael patalano
October 17, 2023 at 1:07 pm
No disrespect, but a Wizard’s coach is rough
Po Pov
October 17, 2023 at 1:15 pm
Thought this would be about basketball.
Hotdog
October 17, 2023 at 1:51 pm
Nice vid
quaoar
October 17, 2023 at 1:58 pm
There is one important thing that is no statistic.
One of them will do whatever it takes to win…the other will try his best and live with the results.
Clyde The Bulldog
October 17, 2023 at 2:15 pm
Nerd
Jacob Nielson
October 17, 2023 at 2:16 pm
Who are the Washington wizards?
Jayesh Jadhav
October 17, 2023 at 2:16 pm
It would be awesome to have such a video with more world famous sports like Football(soccer), cricket, boxing etc..!
tapiwanashe gwanzura
October 17, 2023 at 2:17 pm
needed more on CR7 and Messi issue
Terrance Limpy
October 17, 2023 at 2:38 pm
Why didn’t I think about doing this when I signed up for college. Ugh.
MrZrazies
October 17, 2023 at 2:51 pm
MJ was assassin player. He was dangerous. Lebron is power player.
MJ made mvp players when Lebron recruits or join with mvp players.
Joe
October 17, 2023 at 2:52 pm
The mid range shot is the most underrated shot 💯
Isaac Fernandes
October 17, 2023 at 2:58 pm
90% of the video is Baseball and American Football. Couldn’t be any more boring. Nice click bait with the basketball and “Ex-NBA Coach”.
kartaiss
October 17, 2023 at 4:38 pm
Me, a European, listening about baseball and American football: yes, those words probably exist
Felipe
October 17, 2023 at 6:04 pm
“Sports”
Everest Jarvik
October 17, 2023 at 6:18 pm
I’m not into sportsball even a little bit so this whole video was like hearing a different language
packfan19281
October 17, 2023 at 6:38 pm
Get This guy on again
Mike Stevens
October 17, 2023 at 6:46 pm
“the best measure we have for soccer performance for individuals, is goals.” is an outrageous simplification of one of the most if not the most data-driven sports in the world.
A L
October 17, 2023 at 6:50 pm
This dude’s knowledge checks out until they talk about the thing you know a lot about.
Stud Gerbil
October 17, 2023 at 7:01 pm
agreed, and this analyst certainly only works with the big three US sports nearly all the time.
Account for Comment
October 17, 2023 at 9:05 pm
I think he had a point. No matter how many data models the game produced, football is very subjective. How many times have you heard legends and former said Messi is the better player, but Ronaldo is the better goalscorer? Now they are saying Haaland is the better goalscorer while Mbappe is the more complete.
myyoutubechannel
October 17, 2023 at 11:05 pm
Outrageous. So defenders and midfielders always have bad performances according to how he measures performance. There are new stats like chances created, and possession value which are determining how scouting is done. This man does not know anything about soccer, he should have just said that.
Account for Comment
October 17, 2023 at 11:37 pm
@myyoutubechannel I think his point is that goal is the only objective reliable metric. A defender used to be measured by tackles, but now it became known that the better defender, the less tackles he had to make. The clean sheet can be attribute to the defensive midfielder or the goalkeeper or his partner or the tactics. A midfielder in a poccession-based team would make more passes than a counter-attack team, how do you define who is the better midfielder? We know Messi and Ozil has many assist, but they also provide the pre-assist that not many noticed.
Wei Xiong
October 18, 2023 at 9:48 am
The moment he said it the moment it showed that he doesn’t know football.
posthocprior
October 17, 2023 at 7:01 pm
Regarding the question of offensive guard in (American) football, there are now many statistics that measure a player’s efficiency. These include, the speed of the guard, acceleration, the speed at which they can make an open tackle, closing speed of a tackle, etc. If you want to know more, google “NFL next gen stats”.
UkroNazis_Started_The_War_Nov.2013_before_Ru_Came
October 17, 2023 at 7:33 pm
Baseball: a game of stats….. because the ball is never in play
Whiskey Nixon
October 17, 2023 at 9:54 pm
Bro, I’m over here.
Ian Cuspinera
October 18, 2023 at 1:52 am
1- this guy clearly doesn’t know football obviously because Ronaldo has about 30 more goals that Messi. I do consider Messi as the GOAT but if you’re gonna take goals as the measure, CR7 has more.
2- Football has a lot of statistics, a massive amount tbh, this guy clearly doesn’t study the sport that much
3- Even tho football has many statistics to be analyzed, it’s an sport less driven by them, something that becomes so boring about american sports is that they want to make everything about stats, percentages, etc.
