{"product_id":"the-midrange-theory-9781629379210","title":"The Midrange Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo truly understand the increasingly prominent, yet to some, alienating, world of basketball analytics, begin by tossing out your preconceived notions of the term. The word \"analytics\" has been buzzed about, lauded, reduced, confused, and misapplied over time. Recognizing how to properly incorporate its methods has never been more important to understanding and appreciating the NBA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Midrange Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, author and NBA analyst for The Athletic Seth Partnow takes fans on a tour through the finer points of how the NBA game actually fits together, not only searching for the ever-evolving answers from within the analytics community but just as importantly, asking the right questions along the way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCovering a breadth of illuminating inflection points in NBA history\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003efrom shot selection to pre-draft evaluation to measuring defensive impacts to the importance of considering aesthetics and ethics while doing metrics\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003ePartnow deftly explores where we are, how we got here, and what might be next in basketball science.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Triumph Books (IL)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629379210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Seth Partnow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41187403628725,"sku":"9781629379210","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_00700aa7-af44-47b3-82d5-15622c49b082.jpg?v=1633437519","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-midrange-theory-9781629379210","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}