The National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced a multiyear partnership with Sportradar and Second Spectrum that will expand the league’s global distribution of statistics and will implement a new, state-of-the-art leaguewide player-tracking system.
Beginning with the 2017-18 season, Sportradar will make statistical information for the NBA, WNBA and NBA
Development League more widely available than ever before, delivering data to fans, teams, media and other data
users in more than 80 countries and territories. At that time, Sportradar will become the league’s Official Provider
of Real-time NBA League Statistics.
Starting with the 2016-17 season, Sportradar will distribute NBA data and industry standard audio-visual game
feeds to gaming operators outside of the U.S. where gaming is legal. The NBA will also incorporate Sportradar’s
Integrity Services into its existing game integrity protection measures. These services monitor the global betting
activity and trends across more than 550 operators worldwide and work with leading federations and leagues
across 12 different sports.
"This multi-faceted partnership with the NBA presents a really exciting opportunity for Sportradar and for fans of
NBA basketball worldwide. We will be developing a full suite of innovative products, tools and services that will
bring the full depth of this exhilarating league’s data around the globe," said Carsten Koerl, Sportradar CEO. "I
am also truly proud that our Integrity Services provide a tool to support the excellent work of federations and
leagues internationally in protecting the integrity of sport."
Second Spectrum will begin installing its player-tracking system in all NBA arenas over the course of the
upcoming season so that it will be fully functional by the 2017-18 season, when the company becomes the Official
Optical Tracking Provider of the NBA. Second Spectrum will provide advanced statistics, such as speed, distance,
drives, paint touches and defensive impact, based on its unique technology for machine understanding of sports for
comprehensive analysis of players and teams. Additionally, Second Spectrum will continue to work individually
with teams and league partners on providing custom solutions and products based on player-tracking data.
"We’re thrilled to partner with a forward-thinking league like the NBA," said Rajiv Maheswaran, Second
Spectrum CEO. "As a former professor, it’s great to live in a time when machines can deeply understand sports.
We’re excited to bring this state-of-the-art technology to the entire league and its partners."
The NBA began using player-tracking technology in 2009 and became the first U.S. professional sports league to
use player tracking for every game in 2013.
"As the interest in – and analysis of – data continues to grow around the world, we look forward to furthering the
depth and reach of NBA data and analytics through our partnership with Sportradar and Second Spectrum," said
Bill Koenig, NBA President, Global Content & Media Distribution.
Fans and media around the world can continue to access comprehensive league data and statistical information,
along with advanced player-tracking data at NBA.com.
For more information, please contact:
John Acunto, NBA, (212) 407-8255, jacunto@nba.com
Alex Inglot, Sportradar (UK, Europe, Asia), +44 203 695 22 14, a.inglot@sportradar.com
Nick Stamm, Sportradar (North America), (612) 361-4043, n.stamm@sportradar.com
Whitney Blaine, Second Spectrum, (310) 490-9770 whitney@secondspectrum.com
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