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BIG BROTHER’S WATCHING: When a coach in a future NBA finals accuses his players of poor rebounding or defense, he’ll have a new way of proving he was right.

The NBA and STATS LLC are testing a new manner of statistical collection during the finals using six high-definition cameras placed around the arena. The cameras will track the 10 players on the court, the three officials and the ball. A dot placed over all of them can measure the heights and distances of their movements, allowing a coach to see, for example, how far a defender was from the player he was supposed to be covering.

"Player tracking is the heart of the new NBA stats collection," NBA executive vice president of operations and technology Steve Hellmuth said.

Hellmuth said teams are particularly interested in the program as a way to monitor defensive performances.

Hellmuth and STATS vice president of strategic planning Brian Kopp demonstrated how the system could also be used to evaluate the judgment of the officials by replaying a goaltending call against Orlando’s Dwight Howard in Game 3. It showed the height of the ball in meters, and the number was reducing by the time Howard swatted it away, meaning it was on its way down and the call was correct.

The league hopes the technology will be ready for use by next season’s playoffs, where it could be an asset to the teams involved and the broadcasts.

Emphasis mine.

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hey sweet find

this is gonna be really good.

The Princess of Blazersedge

by BlazerFan1 on Jun 12, 2009 2:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

that's great

it could be quite beneficial in expanding the use of instant replay in the NBA

by SalemORguy on Jun 12, 2009 2:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

This could make it a lot easier for someone to compile certain stats.

Very nice.

proud hinrichsheeple

by Cablinasian on Jun 12, 2009 3:04 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

what i would love to see

is the NBA adopt what the NHL has done. For the Cup finals you can go to NHL.com and watch a web feed of a camera in the arena that follows just one player, usually a star player, through out the whole game. I would love to watch and record a whole game of just Outlaw, then post it here so everyone who loves him for just his good spots can see the bad spots too.

by usmcr3049 on Jun 12, 2009 3:13 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Oooh

That’d be so sweet. One problem though.

I would be wasting 10 hours of my life after every game day following each and every Blazer to see how they did!

by Zaig on Jun 12, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

They offer four cameras, one big player on each team, the arena cam (scoreboard cam) and a crowd cam or something…

Proud member of Duck nation!

by skywaker9 on Jun 12, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow

I missed that. Wish I would have known.

by usmcr3049 on Jun 12, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

sounds awesome

The Princess of Blazersedge

by BlazerFan1 on Jun 12, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you would get dizzy watching the Rudy-cam.

The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers

by lukeyhere on Jun 13, 2009 7:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks for the great find

good job man- hey welcome to summer everyone!

C*mcast sucks!

by Blazermaniac77 on Jun 12, 2009 3:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

where did this come from?

i dont see it in the link and can’t find it anywhere else

Woof

by Charles Barkley McLovin on Jun 12, 2009 6:51 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

sick

Finally, a sig without typeing mistakes.

by prezofdeath on Jun 13, 2009 4:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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