Samuel Radack

Biography

My name is Samuel Radack. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 2019 with a bachelors in Economics. I recently graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with my masters in Applied Math.

My primary interests include sports analytics, specifically basketball and soccer, as well as behavioral economics. I am currently working for the Atlanta Hawks.

Interests

Sports Analytics
Machine Learnings
Behavioral Economics

Education

MS in Applied Mathematics, 2021
University of Colorado Boulder
BS in Economics, 2019
University of Wisconsin Madison

Recent Posts

Basketball Reference Data Shooting Diet Nearest Neighbors

An R Shiny Application for visualizing a given player’s three nearest neighbors in terms of shooting diet. The method used is finding the Euclidian distance between players given their proportion of shots taken from five different ranges.

Samuel Radack, Basketball Reference

Last updated on Jul 19, 2021 1 min read

College Basketball Reference Data - 2021 NBA Draft Comparisons

An R Shiny Application for visualizing a given draft prospect’s three nearest neighbors. Only players who played in college are included in the data set. To adjust the “importance” of each distance factor, use the sliders on the left.

Samuel Radack, Basketball Reference

Last updated on Jul 23, 2021 1 min read

StatsBomb Free Data Dribbles Heat Map

An R Shiny Application for visualizing a given player’s dribbles in a given competition and year. Application

Samuel Radack, StatsBomb

Last updated on Jul 19, 2021 1 min read

Projects

An Examination of NBA Roster Salary Distribution

By Samuel R Radack

An Examination of Premier League Attacker Values

By Samuel R Radack

Clustering NBA Centers based on 2020-21 NBA Season Play Type Frequencies

By Samuel R Radack

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