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Episode 12: Joseph Gill of Mercenary Analytics Part II

Hoop Threads··21 July 2026·1h 1m

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00:05 Basketball is a game of markets 11:35 "What killed him was the laughter" efficiency story 22:40 Player who is called overpaid that isn't 27:15 The NBA Twitter community 28:52 Owning cold takes, followed by blasphemous Luka take 31:40 Jon Tauer: background, success, program staples 40:10 George Floyd and civil unrest in Joseph's hometown of Minneapolis 47:50 Toeing the line between blunt honesty on Twitter and sabotaging potential client relationships 53:15 Future of Merc Analytic 57:40 Turnaround for reports