“The data that they’re probably getting from Synergy, every NBA team could have access to it if they want to pay for it,” the staffer told ESPN. “But there’s nothing that the Knicks would be getting that Synergy only provides them. Really, we’re all using the same data. We all have access to the same data. There’s no data that one team is getting that another team can’t get. It’s just about how you’re using it.”
A second analytics staffer for an NBA team expressed a similar sentiment.
“The videos are not confidential,” the second staffer told ESPN. “It’s NBA game video; you can get it from anywhere. The only aspect that I think is that you can make custom playlists in Synergy — like putting together only certain clips. You could maybe glean something from that.”
For instance, if the Knicks had created a customized list of clips showing Knicks forward Julius Randle — a left-handed player — driving to his right, perhaps one might deduce that the Knicks were working on further developing that aspect of Randle’s skill set.
“But none of the clips or the stats are confidential,” the second staffer said. “The only thing I could think of is how you’re organizing them, but to sue someone over that is kind of ridiculous.”
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Having just read this article in full, the only conclusion I have is that Masai lives rent-free in Dolan’s head.
I am really starting to understand why Knicks fans have such disdain for this guy. Clown shoes.
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“The data that they’re probably getting from Synergy, every NBA team could have access to it if they want to pay for it,” the staffer told ESPN. “But there’s nothing that the Knicks would be getting that Synergy only provides them. Really, we’re all using the same data. We all have access to the same data. There’s no data that one team is getting that another team can’t get. It’s just about how you’re using it.”
A second analytics staffer for an NBA team expressed a similar sentiment.
“The videos are not confidential,” the second staffer told ESPN. “It’s NBA game video; you can get it from anywhere. The only aspect that I think is that you can make custom playlists in Synergy — like putting together only certain clips. You could maybe glean something from that.”
For instance, if the Knicks had created a customized list of clips showing Knicks forward Julius Randle — a left-handed player — driving to his right, perhaps one might deduce that the Knicks were working on further developing that aspect of Randle’s skill set.
“But none of the clips or the stats are confidential,” the second staffer said. “The only thing I could think of is how you’re organizing them, but to sue someone over that is kind of ridiculous.”
Having just read this article in full, the only conclusion I have is that Masai lives rent-free in Dolan’s head.
I am really starting to understand why Knicks fans have such disdain for this guy. Clown shoes.