Kevin O'Connor provides his usual lucidity.
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/2/26/17052150/mit-sloan-sports-analytics-conference-jimmy-butler-daryl-moreyHe talks about several things.
1. How the public misuses stats, particularly defensive stats. In it, one of the takeaways is the language we use for defensive rating. "For example, you might see the following sentence somewhere on the internet: VanVleet leads the Raptors with a 97.8 defensive rating. But that’s not true. The correct way to convey the statistic is: The Raptors have a 97.8 defensive rating when VanVleet is on the floor. "
2. Trade reform ideas. Some suggestions included the ability to put protections on picks based on how the player you receive performs, and the ability to trade away part of your ping pong balls.
3. There were questions about Jimmy Butler's next contract and the Wolves future cap situation.
4. There's also a cool new system that lets coaches draw up an offensive play on a tablet and then simulate how a defense might respond to it.
It was a good read, but I'd like to hear what people think about the trade reform ideas. Thoughts? I like both suggestions.