Ep. 61 Learning Basketball with Ryan Girardot! @rmgbuilds

Ryan Girardot is the CEO and Co-Founder of Cerebro Sports, a basketball scouting data company that is out to collect every box score on earth and put it in one place.

Today we learn about Ryan Girardot's journey to running a basketball data company, how he convinced Mark Cuban to invest, building analytic scouting tools to improve decision making, and the role of analytics in basketball scouting.

Timeline:
00:00

Introduction & Background: Ryan Girardot’s Journey to Cerebro

04:29

The Evolution of Player Data Tracking, Mark Cuban investing in Cerebro

09:02

Understanding C-RAM and 5MS - Cerebro’s Player Evaluation Metrics

13:13

Creating Player Archetypes through Cerebro with Data Visualizations

23:14

Running a Basketball Data Company: The Cerebro Team’s Dynamics

25:56

Analytics as a Tool for Decision Making

26:34

Predictive Modeling in Basketball

28:07

Communicating Data to Players

30:59

How Cerebro can assist Players, Skill Development Coaches, College Scouts, Front Office Evaluators

37:41

Breaking News: The Global Scoreboard Initiative and Future Possible Partnerships

41:04

The Role of Data in Scouting: a tool that tells you the odds that can create advtange and improve decision making in the front office, in the practice gym, and in the middle of the game right on the court

45:00

Advice for Aspiring Basketball Analysts + Ryan’s Cerebro Data Viz Portfolio