Processing
October 18, 2023 at 8:11 am
I wouldn’t say he doesn’t know sport, it’s just that he’s American.
This is the reason why the vast majority of questions are either Basketball, Baseball or American Football related.
They don’t care about hockey and football there as much as we do in Europe.
strajder91
October 18, 2023 at 11:31 am
@Processing His answer to the question about Ronaldo and Messi proves that he obviously knows little about football.
Elena
October 18, 2023 at 2:30 am
You DO realise that there’s life and sport outside America and non-Americans watch youtube too? 99% of this video is about American sport that no one in the world cares for.
SupermanHopkins
October 18, 2023 at 8:21 am
I was a sports statistician for one of the biggest media companies. Everything this guy just said is accurate, especially the part about how you get into the profession.
Cajun Tam
October 18, 2023 at 8:40 pm
Want to get into this field
Any suggestions?
Nam Vu
October 18, 2023 at 8:25 am
0:16 most efficient shot in basketball
4:21 defense vs offense: offense wins regular season, defense wins play offs
gwaptiva
October 18, 2023 at 10:15 am
What do you study? Andy Zaltzman studied Classics at Oxford. I think studying statistics is the thing to study
Patrick McCutchan
October 18, 2023 at 10:44 am
The wisest thing every individual should think off, is creating multiple streams of income rather depending on the government to create job opportunities expecially now the country is going through economical crisis
Rafael Ramos
October 18, 2023 at 12:52 pm
To me, Sports are bettter if you enjoy the moment, I don’t think about the numbers 😆
Ben Mark Films
October 18, 2023 at 5:04 pm
You think this stuff about American sports blows your mind… just talk to a cricket statistician. The game is a mecca for stats because they insane amount of variables
Bohlale Mokoena
October 18, 2023 at 7:26 pm
I will forever appreciate Wired for calling it Twitter instead of X.
Tanner Hawkins
October 18, 2023 at 9:22 pm
Great video, disappointed no hockey though!
Michael Gregorio
October 18, 2023 at 10:25 pm
Did we really need a sports statician to tell us that the layup is the most efficient basketball shot?
Apreche
October 19, 2023 at 12:02 am
Not even one ice hockey question. Shame!
Henry Armendariz
October 19, 2023 at 2:23 am
Can’t tell if he’s talking to me or to the person next to the camera man 😂
Bronze Comes Home
October 19, 2023 at 3:40 am
Incredibly disappointing at 3:43. Poster asks a great statistical question: when a shooter takes two free-throws in a down-by-one situation, is there a correlation between the success of the second shot and the success of the first? But in response, all we get is, “The second shot is usually easier and shooters under pressure do worse.”
That’s not what the poster was asking. The question was, is there a relationship between the second shot and the first, not “which shot is easier to make?” The poster’s question is essentially, “are the trials (each free throw) dependent or independent?” I really would have hoped a professional statistician could have spoken more directly to a question like that.
Noel Down
October 19, 2023 at 3:51 am
– How is Messi better than Ronaldo, statistically speaking?
The sports statistician:
– Goals 🤷
Jerome Clemente
October 19, 2023 at 6:22 am
Won’t blame him if he’s not familiar with football. He’s American after all. But for the rest of the questions, he did very well.
Tayzzer
October 19, 2023 at 4:28 am
was that the same “moving on” byte every time? xD
Edward Lee
October 19, 2023 at 4:56 am
Hi Dean 🏀🙂
Diaz
October 19, 2023 at 5:53 am
Nobody
Michael: Shut up Toby..
😂😂😂
David
October 19, 2023 at 7:01 am
*Bro said that statistically the most important metric for soccer is goals and Messi is better than Ronaldo because of that. But, uhmm… Ronaldo has scored more goals.*
Paul Martin
October 20, 2023 at 3:04 pm
It’s soccer so “Who cares?”.
Dave Dee
October 19, 2023 at 8:24 am
Tell Karl Malone that assist don’t matter
Travis H.
October 19, 2023 at 8:45 am
The benefit of switching pitchers more often that was not mentioned is that hitters tend to do much better by the 3rd time they face the same pitcher in the same game, not only the pitcher is getting tired, but the hitters also had 2 previous experiences fresh. By switching to a new pitcher, hitter’s previous experience gets nullified.
