Taking The Charge: Ermay Duran, Global Director of Basketball InStat

Welcome back to the Taking The Charge Podcast. This week’s interview is Ermay Duran, the Global Director of Basketball at InStat. The discussion centers on big data and data analytics and its place in the game as well as how advanced stats can help teams as well as national team programs and how the world of scouting players is changing.

Before that … let’s take a quick look around the world of basketball with the Big Three

1:40 - Story we are watching - The three wild cards for the Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament Finals have been rewarded and Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade, Mega Mozzart Belgrade and Maccabi Tel Aviv will be playing at the tournament at the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four in Belgrade.

Melbourne United @MelbUnited

We are thrilled to announce that NBL Next Star Ariel Hukporti will remain with the team for the NBL23 season. Hukporti decided spending another season honing his craft with United would ultimately be best for his long term career. Full story: fal.cn/3o5at

4:05 - Young player of the week - German center Ariel Hukporti decided against entering his name into the 2022 NBA Draft and he will remain at Melbourne United in the Australian NBL for the 2022-23 season.

5:25 - Up-coming event we are watching - This Thursday and Friday (April 28 and 29) will see Ljubljana host the U19 ABA League Final Four. The matchups are Mega vs Igokea and Derby vs Cedevita Olimpija.

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Before we get into the talk with Giacomo Rossi, we would like to give you a sneak peak of the Taking The Charge Prospects Podcast interview with Montenegro guard Fedor Zugic of ratiopharm ulm - which is part of the paid subscription section of the TTC substack.

6:35 - Sneak preview of interview

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Ermay Duran, Global Director of Basketball InStat - 11:55

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