Statchat - Dishing It W/dklats

Dklats chats with Mike Venezia, currently on VCU's staff, but who spent the past 3 seasons under Coach Shaka Smart at VCU and Texas. Mike gives us perspective on how a high major program uses advanced stats. Mike talks about how numbers collected can help them with lineup decisions and much much more. He specifically tracks shot quality and the two discuss possible ways to dissect this data and even a way to make it more precise.

Dan Geriot from the Cleveland Cavs joins Dklats to discuss how the Cavs use the mountains of data available to NBA teams. They chat about various topics including best ways to defend a pin down for Paul George, Cavs optimal positioning on the court, Channing Frye's role, and much more. The behind the scenes look of the reigning NBA champs is both entertaining and fascinating.

Dave chats w/Seattle Storm legend Sue Bird; They discuss how her coaches going all the back to Geno Auriemma emphasize different philosophies based on advanced stats. They question whether you can quantify having that "killer" in you on the court. They also dabble in how Sue has been able to prolong her career.

Division 3 head coach Waleed Farid from Hartwick College joins DKlats and Stat Chat. The two friends discuss how advanced stats can still be used even without the resources a D1 or NBA team may have. Waleed talks about what he emphasizes to his players and what they do in practice and games to execute these strategies......Lastly Waleed flips the script on DKlats and throws some questions his way.

Kevin Hovde, assistant coach at University of San Francisco joins DKlats and Stat Chat to discuss how he and his staff value different components of the game. He talks about their copyrighted "Hustle Stats" and how they use these numbers to assess value in practice. They debate whether these represent a good portrayal of how good a player will be in games......They discuss decision making and trying to quantify different aspects of it......They also recount different drills they've used to try and improve these areas.

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