Kirk Goldsberry joins to talk Data Viz and NBA

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🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This week on Bet the Process, Kirk Goldsberry joins to discuss his career trajectory from geography to sports analytics, the importance of visualization in bridging the gap between data collection and explaining findings, and how NBA officiating has changed. Jeff and Rufus also chat about the NFL draft and criticism of their previous episode with Cade Massey.

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0:00.0	On this week's Betta Process podcast, Rufus and I have a very special guest.
0:04.6	We have Kurt Goldsbury, who is our first ever geography major guest, but also an amazing
0:10.4	data visualization analytics person who's been in the NBA.
0:15.0	He's been doing it for like 15 years.
0:16.7	So he's been there, he's done that, and he has some really great insights about the
0:20.5	current game
0:21.1	and also about just data visualization as a tool.
0:25.1	Rufs and I talk a little bit about the draft and recap a little bit of the Cade Massey
0:30.0	episode, which if you haven't listened last week, you should really go back and listen.
0:34.3	And so with that, let's start the process.
0:42.0	Brad, bet, I bet process bet bet the process bet bet the process welcome to the podcast bet the process it's not that typical cookie
0:51.1	cutter nonsense if you came just for, you're in the wrong place.
0:54.4	Find a tap with the narrative to make a strong case.
0:56.9	Instead of blindly assuming a team must be tanking.
0:59.7	We're looking for the edge and messy P-body rankings, crunching all the numbers in the
1:03.7	simulator system that break down the data analytically driven.
1:07.1	Media coverage, the sports gambling is pathetic.
1:09.7	Welcome to another episode of the Bet the Process podcast.
1:14.7	Rufus and I are, Rufus in New York.
1:17.7	I'm in the Greater Bay Area and I'm going to actually be in New York next week.
1:22.6	So we were discussing all the things that we would do in New York.
1:26.2	Any good restaurants you've been to
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