NBA to Install SportVU System in Arenas for 2013-14 and Improve Player Tracking

September 6th, 2013 by Peter F. Richman Leave a reply »



On Thursday, the NBA announced the expansion of its partnership with STATS LLC, a tech company that produces a top-notch camera system capable of quantifying and recording unprecedented basketball data.

Beginning with the 2013-14 season, STAT's six-camera system, known as SportVU, will be installed in every NBA arena to "calibrate and measure the movements of all players and the ball on the court."

The league's official release describes SportVU as a constant stream of live information "based around speed, distance, player separation, and ball possession for detailed and targeted analysis of players and teams."

Steve Hellmuth, the NBA's executive vice president of operations and technology, told Howard Beck of the New York Times, "This really allows us to analyze our game in a way that’s never been possible before."

Beck explains the technology in further detail, writing,

SportVu, developed by Stats LLC, records data points for all 10 players, the three referees and the ball, every 30th of a second, measuring speed, distance, player separation and ball possession. Ever ...

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