籃球博士

Tom Mckleya

Fear can be an irrational thing. But of all the things that scare people， basketball players being afraid they wont be able to work in basketball after retiring is a rather small concern. The NBA and college ranks are filled with former players at every single level. Rasheed Wallace got hired in player development immediately after retirement. Rasheed Wallace. Fear about heart disease， saving enough for retirement， driving in the rain， remembering to record Cosmos -- these are all fears way more valid than basketball players being afraid they wont be able to work in basketball after retiring.

恐懼是一件缺乏理性的事情。但在所有讓人類感到恐懼的事中，球員擔心在退役后不能再從事籃球方面的工作，可謂是一個非常之小的擔憂。在NBA和大學各級聯賽中，處處可見前職業球員的身影。拉希德·華萊士在退役后迅速被雇傭成為了指導球員發展的助理教練。擔心心臟病，為退休后的生活攢夠錢，在雨中駕駛，不能忘記記錄宇宙變化，這些都比球員擔心自己退役后不能繼續籃球方面的工作來的更重要。

Thats what made this curious ESPN.com story apparently written by Chris Broussard so……well， curious.

可正是這種擔憂讓克里斯·布洛薩德在體育電視網寫下了這個不尋常的故事，對，就是不尋常的。

There is a growing concern that the rise in the popularity of basketball analytics（such as player efficiency rating and true shooting percentage） has led to more statbased personnel hires rather than ex-players becoming general managers.

“隨著籃球分析學的流行度增加（諸如球員效率值、真實命中率），基于數據統計的人，相比過去，比球員更容易成為球隊總經理。”

One former star in the NBA with years of front office experience said that there is a divide within front offices between those who are perceived to be stat guys and those who are considered basketball lifers.

一個有著多年球隊管理經驗的前NBA球星說，在球隊管理層中，管理者，數據人員，以及一生從事籃球行業的人，他們之間還是有著本質區別的。

If there is a divide， thats a problem individual front offices absolutely need to figure out. Front offices need to be united. But the concern that quants① are taking jobs from explayers is really overblown. By my count， there are two NBA GMs who dont have lifelong ties to organized basketball： Daryl Morey in Houston and Sam Hinkie in Philadelphia. Other GMs all either played in college or the pros， worked in basketball in college or have worked only in basketball after college.

如果真的存在區別，那這就是球隊管理層絕對需要弄清的問題。我們都知道，球隊管理層需要和諧團結。但是，數據分析專家從退役球員那里奪走工作機會的擔憂卻是被過分鼓吹的。按照我的統計，只有兩支NBA球隊的總經理之前沒有在籃球領域長久工作的經歷，一個是休斯敦火箭的達雷爾·莫雷，另一個則是費城76人的薩姆·辛基。至于其他的球隊的總經理們，要么在大學，要么在其他聯賽中打過球，要么就是在大學中從事籃球工作或者在大學畢業后在籃球圈里工作。