Artificial intelligence chatbots are one area where technology continues to evolve rapidly within the sports business. Entering this space is the Perth Wildcats basketball club — the first National Basketball League team in Australia to launch a chatbot with the addition of its newest recruit, Wilbot, which is aiming to engage and build stronger relationships with […]
Australia’s National Basketball League has begun displaying graphics during live broadcasts of games that feature Catapult analytics tracking player movement and workload. In a game between the Cairns Taipans and Perth Wildcats last month, a graphic appeared on the screen that showed for each player Catapult’s PlayerLoad metric — a number that provides an objective measure […]
Sports analytics and wearable technology company Catapult announced an exclusive three-year partnership with Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL) on Monday. The league-wide partnership will see Catapult become the league’s Official Wearable Analytics Partner. Catapult technology will be used to track players during practices and game days while NBL fans will receive live game-day data as part […]
