Episode 137: Simon Gerszberg, Optimizing a Player and Teams’ Shot Selection

Guest: Simon Gerszberg, Founder and CEO of ShotQuality In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, founder and CEO of ShotQuality Simon Gerszberg joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss optimizing a player and teams’ shot selection. Simon Gerszberg, a data analyst for Colgate Basketball, founded a product that calculates the quality of shots on a play-by-play basis. The goal of the website is to create actual change for coaches by optimizing their player and teams’ shot selection. www.shotquality.com is now used by over 40 NCAA teams and over 5 NBA teams. Shot Quality is calculated by multiplying the percent chance a shot has of going in, i.e. the probability that the basket is made and the type of shot, denoted by the no. of points that shot entails - either a 2-pointer or a 3-pointer. Over 90 disparate variables are incorporated to output the overall ShotQuality. The most important aspect of calculating ShotQuality is computing the individual player's shot-making ability, and there are a plethora of factors involved in quantifying this. Breakdown 1:00 - Why ShotQuality.com 3:00 - Calculating Shot Quality 5:00 - Independent of the Outcome 7:30 - Creating Paralysis by Analysis 11:30 - Game Strategy 14:30 - Shot Quality Defense 16:30 - Quality of Opponent Affecting Metrics 20:00 - Conversation about Player Development 24:00 - Improving Shot Quality 28:00 - Evaluating Shot Selection into Intuition 31:00 - Dribble Threes 33:30 - High School Coaches on Shot Quality 36:00 - Offense vs Defense on Shot Selection 40:00 - Assessment of Coaches 42:00 - Pythagorean Theory Expectation 44:00 - Unconventional Offensive Philosophy 48:00 - Quality Rebounders 51:00 - Conclusion Simon Gerszberg’s Bio: Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-gerszberg Twitter: https://twitter.com/shot_quality Email: [email protected] Contact Number: 914-715-5337 Basketball Immersion Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion BetOnline Website: Website: www.betonline.ag Best in the West Video Series Best in the West Website: http://bestinthewestclinic.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.