I came across this article and felt I had to link it here. It’s titled “The Confessions Of An NBA Scorekeeper” by Tommy Craggs of Deadspin.com. The article is narrated by a NBA Scorekeeper named ‘Alex’ and tells the story of his exposure to the subjectivity of NBA statistics while working for the Memphis Grizzlies from 1995-1998. Alex explains that he wanted the stats be accurate and tell the story of the game, but instead they were often bias and represented favoritism amongst certain players in the league. He also talks of how he was once commanded to award Hakeem Olajuwon a triple double by a ‘mid-level’ guy in operations. This commandment angered Alex and he later retaliated by handing out 23 assists to the Lakers’ Nick Van Excel. Alex admits he cooked the books and the media and NBA just played along. I highly recommend you give this article a read, very interesting stuff.

Source: DeadSpin.com