Ahead of the NBA draft on Thursday, Stats Perform has announced the extension of its agreement with the Orlando Magic allowing the team to utilize the sports technology, data and AI company’s AutoStats platform.
AutoStats is utilized by sportsbooks to collect detailed player data and, in turn, creating more accurate wagers and odds.
The Orlando Magic became the first team to adopt this technology in 2019. It allows the team to take a more data driven approach to recruiting college players through AI-enhanced body recognition technology.
"Before AutoStats, we were reliant on college box score and play-by-play data for player evaluation, which only provides a small slice of a player's overall attributes and playing style," said Jeff Weltman, president of basketball operations for the Orlando Magic. "Tracking data has become the gold standard of NBA analysis and having access to AutoStats' college tracking data has allowed us to bring our college scouting process up to the same depth of analysis as we have at the NBA level. Being able to back our scouting and prospecting with real data from AutoStats has given us a huge advantage these past two seasons and provided important insights during the recent 2020 NBA Draft."
Steve Xeller, chief revenue officer at Stats Perform added: "The Orlando Magic has been the ideal partner for Stats Perform as we bring to market a new depth of college data and insight that has never been available before. AutoStats is the future of player tracking, and it is important that we work with innovative teams like the Magic that embrace data and technology to create more informed data-driven decisions. Working with the Magic's premier analytics team, we have generated player dashboards with exciting insights on the next generation of NBA stars, providing deeper information for the draft and recruiting process. We look forward to continuing this exciting partnership with the team."
