Derek Thompson

very good golfers that are like basically in this very crowded top tier so that's one possibility that we could definitely talk about the other is this question of like where does value flow

in an NBA where it's just not that hard to build the Houston Rockets, which is to say where it's not that hard to build a team that's exceptional and eight players deep and probably gonna get the third or second seed in the Western Conference. There's just enough, there's enough talent for maybe 20 teams to be the Houston Rockets. Where does value flow in that world?

in an NBA where it's just not that hard to build the Houston Rockets, which is to say where it's not that hard to build a team that's exceptional and eight players deep and probably gonna get the third or second seed in the Western Conference. There's just enough, there's enough talent for maybe 20 teams to be the Houston Rockets. Where does value flow in that world?

in an NBA where it's just not that hard to build the Houston Rockets, which is to say where it's not that hard to build a team that's exceptional and eight players deep and probably gonna get the third or second seed in the Western Conference. There's just enough, there's enough talent for maybe 20 teams to be the Houston Rockets. Where does value flow in that world?

And it makes me think like, you know, it's a total cliche to be like, you know, coaching matters. But is it possible that like coaching matters more in a world where there's, as you put it, a labor glut around the B plus, A minus player? Like, for example, in a parallel universe where every NBA basketball player was Quinton Grimes, right? Every player was just a clone of Grimes.

And it makes me think like, you know, it's a total cliche to be like, you know, coaching matters. But is it possible that like coaching matters more in a world where there's, as you put it, a labor glut around the B plus, A minus player? Like, for example, in a parallel universe where every NBA basketball player was Quinton Grimes, right? Every player was just a clone of Grimes.

And it makes me think like, you know, it's a total cliche to be like, you know, coaching matters. But is it possible that like coaching matters more in a world where there's, as you put it, a labor glut around the B plus, A minus player? Like, for example, in a parallel universe where every NBA basketball player was Quinton Grimes, right? Every player was just a clone of Grimes.

Where would value flow in that league? There'd be no value in being Quentin Grimes. Literally everyone is the exact same player. The value would entirely be at the level of the coaching quality. And so in a world where you have just so many very, very good, but maybe not super duper star, you know, Gildas Alexander stars, but just a bunch of like top 50 style players.

Where would value flow in that league? There'd be no value in being Quentin Grimes. Literally everyone is the exact same player. The value would entirely be at the level of the coaching quality. And so in a world where you have just so many very, very good, but maybe not super duper star, you know, Gildas Alexander stars, but just a bunch of like top 50 style players.

Where would value flow in that league? There'd be no value in being Quentin Grimes. Literally everyone is the exact same player. The value would entirely be at the level of the coaching quality. And so in a world where you have just so many very, very good, but maybe not super duper star, you know, Gildas Alexander stars, but just a bunch of like top 50 style players.

Is that a world where actually coaching is incredibly valuable? Where owners should be paying 20, 30, 50 million dollars to grab Spolstra and bring it to their team. Because it's just that game changing to have a coordinating genius at that level rather than just accumulate a bunch of really talented athletic 6'6 guys.

Is that a world where actually coaching is incredibly valuable? Where owners should be paying 20, 30, 50 million dollars to grab Spolstra and bring it to their team. Because it's just that game changing to have a coordinating genius at that level rather than just accumulate a bunch of really talented athletic 6'6 guys.

Is that a world where actually coaching is incredibly valuable? Where owners should be paying 20, 30, 50 million dollars to grab Spolstra and bring it to their team. Because it's just that game changing to have a coordinating genius at that level rather than just accumulate a bunch of really talented athletic 6'6 guys.

And this is exactly where Bill GPT comes into the picture, right? You're saying we need some technology for scanning physiology and saying, you know, you have a Kevin Durant body. No, you have a Wemba Nyama body or you have a Paul George body and you could somehow from that scan, maybe have some kind of like prediction matrix for their likelihood of getting injured.

And this is exactly where Bill GPT comes into the picture, right? You're saying we need some technology for scanning physiology and saying, you know, you have a Kevin Durant body. No, you have a Wemba Nyama body or you have a Paul George body and you could somehow from that scan, maybe have some kind of like prediction matrix for their likelihood of getting injured.

And this is exactly where Bill GPT comes into the picture, right? You're saying we need some technology for scanning physiology and saying, you know, you have a Kevin Durant body. No, you have a Wemba Nyama body or you have a Paul George body and you could somehow from that scan, maybe have some kind of like prediction matrix for their likelihood of getting injured.

Like, I'm not sure to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure such a thing is possible. Like I, I, I, It's not obvious to me that Paul George's leg injury in the Olympics, that horrific dunk where he had the compound fracture, I'm not sure there's any AI that could have possibly predicted that. It might have just been a totally freak accident.

Like, I'm not sure to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure such a thing is possible. Like I, I, I, It's not obvious to me that Paul George's leg injury in the Olympics, that horrific dunk where he had the compound fracture, I'm not sure there's any AI that could have possibly predicted that. It might have just been a totally freak accident.

Like, I'm not sure to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure such a thing is possible. Like I, I, I, It's not obvious to me that Paul George's leg injury in the Olympics, that horrific dunk where he had the compound fracture, I'm not sure there's any AI that could have possibly predicted that. It might have just been a totally freak accident.

But I do think it's possible that at the level of how a body fits together, Or even at the level of genetics.