Nathaniel Hendershott
October 19, 2023 at 10:58 am
Wonder how this guy does in his Fantasy League 🤔
Bevan Worell
October 19, 2023 at 11:02 am
Wtf was the messi vs Ronaldo answer?? No mention of playmaking, goal contributions, trophies??? What a joke
Blackjack
October 19, 2023 at 11:13 am
This is something that I have always wanted to explore, thank you wired for posting this video!
jvalk18
October 19, 2023 at 12:22 pm
As a diehard Yankees fan, the notion that Jeter was a bad fielder is way overblown. Numbers don’t tell the whole story. Use your eyes!
Sheboygan Shovel
October 19, 2023 at 4:04 pm
Jeter ought to be credited for how smart a shortstop he was, but his range was poor. If you expand the conversation to ‘how much can my team get out of the guy playing shortstop’ Jeter moves way up in the rankings, though not ahead of Alex Rodriguez.
Jorge
October 19, 2023 at 1:08 pm
I wrote a short paper for a sports analytics class arguing why the three-point shot was the most effecient (not including possibilities of fouls). Glad it was on the right path!
Mel Jones
October 19, 2023 at 2:09 pm
WIRED IS A TRASH WOKE CORPORATION!!
fishermanWyatt1989
October 19, 2023 at 4:01 pm
i like how the statistician fittingly uses the word “probably” so often
Jonah Nelson
October 19, 2023 at 4:39 pm
Watching this vid is the closest I’ve ever gotten to understanding why people like sports
Capitalist_rope_salesman
October 19, 2023 at 7:45 pm
I hope the Pardon My Take Boys do something with this.
Spicy Salami
October 20, 2023 at 12:37 am
Dean is so cute bro
ghork
October 20, 2023 at 3:17 am
This is just an American Sports statistician
Be Like Water
October 20, 2023 at 10:13 am
Not a single question about the NHL??
Antônio Gabriel Zeni Landim
October 20, 2023 at 10:37 am
Sports is a great way to get into statistics and programming. If you’re into football/soccer and want to learn some programmings and stats, there’s a good book on the topic. There’s some serious statistical and spatial models used in football with great success!
Jo So
October 20, 2023 at 12:06 pm
Multiple Pitchers just kills Baseball. Never mind the Stats – if a Pitchers having a bad day or getting found out then you just replace him. And then you replace him. So its a Squad Game not a Team Game now and that is boring.
kdroll29
October 21, 2023 at 12:20 pm
this comment makes no sense.
saint
October 23, 2023 at 5:03 pm
you want to make a pitcher throw the whole game? If they have a bad day they will throw 300 pitches lol
Alex
October 20, 2023 at 1:07 pm
I’m surprised that with the mentions of Jordan, LeBron and Jeter, that there’s only like 136 comments about it lol
Edit: people also dont recognize that the Oakland As also had a pretty good pitching lineup too which def helped with getting this wins
kdroll29
October 21, 2023 at 12:14 pm
they had a great rotation and their shortstop, Miguel Tejada, won AL MVP that year. The book barely mentions any of that and the movie completely ignores it.
FriskoDisko _
October 20, 2023 at 1:27 pm
Can we PLEASE have him back?! I loved this!
Travis Harger
October 20, 2023 at 2:49 pm
Would have loved some Hockey stats mixed in here.
toowarmtoohot
October 20, 2023 at 5:00 pm
Family lives in fairbanks, ak. Spent about a decade there. Can confirm, quite cold
nacoran
October 20, 2023 at 5:08 pm
Pitcher wins have a correlation with how good they are, but there is also a correlation with how good the rest of the team is.
kdroll29
October 21, 2023 at 12:13 pm
came here to say this. Take two identical pitchers, the one with a better offense backing him up will have a better W/L record. Simple as that!
TJ Tribble
October 21, 2023 at 2:30 pm
It’s why King Felix was one of the best pitchers without a great win count. The Mariners just couldn’t score!
More Hoops
October 20, 2023 at 5:19 pm
The most efficient shot in basketball is a free throw. How did you lose all credibility in 20 seconds
Kevin Eiford
October 23, 2023 at 12:40 am
He literally says he’s not counting free throws in the video
More Hoops
October 23, 2023 at 12:51 am
@Kevin Eiford timestamp? He doesn’t say it in the first 50 seconds when addressing the question
Invox
October 20, 2023 at 6:45 pm
I hope he comes back.
