Videocast: Sports Economists and Conferences

Today we get Jeremy Britton (@forgttenboy) to talk about his travails to the Western Economics Association and his beloved “this could be the year they win 50 games” Warriors. Below are the WEA pieces, for your enjoyment!

Dr. Jeremy Arkes and Dr. Daniel Stone’s piece: Clarifying the recent hot hand research: What if it’s impossible to find what you’re looking for?
What are Sports Economists Like: the WEA Part 1
Six Cutting Edge Pieces of Sports Research: the WEA Part 2
Insiders, Outsiders and Good Talks: the WEA Part 3

This will be shown live. Have questions or comments? You can leave em in the comment section or tweet them to me @nerdnumbers (We’ll be going live at 6:30pm PT for those of you getting this now.)

-Dre

2 Responses to "Videocast: Sports Economists and Conferences"

reservoirgod says:

September 6, 2012 at 9:44 am

Completely agree with Jeremy on the Spurs w/ a correction: Popovich didn’t inherit Duncan, he tanked to get him (Buford inherited Duncan as GM). Buford hasn’t added players anywhere near the quality of the ones the Spurs signed under Popovich’s tenure as GM. See http://miami-heat-index.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-spurs-rc-buford-has-never-won.html.
Jeremy Britton says:

September 7, 2012 at 11:36 am

Mosi, yeah, Popovich came onboard as GM in 1994-95 and then stumbled upon Tim Duncan when David Robinson went down injured. He also used the losing as opportunity to fire Bob Hill and takeover as head coach.

My main point about the Spurs is that it is not clear Popovich nor Buford “knows what they’re doing” when it comes to landing highly productive stars. It is entirely possible they stumbled upon Duncan, Ginobili, Brent Barry, and Kawhi Leonard.

What is interesting to me about the Spurs are two questions:
1. Do they employ a consistently different strategy from other teams?
2. Does this strategy mirror some or all of Wins Produced’s insights?

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