{"id":111301,"date":"2020-05-20T15:07:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T15:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playsight.com\/?p=111301"},"modified":"2020-05-21T15:37:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T15:37:57","slug":"the-edge-sammy-gelfand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playsight.com\/articles\/the-edge-sammy-gelfand\/","title":{"rendered":"The Edge: Sammy Gelfand on Analytics, the Warriors and the move to Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;I loved my time at Golden State. I loved everybody I worked with. But I just felt for my personal career, I think I needed to kind of experience something new.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sammy Gelfand<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Get The Edge<\/h3>\n<p>Welcome to The Edge &#8211; our weekly podcast where we dive deep into the world of basketball and talk with the best, brightest and most creative minds across the NBA, college hoops and more.<\/p>\n<p>On this episode, we talk with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/samuel-gelfand-99807616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sammy Gelfand<\/a>, who is the <strong>Director of Coaching Analytics for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/pistons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Detroit Pistons<\/a><\/strong>. We talked about Sammy, his journey in the basketball world, his time in the NBA G League, <strong>working his way up to the Golden State Warriors<\/strong> organization and how he landed with the Detroit Pistons.<\/p>\n<p>We also discussed his <strong>relationship with Steve Kerr<\/strong>, from idolizing him as a player to ultimately working for him as a coach with the Warriors, being <strong>Shaun Livingston\u2019s favorite rebounder<\/strong>, and why <strong>Steph Curry calls him the &#8216;ultimate hustler.&#8217;<\/strong> We also dove into technology and analytics and how it has evolved over the years within the NBA landscape.<\/p>\n<p>For more on Sammy, you should check out this <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/07\/sports\/the-left-side-of-steve-kerrs-brain.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NY Times profile<\/a><\/strong>, or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/660060\/2018\/11\/20\/why-an-analytics-whiz-was-so-valuable-to-the-warriors-and-now-the-pistons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this piece from the Athletic<\/a><\/strong> on his move to the Pistons.<\/p>\n<h3>Where to Listen<\/h3>\n<p>Listen to the episode on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/the-edge-by-playsight\/id1514229366?i=1000475110666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Apple Podcasts<\/strong><\/a><strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0NbJOUWf4q7M6JJTO9ScYo?si=Tlj0PNJrSpK1oQiSgkVMPg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a><\/strong> or on your favorite podcast platform. Full show transcript available <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sportlifestylenetwork.com\/category\/the-edge-by-playsight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>On this Episode<\/h3>\n<p>On the <strong>golden number of 300 passes per night <\/strong>with the Warriors:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We had more success when we threw more passes in. And honestly, I give the players, you know, Steph and Klay and Andre, Shaun and all those guys, a lot of the credit. They were the ones who bought in and they\u2019re the ones who really started really asking like coach, how many passes do we have?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On how to <strong>best communicate analytics and data<\/strong> to the head coaches he has worked under:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I need to take what I\u2019m saying and translate in a way that will, you know, most respond well to them. And obviously each coach is different. Some coaches like visuals, some coaches just like the raw numbers. 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