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2109225, Lionel Hollins goes in on analytics, nerds attack
Posted by ShawndmeSlanted, Fri Jan-11-13 06:47 PM
SB Nation article: http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/1/1...interview-2012

Kinda interesting after they just hired Hollinger...Here's what some twitter guys commented:

Kevin Pelton@kpelton
Here's what's sad to me about Lionel Hollins' comments: He thinks statistical analysis has different goals than he does.
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Haralabos Voulgaris@haralabob
This Lionel Hollins interview is just puzzling, his reasoning for why scoring is down is nonsense. Also bemoans "stats" and "analysis" cont
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Haralabos Voulgaris@haralabob
but then mentions the Houston Rockets are scoring a lot. I wonder if he understands why they are scoring a lot.
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Brett Koremenos@BKoremenos
The Lionel Hollins interview has pretty much confirmed all the suspicions I've had about how he handles his team. Glad he's getting exposed.
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Brett Koremenos@BKoremenos
So to sum up the Hollins interview, he's not a strategist and he's not open to advanced stats. Great combination for today's NBA.