Ben Falk @bencfalk

Previously VP of Basketball Strategy with the 76ers & Analytics Manager with the Blazers. Currently @cleantheglass. cleaningtheglass.com Joined October 2011

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GETINTHEGAME101 @getinthegame101

2 years ago

Our GITG101 NBA Draft Course launches on May 21. Come learn from NBA personnel, work on your own draft projects, and join a mini-front office from the class for simulated weekly drafts. Sign up now at getinthegame101.com 🏀

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GETINTHEGAME101 @getinthegame101

3 years ago

GITG 101's NBA Training Camp Course starts Oct 4th! If you want to work in the NBA or simply love hoops, we believe you will love this course. If for some reason you don't, just let us know and we'll send you $100 back. eventbrite.com/e/711657114587…

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Tegan Bunsu Ashby @bunsushi

3 years ago

Sumerian was easily the most useful thing I studied in school (not a joke). This influenced a lot about how I think about hard problems.

Todd Whitehead @CrumpledJumper

3 years ago

In my favorite panel at the Women in Sports Data symposium, each of the panelists described how she took an unusual path to sports. But after surveying the resumes of 200 current or former (W)NBA analytics staffers, I'm convinced there is really no such thing as the ~usual~ path.

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Todd Whitehead @CrumpledJumper

3 years ago

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Steven Schwartz @Schwartz41

3 years ago

We are looking to add a data scientist to the Utah Jazz Front Office. Come help us with decision making! lnkd.in/d_KKA_8g

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GETINTHEGAME101 @getinthegame101

3 years ago

GET IN THE GAME 101's NBA DRAFT Course starts May 17th! Find all the details here 🏀🔥 “GITG101 is changing the game!” “The learning is real and the hosts genuinely want to see you succeed! It was an experience I will never forget!” getinthegame101.substack.com/p/the-ultimate…

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Ben Falk @bencfalk

3 years ago

Sources tell me this course is going to have some A+ level guests -- current and former NBA employees from all across the spectrum of basketball operations. Should be a really cool peek behind the curtain...

GETINTHEGAME101 @getinthegame101

3 years ago

GET IN THE GAME 101's Trade Deadline Course starts tonight! What really happens at the Trade Deadline? What are franchises thinking? What are players thinking? What are Coaches and Front Office Staff thinking? Come join us and find out!! 🏀 open.substack.com/pub/getinthega…

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Paul Brunner @Coach_Brunner

3 years ago

Recently found this thought from @Nick_Sciria saved in my notes from years ago. I remember being immediately challenged when I read it. Hopefully it can serve as a good reminder for those currently leading teams!

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Ben Falk @bencfalk

4 years ago

The work Dave is doing here to attempt to quantify the *process* of shooting is fascinating. We still have so much to learn about one of the most fundamental skills in basketball.

Coach Dave Love | NBA Shooting Coach @CoachDaveLove

4 years ago

Quantifying Shooting Mechanics: Learning is slow because of limits in technology, but that will steadily improve over time. I'm doing the best I can to quantify the things that are important to me as a shooting coach. Quantification is the first step to removing opinions.

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Ben Falk @bencfalk

4 years ago

@Dan1312_ If you have any other thoughts on how to assure that is the case and people are not taken advantage of, please let me know!

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Ben Falk @bencfalk

4 years ago

@Dan1312_ To be clear, none of it would be used by Cleaning the Glass or teams. Happy to put something in the terms or anything like that asserting that nobody will have any rights to the code besides the authors. The point is to help people, not take advantage of them.

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Ben Falk @bencfalk

4 years ago

Who would be interested in a Cleaning the Glass coding challenge? The idea: we'd detail a small project, each submission would be shared with current/former NBA staffers and get some constructive feedback from them. No prizes, but a great way to learn and get noticed by a team.

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Ben Falk @bencfalk

4 years ago

@gabefarkas Awesome, thank you! I’ll be in touch.

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Ben Falk @bencfalk

4 years ago

@MccloudDeuce Ah yeah, this is a good question. I have to think more about what exactly the project will be, but you’re right that limiting it to simply coding might not be the best thing to do here. I’ll think more about it, thank you for bringing that up!

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Ben Falk @bencfalk

4 years ago

My goals with this: help people learn, help people maybe get hired, help teams find job candidates, and hopefully it will be fun. Any ideas anyone wants to add for things we could do to further these goals with this concept...I'm all ears!

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Steve Jones @stevejones20

4 years ago

I love that stuff. Coaching and teaching is fun. Deliver the information, empower and believe in your players. As a player, take the information and get right back after it. It comes together.

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Steve Jones @stevejones20

4 years ago

A few plays later the Suns run pick and roll again. Davis is the low man again. Look at where his early help is. Right there in position, ends up taking a charge. Daps all around.

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Steve Jones @stevejones20

4 years ago

Mike Brown immediately calls timeout and he lets Davis know where he should have been. But instead of a total back and forth *shows* him where he needed to be on the court. Stick with me.

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Steve Jones @stevejones20

4 years ago

Little things for the Kings defense, just have to build their help early. Davis is the low man his job is to help on the roll. In early but he sinks with the drive which opens the roll for Ayton. Stick with me.