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height="257" width="140" border="2"><br> </p> <!-- #EndEditable --></div> <div id="main"> <!-- #BeginEditable "text" --> <h2>EXPERIENCE:</h2> <ul> <li>Director of Quantitative Analysis, <b>Denver Nuggets</b>, 2006-Present. <!-- <ul> <li>Coordination of statistical evaluations for personnel and coaching matters. </ul> --> <li>Statistical consultant to <b>Seattle Supersonics</b> management, 2000-2006, Full-time beginning 10/1/04. <li>Author, <i>Basketball on Paper</i> <ul> <li>The basic handbook for doing basketball analysis worldwide <li>Endorsed by Dean Smith, Bill James, and the Seattle Supersonics <li>Available through <a href="http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/potomac-books/9781574886887/" harget="_blank">the publisher</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1574886886/qid=1135475833/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-2579531-9906406?n=507846&s=books&v=glance">Amazon.com</a>, <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=1574886878&itm=1">Barnes & Noble</a>, and major bookstores </ul> <li>Coordinator of WNBA Project Defensive Scoresheet <ul> <li>Collected new defensive statistics through series of volunteers <li>Identified volunteers to ascribe player/team responsibility for scores and stops <li>Worked with Charlotte Sting to organize project </ul> <li>Scout, Bertka Views, 1990-1994 in North Carolina <li>Assistant Coach, Caltech, 1988-1990 <li>Point Guard, Caltech, 1986-1988 <li>Ph.D., 1994, University of North Carolina – using statistics to make forecasts </ul> <h2>EXPERTISE:</h2> <p>Dean Oliver (not the former Iowa Hawkeye point guard) is an expert at the scientific evaluation of assembling players into a team, including quantitative evaluations of player quality, game strategy, and team chemistry. Some examples of his contributions over more than 15 years of work:</p> <ul> <li>Points scored and allowed per 100 possessions analyses <ul> <li>Team and individual versions <li>Surveyed best offenses and defenses for what made them successful </ul> <li>Offensive skill curves for players <ul> <li>Methods that show how well players do with different scoring responsibilities </ul> <li>Career forecast tools for players <ul> <li>Can predict player future and suggest means of improvement </ul> <li>Incorporation of play-by-play data with basic statistics and coaching input <li>Rules of thumb for applying zones, presses, and when to call (or force) timeouts <li>Evaluation of effect of new rules (zone, 8-s rule, etc.) implemented in 2002 </ul> <p>Also a member of Association of Professional Basketball Research and Society of American Baseball Research (very familiar with Bill James sabermetric methods)</p> <h2>TO CONTACT ME:</h2> <p>By Email: <a href="mailto:author@basketballonpaper.com" target="_blank">author@basketballonpaper.com</a></p> <p></p> <!-- #EndEditable --> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> <!-- #EndTemplate --> </html>