How Technology In NBA Is Helping Basketball, Players And Game Access
The players could wear the devices
Teams couldn’t use data while negotiating contracts and neither could they make the player’s data public for commercial purposes. Also, players couldn’t wear the devices during games.
The agreement which would last for seven years has come into effect since July 1. Making such smart moves early on shows how tech savvy the NBA really is.
The NBA Gatorade League (earlier called the NBA Development League) will now be using data to improve players' sports performance and recovery. To this end, sports scientists at the Gatorade Sports Institute would start partnering with the Gatorade Sports Science Institute next season. Their focus areas would include player nutrition and training programs to improve performance using cutting-edge technologies.
It’s not just the players who stand to benefit from new technologies in NBA.
It was in March that the NBA announced that they would start using multiple new technologies like virtual reality (VR) as well as data-driven analytics to not just recruit but also train referees.