The Sports Learning Curve: Why Teams are Slow to Learn and Adapt

Daryl Morey – General Manager, Houston Rockets

Bill James – Statistician

Sashi Brown – Chief Planning & Operations Officer, Monumental Sports & Entertainment

Dick Thaler (Moderator) – Nobel Prize Winning Economist, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

Let’s face it, despite decades of data and statistical analysis to lean on, players, coaches and GMs alike continue to fall into predictable behavioral traps when it comes to decision making – whether it’s wasting timeouts, being overly conservative on 4th down, or overpaying for a high draft pick. Hear from a Nobel Prize winning economist, a baseball historian and statistician, an NBA General Manager and a seasoned sports executive as they discuss and debate some of the most common decision making pitfalls made by teams and how they can be avoided.