{"podcast":{"title":"Infinite Loops","slug":"infinite-loops-259760","podcast_index_feed_id":259760,"rss_url":"https://infiniteloops.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://infiniteloopspodcast.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/8/b/8/58b8b50dd4cbba7427a2322813b393ee/Infinite_Loops_New_Podcast_Logo.jpeg","author":"Jim O'Shaughnessy","episode_count":341,"summary":"Every Thursday, join Jim O'Shaughnessy and his favorite people as they arm you with the tools & fresh perspectives required to upgrade your HumanOS and thrive in our messy, probabilistic world. Visit our Substack at newsletter.osv.llc for full transcripts, highlights, weekly doses of timeless wisdom, and a bounty of other goodies designed to make you go, \"Hmm that's interesting!\"","last_synced_at":"2026-09-18T02:21:51.077992+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/infinite-loops-259760"},"episode":{"title":"Ryan Resch - How Data Changed the NBA and What AI Changes Next (Ep. 327)","slug":"ryan-resch-how-data-changed-the-nba-and-what-ai-changes-next-ep-327","published_at":"2026-09-10T12:35:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/infinite-loops-259760/ryan-resch-how-data-changed-the-nba-and-what-ai-changes-next-ep-327","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/infinite-loops-259760","url":"https://www.infiniteloopspodcast.com/327","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/infiniteloops/Jimmy_Vs_Ryan_episode_audio.mp3?dest-id=1666472","summary":"Ryan Resch, former Assistant General Manager and VP of Basketball Operations for the Phoenix Suns, joins guest host Jimmy Soni on Infinite Loops to explore what happens to competitive advantage when every team has the same data, and why the real edge comes from the questions you ask of it. Ryan traces his path from a cold email to Baylor coach Scott Drew to nearly a decade in the Suns front office and his current work leading data and AI in private equity. Show Notes Ryan Resch & Jimmy Soni Ryan Resch on LinkedIn: Former Suns Assistant GM and VP of Basketball Operations, now leading data and AI at 1949 Capital Partners. Connect with Ryan Beyond the Dashboard: Ryan's Harvard Business School interview with Boris Groysberg on optical tracking, dashboards, and AI. Read the interview Shore Capital Partners: The private equity firm founded by Justin Ishbia, where Ryan helped roll out AI tools. Shore Capital Partners Jimmy Soni on X: Guest host, bestselling author, and editor-in-chief of Infinite Books. Connect with Jimmy Teams, Leaders & Data Discussed James Jones: The 2020-21 NBA Executive of the Year, whose Suns rebuild started with raising the floor. Executive of the Year Scott Drew: The Baylor head coach who answered Ryan's cold email and later had him build lineup data. Scott Drew at Baylor SportVU: The camera system that brought optical tracking to every NBA arena in 2013-14. SportVU and the NBA Second Spectrum: The machine learning platform that turned tracking data into tagged plays and dashboards teams across the league use. Second Spectrum and the NBA Hawk-Eye: Sony's 3D tracking system, used across the NBA since 2023-24. Hawk-Eye and the NBA Books, Shows & AI Tools Mentioned Moneyball by Michael Lewis: The 2003 book on the Oakland A's that frames how analytics mov…","meta_description":"Ryan Resch, former Assistant General Manager and VP of Basketball Operations for the Phoenix Suns, joins guest host Jimmy Soni on Infinite Loops to explor…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6170,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/infinite-loops-259760/episodes/ryan-resch-how-data-changed-the-nba-and-what-ai-changes-next-ep-327/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/infinite-loops-259760/ryan-resch-how-data-changed-the-nba-and-what-ai-changes-next-ep-327.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}