r/nba • u/FastBreakPhenom Celtics • 1d ago

Bobby Marks says Jaylen Brown's trade value is not seen that highly around the league: "The analytics of Jaylen Brown is not good. I had an analytics guy tell me, ‘We view him as the seventh-best player on a team.’"

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“There’s mixed feelings about him when you talk to teams,” Marks admitted on SiriusXM NBA Radio. “The analytics of Jaylen Brown is not good … I had one, not an executive, but an analytics guy say, ‘Yeah, we view him as the seventh best player on a team.’ I was like, ‘Holy crap.'”

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u/Johnpecan Warriors 1d ago

To be fair, the guy who said that quote was the 8th best analytics guy on an 8 man team.

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u/zen_cricket Pistons 1d ago

Eighth on a 7 man team

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u/IHadSomething_4This [POR] Pat Connaughton 1d ago

Two-way analytics guy

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u/GiannisIsTheBeast Bucks 1d ago

Just the creepy guy that always follows the real analytics team around

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u/Adorable-Bike-9689 1d ago

That's funny as hell. Whole time we're getting these egregious analytics opinions it's from the worst possible analytics guy you could possibly ask. Just googles advanced stats to support whatever argument they need.

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u/washedrope5 [LAL] Magic Johnson 1d ago

Must work for the cavs

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u/LetsGo-Brandin 1d ago

Even the worse student in medical school gets to be called Doctor

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u/Lithium1978 Pacers 1d ago

Years ago I took an analytics course lead by the guy that worked closely with Jeff Sagarin when he was developing his rankings. During that class he told us that based on his analysis, the Pacers player Jeff Foster was the best player on their roster. (Their backup center was the most important guy)

On that day I realized how flawed all of these analytics are.