Best of Risky Business: Building a Championship Team (with Daryl Morey)

About this episode

Nate and Maria discuss game theory and probabilistic thinking in basketball with Daryl Morey.

We’re closing out the year with some of our (and your) favorite episodes to date. First up: Nate and Maria’s conversation with Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey about bringing game theory and probabilistic thinking to the NBA. For more from Nate and Maria, subscribe to their newsletters: The Leap  from Maria Konnikova Silver Bulletin  from Nate Silver  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Nate Silver, Maria Konnikova

Guest: Daryl Morey

Topics covered

• basketball
• game theory
• probabilistic thinking
• sports management
• NBA

Keywords

• Daryl Morey
• NBA
• basketball operations
• game theory
• probabilistic thinking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Philadelphia 76ers, Pushkin Industries

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