The NBA is about to get a whole lot fancier.
Grantland's Zach Lowe reports that the Association will be installing new data-tracking cameras in every arena prior to the start of next season.
Exactly half of all teams used the Stats LLC SportVU cameras last year after six organizations had them installed for the lockout-condensed 2011-12 campaign.
According to Lowe, these high-tech gadgets monitor just about everything that happens on the court:
The cameras record every movement on the court — of players, officials, and the ball — several times per second, so that subscribing teams have been able to track the positioning of players in new ways. In a Grantland exclusive in March, the Toronto Raptors showed how they have used the data to (among many other things) build computerized "ghost defenders" that reacted in optimal ways to every offensive action. The team could then overlay camera recordings of actual game play to see how closely Toronto's real players mirrored the actions of their ghosts.
The installation of such equipment is further evidence th ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - NBA
Article written by Dan Favale
Report: NBA to Install High-Tech Cameras in Every League Arena
August 23rd, 2013 by Dan Favale Leave a reply »
Advertisement