Ep. 35: The Genesis of PER and the Grizzlies' Untapped Potential With John Hollinger

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🗓️ 20 October 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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The Ringer's Chris Vernon is joined by former ESPN analytics guru and current Memphis Grizzlies vice president of basketball operations John Hollinger to discuss developing his formula for PER (8:00), working for a franchise vs. covering a franchise (21:00), the importance of making smart personnel decisions (30:00), and the upside of the Grizzlies this season (38:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.0	Welcome to the Ringer NBA Show. I am Chris Vernick.
0:50.0	Today we got a very special guest, John Hollinger, the former media member at ESPN,
1:02.0	it's Sport Illustrated, etc. He is the creator of the often referenced P-E-R.
1:09.0	He is now a vice president of basketball operations for the Memphis Grizzlies and he joined us today.
1:15.0	Hey John. Hey Chris, thanks for having me.
1:18.0	Thanks for coming on. Let's start at the very beginning with you.
1:22.0	John Hollinger, when you are growing up, we'll get to when you become famous statistician, John Hollinger.
1:28.0	When you're growing up, are you baseball card collector?
1:34.0	Are you an athlete? What are you growing up?
1:37.0	Should I be lying on a couch while we do this?
1:39.0	Yes, yes. This is going to be the most in-depth John Hollinger interview you've ever done.
1:44.0	Let's see. I was a humongous sports fan of just every sport from the time I was 5, way into baseball cards.
1:56.0	Really, baseball was probably my first sport.
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