Kirk Goldsberry

[5] During his time at ESPN and Grantland (2012–2015), Goldsberry achieved prominence by integrating his shot charts with analytical breakdowns of NBA players.

Goldsberry leveraged his background as a cartographer to analyze and present spatial basketball data to readers in novel ways.

He used his personal experience playing basketball, where his strengths and weaknesses varied depending on his location on the court, and figured that it also applied to other players.

[1] After Grantland was shut down, Goldsberry joined the San Antonio Spurs as their vice president for strategic research in 2016.

[6] In 2019, Goldsberry published SprawlBall: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA, which focuses on the inefficiency of shots in basketball taken between the restricted circle and the three-point line.