This is where Goodhart’s Law hits hardest. The problem …

Yet most teams still don’t build around these. This is where Goodhart’s Law hits hardest. The problem isn’t that we can’t see collective value. It’s that the entire infrastructure of basketball decision-making (contracts, trades, draft boards, media narratives) is still organized around individual output. A player who passes up a good shot to create a great shot for a teammate looks less efficient by the metrics that determine his salary. A player whose gravity creates space but never touches the ball makes everyone else more efficient. His stats look empty compared to the always-around-the-rim big man gobbling up rebounds and blocks. His contract looks like an overpay. His value is enormous.

New York Times

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