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EP 47: AI Revolutionizes Basketball: NBA Analytics 2020-2025
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1.4 million data points per game. NBA teams now track every player movement, defensive rotation, and shot attempt with AI-powered analytics—and it's transforming professional basketball in real-time. In this first episode of our "AI in Sports Analytics" series, hosts Sam Dey and Mac Goswami explore how the NBA and WNBA embraced AI more aggressively than any other league. Game-Changing Technology: SportVU Tracking System captures 29 data points per player, tracking all 22 players 10x/second and the ball 25x/second. Second Spectrum uses computer vision to extract data directly from broadcast video—no specialized cameras needed. NBA-AWS Partnership (Oct 2025): "Inside the Game" platform turns…