Lakers plan staff move to beef up analytics operation
湖人准备将人员安排到数据分析的职位
LAS VEGAS – Lakers executives have long defended their use of advanced
statistics, disputing the public perception that the 16-time NBA champions
are behind the times.
湖人说他们的统计是最先进的
The organization, however, is taking steps to strengthen the analytics side
of things, with plans to create a position for a staff member to facilitate
better communication between the basketball staff and those crunching the
numbers.
目前开始计画要有专人数据分析，并且要能用数据沟通的能力
Assistant coach and advance scout Clay Moser is expected to transition from
the bench to the front office in a sort of liaison position, which previously
did not exist within the organization. A team spokesman confirmed Monday that
the move is in the works.
助理教练与球探Clay Moser是安排的人选
The responsibilities of the role have been among those heaped upon assistant
coach Mark Madsen. The plan with Moser, however, is to facilitate a pipeline
of ideas with a basketball person in the front office.
Moser has been with the Lakers since 2011, when Mike Brown hired him as an
advance scout. Before that, he was an assistant coach for the D-Fenders and
Reno Bighorns of the Development League, as well as an advance scout for
Cleveland, Orlando, Sacramento and Golden State.
Team officials felt that statistical analysis got lost in translation between
the two branches of the organization, with statistics employees sometimes
failing to understand the practical complications of making certain
adjustments based on numbers, and the coaches not appreciating the value of
the stats.
球队人员认为教练不欣赏统计资料的价值，所以数据分析派不上用场
In February, ESPN.com ranked the Lakers 113th out of 122 professional sports
franchises for their use of analytics, and grouped the organization among
just three “nonbelievers” league-wide, along with the Brooklyn Nets and New
York Knicks.
ESPN统计，122个有使用数据分析职业球队里，湖人排113名。
Around that time the website published a story with a headline that asked, “
Are the Lakers stuck in the stone age?”
所以就吐槽了说，湖人活在石器时代
ESPN reported that the Lakers employed six full-time analytics staffers,
including four who focused on data from the in-arena SportVU cameras.
The external view of the Lakers analytics operation was only made worse when
free agent LaMarcus Aldridge was reportedly underwhelmed by the Lakers'
basketball presentation, and subsequently wowed by Houston’s use of
analytics in its pitch.
AGG面谈时发现数据分析很惨，只有你是我的Gasol
Coach Byron Scott has been especially resistant to analytics.
总教练Scott抵制数据分析(从之前的对话来看，他是Come on Come on 给我感觉)
Madsen provided Scott with a weekly breakdown of advanced statistics, but in
the middle of last season Scott said those numbers had never influenced a
basketball decision.
He said he listens to the information when its brought to him, but that he is
"still just old school."
老派教练，不爱数据
The disconnect became apparent in February when Mitch Kupchak told KSPN/710
that analytics are “of most use to a coaching staff.” Scott, however, said
he had no use for them.
即使Mitch Kupchak告知了数据，但Scott说数据不会影响场上的决定
“I think we’ve got a few guys who believe in them,” he said. “I’m not
one of them.”
Scott说:我想我们有几个教练团相信数据，但很可惜我不是。
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/operation-671640-coach-plan.html