Rejecting the Screen goes ISO with former Memphis Grizzlies Vice President of Basketball Operations and current co-host of the Hollinger & Duncan NBA Show on the Locked On Network, John Hollinger. Hosts Noah Coslov & Adam Stanco sit down with one of the godfathers of the analytics movement to talk about why he got into the field, what his first few days as a Grizzlies executive were like, and how he was accepted within the Memphis front office. Plus, the inside stories of how the Grizzlies drafted Dillon Brooks, how good Tony Allen was defensively, and why he decided to call out a member of the media over a false Twitter claim regarding Mike Conley. Hollinger explained the pressures he felt as the VP of Basketball Ops, the hardest conversations he had as an executive, and the hidden data he would love to have access to.
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What sparked his early interest in advanced statistics (1:30)
How he was toying with statistics in his youth (3:05)
Realizing he could make stats into a career (3:20)
Using skillset for environmental science (4:30)
Struggling to understand Jason Kidd's impact analytically (6:50)
First few days of working with the Grizzlies (10:25)
Why his transition to an NBA front office was smooth (13:00)
Distributing info from an analytics department to the entire team (15:40)
Hard conversations about players (17:45)
Learning how to communicate as an NBA exec (19:15)
Challenges front offices face with personnel decisions (23:40)
Who teams talk to when investigating draft prospects (26:35)
Valuing character more than ever (28:50)
Inside story of drafting Dillon Brooks (29:45)
Pressure he felt as VP of Basketball Ops (31:00)
Calling B.S. on a false Twitter story (33:10)
Biggest trade that never went through (34:15)
Enjoying the NBA game on a different level (36:20)
Great story about Tony Allen's defense (38:05)
Tony Allen's impact on the team (40:35)
Watching Marc Gasol win a title in Toronto (42:35)
Mike Conley's inconsistent start with the Jazz (43:35)
Thoughts on load management (45:00)
Teams that aren't fully utilizing their analytics department (47:00)
Former players ripping analytics (48:25)
Who should be getting credit for ESPN's Trade Machine (50:30)
Hidden data about defense he'd love to access (51:10)
Who he'd want to reject the screen & go ISO in a must-win situation (52:40)
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