the great gatsby

Chapter 469 Big Data!
Gatsby waited for half an hour and finished smoking the cigar. Then Long Xiaoman stood up and stretched, revealing her wonderful curves. Gatsby went over and hugged Long Xiaoman, and the girl lay down comfortably. In the arms of her boyfriend, she sighed comfortably.

Gatsby said with pity: "It's better to leave these things to the finance department and they will deal with them. You don't need to look at them so carefully."

Long Xiaoman raised his head and pouted: "As long as you have a big heart, not to mention that some people will do something, it doesn't matter if you lose money, if you are involved, it will be troublesome at that time."

Gatsby laughed and said, "You should pay attention to this, it's because of your hard work."

Long Xiaoman said playfully: "Just to be worthy of the shares you gave me, I have to work hard and sweat profusely for you."

Gatsby smiled and said, "Well... you have to sweat like a sweat every night!"

Long Xiaoman blushed and said, "How come I didn't realize you were such a rogue before!"

Gatsby smiled and said, "Can the matter between the husband and wife be called hooligans? It's called fun!"

The two got tired of it for a while before finishing it.

"Why, why come to me today when you have time, can't you come to me when you go home?"

Gatsby smiled and said, "I have business to do today."

Long Xiaoman smiled and said, "You can just talk to Donnie."

Gatsby laughed and said, "You, the boss, have to come forward to deal with this matter."

"Tch! That's what makes me a villain!"

"Ha, that's right."

"Well, I've been fooled by you, a money-swindler, and now I can only be at your mercy. Tell me, what do I need to do."

Gatsby thought for a while: "You have been in contact with the team for so long, you should know our Knicks scouting system."

Long Xiaoman nodded: "Well, I know something, Scott is in charge of these things now."

Scott is Dick Maguire's son, which Mark Jackson said, "In New York City, Maguire's name is synonymous with basketball."

Dick Maguire was born in Bronx, New York on January 1926, 1. He was selected by the Knicks when the NBA was still called BAA in 25. He was selected to the All-Star seven times in his career and was one of the best guards at the time.

In 1963, he returned to New York from Detroit and served as the head coach for three years, and has been a scout for the Knicks ever since.

In 1987, under his advocacy, New York selected guard Mark Jackson, who became the best rookie of the year and has maintained the Knicks team history assist record.

Maguire's contribution to the Knicks is not small, but Maguire passed away in 2010, which happened to be the year Gatsby entered the Knicks.

"Well, there is a gap between Scott and his father's ability at work, but he is also a very hardworking person, but they have not achieved good results over the years. This may not have much to do with his ability. , Although the Knicks' scouting system is perfect, their analysis methods are too backward, and I think it's time for a change.

We spend so much money on scouts every year, but when it comes to drafting and recruiting players, the scouts give us too little help. We can’t always let me select people. They have to keep up with the times. OK.

Hey, East Coast scouts, West Coast scouts, big names, but few results. ’ Gatsby sneered.

Americans attach great importance to the career of scouts. It is absolutely not an exaggeration to describe them as pervasive. Almost every team in the NBA has a scouting lineup of eight to ten people, and the titles of the scouts of each team are also different.

The more orthodox one is the Chicago Bulls, who call their scouts college scouts;
The Kings are called regional scouts;
The east and west coast scouts that Gatsby mentioned just now are the ball scouts of the rich and powerful Knicks;

And some small teams are not so generous, such as the Atlanta Hawks. Their scouts are called full-time scouts. As far as the name is concerned, they should have a certain number of scouts who are part-time jobs.

"Well, you mean the system of potential scouts needs to be changed?" Long Xiaoman asked.

Gatsby was quite surprised: "You're really good, you can even tell this apart."

Long Xiaoman rolled his eyes: "Scouts are divided into potential scouts and senior scouts. Potential scouts are responsible for investigating players, including draft players, free agents, development league players and some international players;
Senior scouts are responsible for scouting opponents, including tactical characteristics, game habits, team weaknesses, etc., to help coaches make tactical arrangements.Their inspection results are an important reference for the team to formulate tactics.

I figured this out on the first day I took over the team. This is the basic structure of the team. Gatsby, have you forgotten that I was originally a top student at New York University Law School! "

Gatsby laughed, "I thought girls didn't like sports very much."

Long Xiaoman said with a smile: "It's true that I don't have much interest in basketball, but I'm working now, and these are management jobs!"

Gatsby smiled and nodded, liking his girlfriend more and more. When the two are together, they may focus on appearance, personality, etc. at first, but in the later stage, they will slowly turn to other aspects. Yibaishun girls may make their boyfriends feel good, but it is often their heads that can strongly attract boyfriends.

"I think both need to be improved. Potential scouts are especially important. This is related to the development of the team. Only the continuous supply of players is the root of the team's strength.

Their role is not to select some core players for the team. Most of the core players are more obvious. Instead, they are players on the bench. They must be cheap and meet the needs of the team. This is the real job. "

Long Xiaoman nodded in agreement.

"Senior scouts are also very important. The Knicks have become the target of public criticism. We are the object of study by all teams. When we fight, we know ourselves and the enemy, and we will win every battle. Others are studying us, but we are blind to others. No matter how strong we are When the boat sinks in the gutter, scouts are the ones who try to help us avoid that failure."

Long Xiaoman was soft and cute when he was with Gatsby in private, but when talking about business, he seemed shrewd and tough: "What changes do we need?"

