Zach Lowe Morey's system was all analytics-based, except for the one big move this offseason which was trading CP3 for Westbrook along with a whole lot of picks. That was not an analytics-backed decision.

What analytics took from us - Josh Smith long midrange attempts

Roommates Show Josh Hart on Analytics I just always thought analytics is for like geeky unathletic white guys that wanted to be a part of the league but just couldn't make it playing Basketball So they decided to put math into the equation That's always how I felt analytics

Charania Philadelphia was not in the picture for LeBron until after the Jaylen Brown trade and within 24 hours LeBron was taking their pitch very seriously It's currently a hierarchy of Cleveland Miami and Philadelphia and then teams on the periphery

Brad Stevens on why he traded Jaylen Brown The path looked a little bit more challenging to me with 70 of our cap and such a high usage into two players and the reality in this era and in this day and age in the NBA you have to do a great job in building depth

Windhorst In the last few days I dont think Philly really loved their position in the running Their big pitch was trading for Jaylen Brown but LeBron kept making it a point to reach out to the 76ers players and give them hope that they were still involved

Bill Simmons Pod Simmons on Jaylen Brown trade Is it possible that they really liked Paul George as a player for their team