Miami Heat hire Shane Battier for Director of Basketball Development & Analytics

wow, good pick up. he knows all the rockets metrics and can reverse engineer those for the Heats.. kind of advanced the heats analytics dept by a few years.

 

Now we know why he asked Morey for all those spreadsheets before games.

 

Man, dude should have been a part of this team in some fashion. Could have easily been an assistant or working in the front office.

 

As long as we have Daryl Morey, there really isn't anything to worry about in terms of analytics. Our front office is still one of the most progressive groups in the league in regards to that.

 

this is good news for Battier though. really glad for him, glad to see him make the next natural step after his playing career.

 

We're going to all regret not getting him in the front or back office or coaching/development in some capacity in years to come.
I can really see him progressing through the ranks and becoming a difference maker for a team.

 

Shane is gonna bring so much hustle and sneaky athleticism to the Miami front office.

 

He's gonna field a whole roster of no-stats all-stars. But SOMEBODY'S gotta record some stats amiright?!?!

 

Shane Battier is one of the smartest basketball minds out there. This is late news just reported now

Battier was already hired by the Heat a few weeks back. He already told them all the Rockets spreadsheets and numbers and what we like to do.

Result: 2 losses to the heat

 

He might need to tone down the hustle a little in the front office, though.

 

I just realized the irony in the no-stats-all-star being head of analytics.

 

He did a podcast with Zach Lowe along time ago in which he did talk about his fascination with analytics. Not surprised he has managed to score himself this position. Was going to happen sooner or later.

 

There was no way he was gonna take on a job anywehre else but Miami. The guy loves it there and who can blame him.

 

I imagine he starts by surrounding himself with good people. Hinkie? If not, let's be honest, as smart as he is - he would be in over his head. I'm sure it's something he can manage well, but getting hands-on with it, executing it himself... doubt it.

 

Battier didn't put up traditional stats but he was a good analytics player. There's no irony here.

 

Like Deuce, I always hoped that he'd end up in Houston either coaching, or in the front office. Damn.

 

Shane Battier has left his full time job heading up the Heat’s basketball development and analytics department but will do consulting work for the organization, according to a league source.

Battier, 42, initially joined the Heat’s front office on Feb. 16, 2017 as the director of basketball development and analytics and just completed his fourth season as the organization’s vice president of basketball development and analytics.

His responsibilities included the development of analytics to evaluate talent, including college prospects, free agents and current Heat players.

Battier interviewed for a high-level position in the Detroit Pistons’ restructured front office during the 2018 offseason. But he withdrew his name from consideration and remained with the Heat.

Battier retired after playing his final season with the Heat in 2014 and worked one year as an ESPN analyst while maintaining a strong relationship with the franchise with his annual Battioke karaoke event to raise money for the Take Charge foundation, which helps send kids to college with scholarships.

He has homes in South Florida and Michigan but lived primarily in South Florida while working for the Heat.

Battier had been viewed as someone who could take on much greater personnel responsibility when Heat president Pat Riley eventually retires. That now is considered less likely, though not entirely out of the question. And any chance of Dwyane Wade assuming that type of authority in a post-Riley regime was eliminated when he recently joined the Utah Jazz as part-owner.

Riley, 76, has indicated he has no plans to step away anytime soon.

It’s possible that some combination of coach Erik Spoelstra, general manager Andy Elisburg, assistant GM Adam Simon and CEO Nick Arison could fill Riley’s personnel responsibilities when he retires, but that’s speculative at this point.

Alonzo Mourning, the Heat’s vice president of player programs, also could be considered for a bigger role if he’s interested.

 

Pandemic got lots of people reassessing their jobs and purposes in life.

 

He belongs back in H-Tine doing his thing, singing karaoke in Midtown.