Moneyball (book 2003, movie 2011) describes how Oakland Athletes build their baseball team in 2002 based on statistical analysis of player performance.
Then around 2008-2009, Houston Rockets, and Golden State Warriors (Oakland) started to apply similar analysis to basketball, and started to find the value of having quickly moving players who throw precisely, to score 3 point shots, even if these players are not as tall. Now it's called the 3-point revolution.
Then around 2008-2009, Houston Rockets, and Golden State Warriors (Oakland) started to apply similar analysis to basketball, and started to find the value of having quickly moving players who throw precisely, to score 3 point shots, even if these players are not as tall. Now it's called the 3-point revolution.
https://www.thestar.com/sports/basketball/raptors/2008/03/13...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Morey#Houston_Rockets
https://ageofrevolutions.com/2019/02/25/data-science-and-the...
It hindsight, it feels like a long delay from the success of Moneyball, until others applies similar thinking to other sports.