[biotech]

These articles are fun to read for those hackers that are also basketball fans. That being said, I don't entirely agree with the author's reasoning. E.g., the author mentions reasons why a player is more likely to miss a shot after making one, but fails to go through a real analysis of "hotness".

Making one shot does not qualify a player as being hot by any definition that I've ever heard. So, what are the stats after making 2, 3, 4 shots? Does the likelihood of making the next shot rise after making several shots in a row? There are several other questions I would ask that would be more convincing to prove or disprove the effect of being hot.

Some of the comments below the article have interesting criticisms.

[sjs382]

I've really enjoyed all of this recent coverage about the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. If you're looking for more, Bill Simmons does a pretty good job discussing this. And if you see anything else, please submit to HN. :)

I submitted http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=515342 a while ago and got no love. I was sad that no one here had an interest in sports, but it turns out I was wrong. :)

Lately, too, I've been thinking how a lot of this could be applied to the NHL. :)