Gatsby said categorically: "The data system must be established. Whether it is analyzing players or analyzing games, big data is the direction of the future. I heard that the Golden State Warriors are already working on this.

Next, we need to form a technical team, analyze what is the most efficient way of playing, and insist on using data to speak, rather than relying on experience...

We can also use real-time data to adjust the tactics in the game in time, and big data can even help the team improve the details down to the coordination of two people..."

While thinking about it, Gatsby said that what he said has gone beyond the scope of scouting, but about the impact of big data on the entire basketball game.

Long Xiaoman looked at her boyfriend with great appreciation as he was thinking and sorting out his thoughts. The person she liked was not just a simple-minded athlete, but a doer and inventor with outstanding vision and thoughtful ideas. He always went beyond The idea of ​​the times emerged.

Gatsby patted his thigh suddenly: "I see, Xiaoman, I want to start a technology company, and this company is dedicated to this."

Long Xiaoman nodded with a smile: "Okay, I'll make the preparations, what's your request?"

Gatsby smiled: "I want two systems, one for analyzing tactics and one for analyzing people. Maybe the engineers have a better way to do it together. It doesn't matter, but my requirement is - efficient !
Players need efficient players, and tactics need efficient tactics. Only efficiency is the foundation of this era!

Heh, those people like to watch dunks, saying that air dominance is the direction the team is pursuing. Ha, a dunk is worth two points, and they have to use the strength of the whole team to get to the basket. , Shoot from the three-point line as far as possible from 24 feet (about 7.3 meters), so that you can score 3 points, and efficiency is the last word! "

Long Xiaoman nodded and said: "I understand, I will establish the structure soon, but this matter will not be able to see results in a short while."

Gatsby smiled and said: "Of course, the team does not need to rely on these things now. We have enough strength to defeat our opponents. It's just that for the future of the team, these things have to be prepared for a rainy day."

In terms of career, Long Xiaoman is a vigorous and decisive person. Now that Gatsby has set a big framework, she immediately implements it. In fact, she is also good at such things. The company structure, and then give the goals to these people, just ensure that the funds are in place and monitor the use of funds.

The United States is a country with a complete business system. As long as you find the right person, someone will help you do these things well. To become a large enterprise, you have to invest more energy.

After Gatsby ordered this matter, she ignored it for the time being. She still had confidence in Long Xiaoman's ability, and it was enough to go to the field to inspect the progress when the time came.

Although Gezibi let Long Xiaoman take care of this project, this is the preliminary work. When it is on the right track, Gezibi will put more energy into it. Others don't know, but he knows his own situation. His vision in selecting players is just to take advantage of the prophets, but this is only the last few years. Running a team is a matter of life, and he must be prepared after his prophets fail.

Since Gatsby bought the Knicks, he has officially made some changes to the team, from buying planes for the team, to solving the worries for the young people of the team, to making the layout of basketball big data, all for the team. long-term development.

The league has such a big reaction to the Knicks dynasty. Once the Knicks win the championship again, the league will tear up its face at that time, restrain the development of the Knicks, and pay attention to the relationship between the league and the early eight-time Celtics. As fierce as the battle was, a cardinal was made at that time.

With the potential and strength of the Knicks now, Gatsby predicts that in the next ten years, the Knicks will be able to maintain sufficient competitiveness. The environment will deteriorate to unprecedented levels.

If there is no absolute strength, it will be difficult for the Knicks to win the championship again when the overall strength of the league is improved. At that time, they will only be left alone. This is something Gatsby cannot bear.

Long Xiaoman moved quickly, as did Donny Walsh and Scott Maguire, and they came soon after hearing the news.

"Gatsby, you came up with the big data system?" Scott looked unhappy.

Gatsby nodded.

"This is nonsense!
I have never heard of drafts and games where the truth can be obtained only through data. Our Knicks scouts are all old scouts with 30 to [-] years of experience, at least a dozen years of experience, so they know what This kind of player is the player with the most potential.

What big data you come up with now will ruin the future of the Knicks! "Scott yelled, he is not as afraid of Gatsby as Donny Walsh, in his opinion, Gatsby is just a player, he actually intervened in the work of scouts, and what he proposed was so ridiculous The theory made him even more furious.

Gatsby persuaded: "We are not the first. There is Morey of the Rockets in front of us. The progress of the Golden State Warriors in the past two years is also due to their big data, which shows that it is really effective.

This is the trend of the great era, why should we resist things that are good for the team. "

Scott sneered: "Huh, the Rockets have been doing big data for so many years, but they haven't won the championship. On the contrary, we, the Knicks, have won three championships and established a dynasty. We are the ones who are successful." Experience, why learn from the experience of those losers?"

Gatsby was a little surprised: "Wait, you mean that the Knicks are able to gather such a team because of the scouting department?"

Scott laughed and said: "Isn't it? We also contributed a lot in this process. Without our scouting department, whether the Knicks dynasty can be established is another question!"

Gatsby felt incredible for the son of the Knicks legend, that he was able to take most of the credit for himself without shame, and he was so confident!

Donnie Walsh is a bit embarrassed. He is the direct operator. Although it requires the cooperation of the scouting department, it is just that after Gatsby confirms the candidate, they go through the inspection process again, and Scott Te actually takes all the credit for himself, which is simply... shameless!
Gatsby's face turned cold. This is his team. Scott may not have much talent, and he can even eat a vegetarian meal, but such shamelessness will affect the unity of the team. This is not a good thing for the team!
(End of this chapter)