The Hidden Statistics That Control The NBA - Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a data scientist, economist and author. Basketball is one of the most popular sports on the planet. Seth has used advanced AI to statistically analyse everything about the players, their backgrounds, hand-span, height, first names and more to uncover some of the wildest trends in the game. Expect to learn what percentage of American men over 7 feet tall are in the NBA, where there is a huge outlier of the most common name of all NBA players, who the best height-adjusted player of all time is, just how important genetics are in basketball, whether the Draft is effective and much more... - 00:00 The Percentage of 7ft NBA Players 04:34 Is Being Tall Really a Basketball Advantage? 08:53 Why Americans Are Over-Represented in Basketball 12:21 How Genetic is Basketball Ability? 21:44 Chris is the Most Common Name of Black NBA Players 28:13 What Determines Who Chokes Under Pressure? 35:04 What Warren Buffet & Paul Millsap Have in Common