Mckinsey and Mills brings a new thought process and while this won't likely bring change in the short term, we can hope over a period of time what ever has bought us to this place AGAIN will not be repeated.

This is akin to new ownership. Dolan has the money and willing to spending it. His input has damaged the team over and over.

Ignorant/crazy people, and chickens for that matter do the same thing over and over expecting different results.

Perhaps Mills installing a method involving "metrics" and McKinsey evaluating the organization will bring about thought process lacking in previous "administrations".

Of course we have seen this movie a few times already and if the owner decides to over ride the process then we can expect more of the same.

Nalod wrote:

Mckinsey and Mills brings a new thought process and while this won't likely bring change in the short term, we can hope over a period of time what ever has bought us to this place AGAIN will not be repeated.

This is akin to new ownership. Dolan has the money and willing to spending it. His input has damaged the team over and over.

Ignorant/crazy people, and chickens for that matter do the same thing over and over expecting different results.

Perhaps Mills installing a method involving "metrics" and McKinsey evaluating the organization will bring about thought process lacking in previous "administrations".

Of course we have seen this movie a few times already and if the owner decides to over ride the process then we can expect more of the same.

Right. This team is run by dolan

Bonn1997 wrote:It's a great approach but Dolan will probably find a way to mess it up.

one can hope its a start, but while we can talk about it, only results will tell the tale.

NardDogNation wrote:I suppose that I'll be the bubble buster and point out that all that metric stuff didn't work for the Grizzlies (even though trading Rudy Gay was 100% the right idea). Metrics are just a tool; a tool whose usefulness is dependent on who is using it. Guys like Darryl Morey (HOU), Sam Presti (OKC), RC Buford (SAS) and Rob Hennigan (ORL) are successful because they are capable basketball minds, which are enhanced with metrics. Meanwhile, we got Allan Houston, GM of the worst D-League team in the history of the sport. We got Steve Mills, who may know nothing about basketball. That's a big difference.

Seems like Memphis was a very high profile recent example in particular because change of ownership and Hollins rejection.

I doubt few teams would lay down certain logic and adhere only to the numbers.

What the successful teams have done is adhere to a formula and naturally adjust it from time to time. Im not sure you can say none of them used the Metrics to evaluate their roster to enhance decisions. Warrior had a change of owenership and in 3 years have done a very impressive do-over.

Im not sure what Allan is doing but Mills need not have the talent so long as he hires people that do (Mark Warkenten is still around??) and they stick to a formula.

IT took Morey 6 years to get to this point with his team. OKC used a formula to shed Harden and a plan for the assets they received. Its called a discipline and some teams use it.

Naturally not all teams and employed processes are linear and due to the fluid nature of athletes and the hundreds of variables that go into performance and output, such as injuries, there are many things that have to be adjusted on the fly.

DOlan might be looking for this formula now and needs to understand all that entails installation so perhaps its why Mills was hired (a "suit") and McKinsey to evaluate the talent on hand to initiate its beginning.

Sangfroid wrote:I've don't have a grasp on the metrics of basketball. I do know when a team is poorly constructed, or being utilized improperly. For over a third of the season yew have suffered from the lack of direction offered by our head coach and his lead guard. Do these metric show this, and does it offer some solution?

We don't have it now.

Think "Billy Bean" who constructed the A's with his system of "Metrics".

Nalod wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:I suppose that I'll be the bubble buster and point out that all that metric stuff didn't work for the Grizzlies (even though trading Rudy Gay was 100% the right idea). Metrics are just a tool; a tool whose usefulness is dependent on who is using it. Guys like Darryl Morey (HOU), Sam Presti (OKC), RC Buford (SAS) and Rob Hennigan (ORL) are successful because they are capable basketball minds, which are enhanced with metrics. Meanwhile, we got Allan Houston, GM of the worst D-League team in the history of the sport. We got Steve Mills, who may know nothing about basketball. That's a big difference.

DOlan might be looking for this formula now and needs to understand all that entails installation so perhaps its why Mills was hired (a "suit") and McKinsey to evaluate the talent on hand to initiate its beginning.

I thought Mills was brought back to scout and report the hotness quotient on the new interns and marketing staff for IT?

Sangfroid wrote:I've don't have a grasp on the metrics of basketball. I do know when a team is poorly constructed, or being utilized improperly. For over a third of the season yew have suffered from the lack of direction offered by our head coach and his lead guard. Do these metric show this, and does it offer some solution?