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Head of Analytics
Ana leads HoopBrief's possession-level math, lineup grading, and matchup-intelligence work. PhD in operations research; six years at a sports-analytics consultancy serving pro clients before joining HoopBrief in 2024.
23 articles on HoopBrief.
The 2026 NBA Draft is in the books. Here's the coaching-lens grade for every lottery pick — what the team needed, whether the prospect fits, and which picks the media is over- and underrating.
HoopBrief costs $9.99/month for the Starter plan and $999/month for Pro. Here's the honest breakdown of what each tier includes, who each one is for, and how to decide which fits your workflow.
The 2026 NBA Draft is days away. Here's the final lottery mock paired with the coaching-lens fit analysis for each top-14 team — what they need, which prospect actually fits, and which fits are media misreads.
Box scores tell you what happened. Advanced stats tell you who's actually winning the math. Here are the 14 numbers — true shooting, eFG%, PER, BPM, net rating, and more — explained in plain English for coaches, bettors, and serious fans.
When does a paid scouting subscription return more than it costs? When is it a luxury? Here's the audience-by-audience ROI calculation across HoopBrief, Synergy, Hudl, and Stathead.
Modern NBA analytics is intimidating from the outside and surprisingly simple on the inside. Here are the seven numbers that explain 90% of what advanced stats actually measure — in plain English.
Synergy, Hudl, Basketball Reference, FastModel, HoopBrief — different layers of the prep stack, wildly different price points. Here's what each one is actually for, with real 2026 pricing.
The 2026 NBA Draft is late June. Here is the coaching-lens framework for evaluating every prospect — what skills translate, what doesn't, and what each lottery team needs.
The analytics revolution said the mid-range was dead. SGA, Brunson, Booker, and Tatum just won the league taking it. Here's why the mid-range is back — and which kinds are actually efficient.
Combine measurements are easy to look up. The translation math — what those numbers mean for NBA projection — is the part scouts spend years learning. Here's the framework.
The average NBA player is 6'7". The shortest are 5'9". Here is the honest height-by-position breakdown — and why the outlier guards like Brunson, Curry, and Conley should not be your case study unless you are exactly like them.
Three tools, three completely different value propositions. Here is the head-to-head on cost, features, scouting depth, and the kind of program each one actually fits in 2026.
Synergy is built for pro and college budgets. Here are the genuinely useful free and low-cost alternatives that cover the bulk of a high school coach's workflow — by use case, with the actual tools.
Synergy Sports doesn't publish pricing. Here is what the platform actually costs in 2026 by tier — high school, college, pro — based on industry conversations and what coaches report paying.
By the time the Finals tip, the staffs already know what they're going to do. The series is decided by which staff executes their brief better, faster, and longer. Here's the brief — in three lenses.
PER tells you who played well over a season. PPP tells you what your last 20 possessions are worth in points. For coaches making in-game decisions, PPP is the only number that matters in real time.
We ran the four most-likely Finals matchups through possession-level analysis. Here's where the advantage actually sits.
Why does coach pull X? It's never the box score. Here's a rubric to grade rotation decisions in real time.
Stats don't determine who plays in May. Trust does. Here's a framework — and a player breakdown — for reading the trust curve.
The best scorers in basketball don't read the on-ball defender — they read the help defender. Here's how to see the second defender before he sees you.
Baseball had its analytics revolution 20 years ago. Basketball's is happening now. Here is how front offices, coaching staffs, and players are using data to find edges that the eye test misses.
Most scouting reports are information dumps that nobody reads. The best organizations are building something different. Here is what separates good scouting from great scouting.
It is not just about points and rebounds. Here is how the most sophisticated front offices determine what a player is really worth, and why traditional evaluation gets it wrong.
