As far as the incessantly ongoing analytics argument is concerned, you're either ignorant or just an asshole if you choose to place yourself at either polar end of the spectrum. It's not at all surprising that someone sitting across from Gilbert Arenas would be led to sound like an ignorant asshole, as I imagine his podcast has a way of goading its guests into talking reckless, but still. To think a high variance professional sport can be entirely explained through equations is only as idiotic as thinking that there is nothing to take away from an increased understanding of percentage points when playing a game of which the winner is more often than not decided by efficiency. Analytics, no matter the age or the athleticism of the fingers doing the calculations, have a place in sports, even if that place isn't the first or only place I'd look in determining how to improve a team.
Now, the fact that Josh Hart trashed the exact age and vaguely accurate lack of athleticism of the head coach who is bringing along an analytics background in taking over his team is probably purely coincidental in being a sign of how laughably two-left-footed the Lakers have been in getting in their own way. However, it's the type of unfortunate and awkward coincidence that is more likely to make you sound stubborn and stupid when you refuse to accept something as undeniably helpful as the adoption of analytics....or when you let an obnoxious antagonist like Gilbert Arenas kickstart a nuanced conversation.
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