The Sixers Are Going Full Nerd
Press release:
Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Bryan Colangelo announced today that the team has made several updates to the basketball operations department, including the promotion of Ned Cohen to Vice President of Basketball Operations and Chief of Staff, as well as a re-structured analytics department, which will be led by Vice President of Analytics and Strategy Alex Rucker, and supported by Director of Applied Analytics Dr. Lance Pearson and Sergi Oliva as Director of Basketball Analytics and Innovation.
Cohen has been with the Sixers since June and used to work for the league. Rucker was previously with the Raptors, an officer in the Navy, and is pursuing his doctorate. Pearson is a psychology professor. And Olivia was “a researcher at UPC-Barcelona Tech, where he received his PhD in Computational Complexity, as well as Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science.”
Trust the process.