Dragon zzz
October 20, 2023 at 8:03 pm
You said sports and it’s all about basketball, too biased. There are other sports more popular than BB so you should include them as well like Football and Cricket. And when I say I football I mean real football not your American football
pingtv
October 24, 2023 at 10:10 pm
He’s the father of basketball analytics. Reasonable that the questions lean basketball heavy. TBF, the wire should probably indicate his expertise. Asking him about soccer is kinda tough b/c it’s clearly not his expertise
Raghy78d
October 21, 2023 at 12:55 am
The one time I know a lot about a topic the expert fumbles the answer (Messi v. CR7). Now I’m wondering how often other experts give bad answers that I don’t notice cause I don’t know any better.
Santosh Sankaran
October 21, 2023 at 12:58 am
Highly disagree with the idea that running backs are being devalued due to a recognition shift towards the offensive line. They aren’t getting paid because their production drops off a cliff within a few years after their rookie contracts, and it’s cheaper to draft another one in later rounds over paying them adequately. In other words, money.
naughtybynature999
October 24, 2023 at 4:27 pm
both can be true, not mutually exclusive points
Sami Zein
October 21, 2023 at 1:48 am
Nerd
RrMm
October 21, 2023 at 3:25 pm
No, the outcome of the first free throw shot does not impact the outcome of the second free throw shot because these are two independent events.
pingtv
October 24, 2023 at 10:05 pm
In the clutch, statistically there’s been a slight bump. Theoretically independent, but in this case things like heart rate as Dean said has small effects
Ray Rodriguez
October 21, 2023 at 4:29 pm
When I thought of a cool math job, I didn’t think about this one. Interesting though
maddy tarabbia
October 21, 2023 at 6:58 pm
I would love to see a pathologist! love these videos dearly
lyndaster46
October 21, 2023 at 7:00 pm
i feel enlightened!! this was a very cool interview for us non sports nerd types. Very awesome. Thank you Coach Oliver
Pedro Amargosa
October 21, 2023 at 10:14 pm
This dude doesn’t even know what DVOA is. He loses all credibility TBH
Philip Hedden
October 22, 2023 at 1:21 am
I feel like this guy has a lot of knowledge on basketball and they chose to ask him questions outside his expertise.
His soccer and baseball answers were odd and off base. No baseball statistician is attributing so much to the shift (everything we know says it’s overblown) and no soccer expert is just looking at goals.
pingtv
October 24, 2023 at 10:04 pm
Yea his deep expertise is NBA (considered the father of basketball analytics) and some football
MvZ
October 22, 2023 at 9:24 am
I was expecting the answer to be: the free throw
Nandhu paul
October 22, 2023 at 1:19 pm
This was a waste of time for anyone who isn’t North-American. 😐
Emjay Lapus
October 23, 2023 at 4:58 am
Hope they get Scott Steiner for the next Sports Math Support
Mae Milev
October 23, 2023 at 2:00 pm
Whats the fastest swim kick? Answer: dolphin kick! Not flutter!!
Bruno Belchior
October 24, 2023 at 9:30 am
saying “MJ and LbJ” are almost the same is criminal.
GMAMEC
October 24, 2023 at 10:10 am
I’m not a huge sports fan, but I am fascinated with the statistics, analysis, psychology, and other complex factors. It helps with training, recruiting , historical statistics , and other useful outcomes.
Mikie W
October 24, 2023 at 2:54 pm
I would say an underrated WR is average separation gained on a route run. It seems rather consistently that WRs in college with poor separation numbers tend to fail in the NFL
fleezy, baby
October 25, 2023 at 2:00 am
7:00 the pitcher win rule is so odd. it seems designed specifically for closers.
Jeff Smith
October 25, 2023 at 7:35 am
This guy must hit some crazy multis
Marc Rego
October 25, 2023 at 12:54 pm
I would like to see a sports statistician answer whether he believes individual catch-all advanced stats (EPM, LEBRON, RAPTOR, or the more antiquated PER), particularly defensive catch-all stats, are useful to determine how good individual players are.
Nobre Engenheiro
October 25, 2023 at 2:39 pm
Basketball
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Ryan Alexander Music
October 25, 2023 at 3:36 pm
Yeah I’m not trusting a guy who calls football “soccer”
GTF
October 25, 2023 at 7:34 pm
The most efficient shot is the one that goes in.
Fernando Cardenas
October 25, 2023 at 8:08 pm
I think your resumé is more impressive if you don’t mention the team you worked for 😅
H Ansell
October 25, 2023 at 9:01 pm
Man there are so SO many metrics in football (soccer) to judge player performance than just “goals”. It doesn’t even account for the different roles and positions that players play. I love all of his analysis, but this one take is kinda ridiculous.