When Lionel Hollins wasn't brought back to coach the Grizzlies last season — after leading them to a franchise-record 56 wins and a Western Conference Finals appearance in 2013 before his contract expired — it was rumored a main reason was because of a disconnect between an old-school coach and a new-school front office that believed in the power of advanced statistics.
But when that question was posed to Hollins recently, he made it clear he didn't share that view.
"I'm going to take a breath," Hollins said after a long pause, "and say it's the dumbest thing I've ever heard because every coach uses stats.
"Now, do I understand some of the stats that are out there that are new? No. But I can learn them."
As a former player — Hollins was the starting point guard of the 1977 NBA champion Trail Blazers — and longtime member of the league, it's easy to assume Hollins has no interest in looking at the advanced stats that have become a key part of how the league is analyzed, viewed and run.
But Hollins has referenced advanced statistics throughout the season, particularly in terms of lineup data, and said he uses stats to try and reinforce why he's making various decisions with his players.
"When I talk to a player about his play, I have to have stats to show him," Hollins said. "When I talk about lineups, I have to have stats that show why I'm making a change and not just because I'm making a change. Players like to know that.
"It's a part of the game. I know which combinations play well together from stats. I look at stats just about every day. So it's a misnomer, and it was what it was and it's over."
With the rise of information technology impacting basketball in many ways — from new player-tracking technology that registers every step and movement players make to shooting statistics that show where each player is most effective on the floor — there is a vast amount of information available.
But just because teams have all that information doesn't mean they'll always use it. Hollins said he doesn't try to overload his players with such information going into games.
"The stats are basically for the coaches, because if you threw all of those stats at the players, they would walk out on the court and they would be spinning in a circle. I remember we were in the playoffs and we had stats for what percentage a guy goes left, what percentage he goes right, what percentage he shoots over here on this side and what his shooting percentage is in this position.
"So, when you get in the game, can you make a guy get in that opposite corner from where he's good at?
Probably not. I think it's knowing your personnel, in terms of knowing his strengths and weaknesses, is good, but to put all of those stats on players, it's overload, and during the course of the season you probably do more of it than during the playoffs."
But even with all the information available, and while acknowledging it as a useful tool, Hollins said advanced stats aren't something he's going to use if they go against how he feels his team should operate.
One such instance has been playing Deron Williams and Jarrett Jack together, something that doesn't work out well for the Nets according to the numbers, but is a combination Hollins has said he believes in.
"As I used to say in Memphis, you can tell me that this lineup is better without Zach [Randolph], but Zach is going to be in the game the last two minutes of the game," Hollins said. "I don't care what the stats say. He's the guy that I trust is going to give me the best chance to win.
"It's the same way here. There are lineups that don't work, but I like and trust what I believe in versus just looking at the numbers, because you have players that are first-quarter players, some players that score in the middle of the game, and some players that score and do what you need them to do to win the game, and that's more important than anything."
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