"It doesn't have to be 'big data', it just has to be the RIGHT data; After all, the numbers were there all along :) I did notice that http://hoopsanalyst.com/blog/?... didn't give us stats on the rest of the 2010 draft field (even though it appears that Lin was the best by the numbers).  Apart from that, there are some interesting analogies with Moneyball (and business) - ** the important numbers are not measured (or are ignored) ** the wrong numbers are measured anyway, ** 'gut instinct' is based on irrelevancies (like race and experience) ** Once you optimise for the first three conditions, the numbers don't lie. thanks" - martin english