76ers Add To One Of NBA's Largest Analytics Departments, Per Report
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Sam Hinkie may be no longer be with the Philadelphia 76ers, but analytics remains.
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According to ESPN's Zach Lowe, the Sixers hired five new "analytics people" to form one of the league's largest such departments.
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The league, and sports in general, is shifting this way incorporating analytics more and more each and every day. The Sixers are at the forefront of the shift.