Reddit reviews SprawlBall: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA
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I think we may have miscommunicated about your ambitions. What you're referring to is a scorekeeper and I don't think it requires much, if any, formal statistics training. You had mentioned getting a master's degree so I was talking about something different. Those who are trained as statisticians or related fields and hired by NBA teams are called many things but often has "analytics" in the title. Think Daryl Morey, Warriors, Sam Hinkie, etc. Using numbers to inform play style, acquisitions, trades, etc. Here is a book about it that seems aimed towards the layperson. This one is considered the "Moneyball" of basketball but is quite dated. This is by Kirk Goldsberry and is specifically about the 3-point shot and probably has the highest production value and approachability.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sprawlball-Visual-Tour-New-Era/dp/1328767515/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549892263&sr=8-1&keywords=kirk+goldsberry
Got a book coming out, should be good, even if just as a coffee table book because of the nice shot charts.
It's from Sprawlball, Kirk Goldsberry's new book.