MIT Sloan 2026 Scouting Anyone: Probabilistic Player Archetypes for Any League

The intelligence

your rivals don't have.

Every European basketball organization has a different problem. We build the analysis that answers yours — before the decision has to be made.

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Panathinaikos BC EuroLeague 2025–26 · Lineup Analysis
Net Rating by lineup combination
Shorts without Sloukas / Nunn +4.8
G. Shorts · K. Papagiannis · T. Walkup · I. Papapetrou · J. Thomas
Shorts with Sloukas + Nunn −10.4
G. Shorts · N. Sloukas · J. Nunn · M. Lekavicius · S. Wolters

The player is good. The combination is toxic. −15.2 NRtg swing from one lineup decision — driven by defensive collapse, not offensive failure.

56K+players profiled
152leagues covered
3M+actions analyzed
Your organization has data.

What it doesn't always have is the right answer before the call.

Your organization already has the data tools. What you don't always have is the analysis that turns that data into the answer before the call.


We don't add more data to your stack. We take the specific question your organization is facing — a signing, a rotation, a performance problem — and we build the analysis that resolves it. Specific to your system. Specific to your context. Specific to your decision.


One bad signing costs 10x the annual retainer. One avoided mistake pays three years. The math isn't complicated — the decision is.

Three questions.
Every answer we deliver.

01
Front Office

Who do you sign?

You're entering a transfer window without a clear target profile. We define the gap in your roster before you enter the market — using probabilistic archetypes and cross-league performance projection to find the profile you actually need, not the name everyone else is targeting.

56K+players profiled across
152 leagues
02
Front Office

How do you use them?

The player you signed isn't performing. Is it the player — or the ecosystem? We diagnose role mismatches, identify structural problems in the lineup, and give you the argument you need to adjust before the season slips away. The right player in the wrong system is, in practice, a failed signing.

+33.4NRtg swing identified
in a single lineup change
03
Front Office

What is actually happening?

A winning streak can hide structural problems. A losing streak can obscure real progress. We tell you what separates your wins from your losses — and whether the current performance is sustainable or about to break. With quantitative backing you can defend in front of ownership.

€500K+prize money difference between
11th place and a playoff spot

Built for organizations
where decisions have consequences.

01
Clubs

EuroLeague, EuroCup, and BCL organizations that need the right answer before a signing, a rotation change, or a performance call. From roster construction to in-season adjustments.

  • Roster construction & player valuation
  • Lineup optimization & rotation analysis
  • Opponent scouting & game preparation
  • Performance trend monitoring
02
Federations

National team programs that need to evaluate international players across dozens of leagues, prepare for tournaments, and identify the next generation before anyone else does.

  • Cross-league player identification
  • Tournament preparation & opponent analysis
  • Youth development tracking
  • National team performance benchmarking
03
Agencies

Representation agencies that need to present their players with data-backed arguments and identify the right club fit — not just any club, but the one where the player will actually thrive.

  • Player data packages for club presentations
  • Club-player fit analysis by system & role
  • Market valuation & contract positioning
  • Performance projection for target leagues

Built around your decisions,
not around a product.

01 — Understand

We start with your problem

What's the decision? What's the deadline? What are the constraints? Every engagement begins here — not with a demo, not with a template. We need to understand the real question before we can answer it.

02 — Build

We build the analysis

Using your data, our proprietary methodology, and context across 152 leagues — we produce analysis specific to your situation. Not a generic report. Yours. Built for your system, your roster, your question.

03 — Deliver

You make the call

The decision is always yours. We deliver the clarity. And we stay close throughout the season — adapting as your questions change, as the roster evolves, as the standings shift.

This is what we do
before you hire us.

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Panathinaikos
EuroLeague 2025–26 · Lineup analysis

When Shorts plays without Sloukas or Nunn, PAO posts +4.8 Net Rating. When the three share the floor, it drops to -10.4 — driven by a defensive collapse. The player is good. The combination is toxic. PAO had the answer in the data. They didn't act on it.

-15.2NRtg swing from
one lineup decision
Read the full analysis →
Fenerbahce
EuroLeague 2025–26 · Offensive system analysis

Biberovic: 10th percentile in isolations (0.57 PPS), 23rd as P&R handler (0.85 PPS). When he catches and shoots immediately: 0.86 PPS. When he puts the ball on the floor: 0.55. The system exposes him exactly where he needs to create against switching defenses. That's not a player problem. That's a design problem.

0.86PPS catch & shoot vs 0.55
when he creates off dribble
Read the full analysis →
Barcelona
EuroLeague 2025–26 · Performance analysis

Before the coaching change: 4 isolation possessions all season. Under Pascual: 21, at 1.24 PPP — the best in EuroLeague among players with 20+ isolations. Brizuela didn't become a better player. He was given the right role. That's not talent. That's decision-making.

1.24PPP on isolations —
best in EuroLeague
Read the full analysis →
Baskonia
EuroLeague 2025–26 · Archetype & ecosystem analysis

Markus Howard: 72% Shooter Specialist, 99th percentile in 3-point attempts. On-court NRtg: -7.0. The problem wasn't Howard — it was that 57% of his minutes came alongside archetypes that compress spacing. Paired with the right 3&D profile, the swing is immediate.

+30.3NRtg delta with
correct archetype pairing
MIT Sloan 2026 paper →

These analyses were not commissioned by the clubs. We publish them because we stand behind the methodology — and because this is the simplest way to show you what a real engagement looks like.

This is the depth we make public. Every client engagement goes further — and stays confidential.

We don't just apply our methodology — we publish it. Our paper "Scouting Anyone: Probabilistic Player Archetypes for Any League" was accepted at MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference 2026. The Baskonia / Markus Howard case study is one of the applications. 152 leagues. 56,000+ players. 3 million actions.

A team built at the intersection of basketball and data.

We're a consultancy of analysts and basketball professionals based across Europe and Latin America. Our backgrounds combine data engineering and analytics with real experience as players and coaches in professional basketball environments.

That combination is why we ask different questions than a pure analytics firm — and why we communicate answers differently than a pure basketball staff would.

2022Founded
40+Years combined experience
3Continents
Senior-only team — every engagement handled directly by lead analysts. No account managers, no juniors.
Our track record
MIT Sloan 2026
Accepted paper: "Scouting Anyone: Probabilistic Player Archetypes for Any League"
European club
Lineups optimization · Season 2023–24
South American club
First playoff appearance in 5 years · Season 2023–24
European women's club, newly promoted
Playoff qualification · Season 2023–24

Every conversation
is confidential.

What you share with us stays with us. Tell us what's on your plate — a signing window, a performance problem, a rotation that isn't working — and we'll show you exactly what we can do with it. No pitch. No template. No generic output.

Panathinaikos, Fenerbahce, Barcelona, Baskonia and more. This is the depth we make public. Every client engagement goes further. → clutchdata.substack.com
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No sales pitch. If we can help, we'll tell you how. If we can't, we'll tell you that too.

First call is 30 minutes. We listen to your problem. No deck, no demo. If we can help, we tell you how. If we can't, we tell you that too.