Earlier I wrote a little piece about how far basketball statistics have come and where I think they're headed.  To recap, I think the next ground that will be broken is in the area of combining scouting and coaching strategies with useful and complex stats.  In other words, instead of focusing on rating a player's overall abilities with one single number, smart folks who deal with stats will be able to break a player's game into small parts and help teams make decisions that were more difficult in the past.  Think of the numbers at 82games.com on steroids.  Coaches and front office pe