He hated it immediately, and it is because he foresaw he had that rare genius to foresee.

What would happen, which is at the three point shot, has essentially ruined basketball as we have always known it.

And last night it was taken to its final and most ridiculous extreme.

I my father would have lost his mind if you had seen this.

Now I'm going to describe for you the situation that took place last night.

You almost have to see it.

We're on the radio here, you and I.

So you almost have to see this.

But I'm going to do my best to paint the picture for you.

The Nuggets are playing the Wizards.

The Nuggets are down by two and they get a defensive rebound with six seconds left down to in regulation.

And Jamal Murray, who gets the rebound, is racing up court with the ball six seconds left, and they have a four on one break, four on one.

He pulls up at the three point line and the other three Nuggets all race to the corners.

They all race outside the three point line.

No one goes to the basket.

Anyone standing under the basket would have an uncontested dunk or lay up a 99.999% shot from the floor.

They all race to the three point line.

They were not putting up a shot that doesn't even come close and they lose.

And it is just the perfect illustration of where we have gone wrong.

Because here is what we sometimes lose track of analytics are extraordinarily valuable, They are important and they are not to be ignored.

But they also cannot be the only consideration.

And here's what I mean by that during the course of a game and over the course of a season, if you want to tell me that pulling up for three on a fast break in the long run will result in more points than having guys go to the basket and getting higher percentage looks at two, I'll buy that.

It's probably right, but my kid play basketball for years.

I cannot tell you how many practices I have sat and listened to when my son from the time he was eight until last year, when they called off this basketball season because of the coronavirus.

And how many times I heard the coaches yelling these two words clock and score clock and score clock and scored.

Clock and score definitely are more important than analytics clock and score.

You cannot add two and two and get five if you know what the clock and score are.

So yes, if that happens in the middle of the third quarter and those guys, I'll fly out to the wings into the corners and they wind up getting a good look at three over the course of the long haul that might wind up being the best thing to do.

But if anyone and I'm looking right at him, But who is my vice president of analytics?

If you try to tell me that was the right play in that moment I'm going to a remove your hashtag.

You're close to earning a hashtag on this show.

Baba has a hashtag new no has a hashtag I'm close to.

I'm going to remove your hashtag and further I'm going to eject you from the room.

Is what did they make the right play last night?

They did not make the right play last night, but you are conflating a tad bit.

Tell me So you, you hating analytics in this case is different than the analytics don't work.

So right now the offense in the NBA is thriving at a level which it never has before, in large part because of the analytics, in fact, unwatchable.

But eight of the 10 best offensive seasons in NBA history happening right?

Right now I'm aware of that.

So part of that is that no one is playing defense because everyone is tired and the games are all kind of jam together and all of that kind of stuff.

But go on, I'm listening.

All I'm saying is like, for example, with baseball, we pointed to Blake Snell.

Being removed from the World Series game is like an indictment on analytics, right?

Like you can't just pick certain things that don't work and then blanket analytics as the reason why.

Correct?

Yes, you can hear is why you can, because analytics have a place, an important place.

But they are not the only consideration.

So if in the decisive game of the World Series you're starting, pitcher is dealing and you look at the situation and say, If I make this move every single time, it comes up for me during the course of a season, in the long run like like analytics are like playing blackjack.

If you go to Vegas or Atlantic City, or I guess now you can play blackjack anywhere.

If you go play blackjack, there's a way you should play.

My father taught me that, too, and if someone is playing wrong at the table, my father would get up and leave with great prejudice.

He would, he would.

He would not hide.

I'll tell you a great story about that in a minute.

But my point is that makes sense, because over the course, if you play 100 hands, then you can come as close as possible to tilting the odds in your favor by playing right by hitting on 16 against a face card and all the rest of that.

But you will lose multiple times doing that, and you go into it knowing it.

So in no one situation, each one situation there is room for taking into account.

In these circumstances, the analytics don't really apply.

It doesn't matter if over the course of 100 times, this would work more often than not.

I'm dealing in this one moment, and in this one moment there's a much better chance of my winning this game if I throw the ball to the guy underneath the basket for an uncontested layup than if I throw it on the wing to an undrafted rookie.

Oh, I've never seen in my life to put up a three that doesn't even touch the recognizing.

The exception is what you're saying.

Yes, recognizing, recognizing that analytics are a super valuable tool, but they are not the be all end all.

I suppose it should come as no surprise to anyone who watches our TV show that you're advocating a team going for the tie, you know, going for the tie.

First of all, the game doesn't end in a tie.

You know that.

See that you're risking your hashtag your your status is having a hashtag on.

This show is at risk now, with that little cheap shot at the bottom line of it is this.

That's just that was just so insane.

And it did bring to the four this idea of three point shots being the only thing that matter in basketball anymore.

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