Strategic Advisor · Basketball Operations League Strategy · Organizational Leadership
Helping Overtime Elite build the premier basketball development league in the world.
PREPARED FOR OTE LEADERSHIP
01 · Executive Summary01 / 15
Overtime Elite has built one of the most innovative basketball platforms in the world. The next evolution is organizational excellence.
As Strategic Advisor, I would work alongside executive leadership on basketball operations, league strategy, organizational development, competition standards, and long-term vision.
My responsibility is not coaching players.
My responsibility is helping build one of the world's great basketball organizations.
02 · The Operator02 / 15
Seventeen years inside the NBA. A career built between the lines and behind them.
I've spent seventeen years studying how basketball organizations operate from the inside.
Eight franchises. Dozens of front offices. Hundreds of executive meetings. A working map of how decisions get made and where great organizations separate themselves.
01NBA Ownership
02General Managers
03Team Presidents
04Head Coaches
05Scouting Departments
06Analytics Groups
07Player Development
08League Executives
04 · Team Thad04 / 15
TEAM THAD · ELITE GRASSROOTS
Building a basketball organization — from the ground up.
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Years
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NBA Alumni
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NBA Champions
100s
D-I Players
Talent Identification
Culture
Leadership
Hiring
Parent Relationships
Coach Development
Operational Standards
Long-Term Strategy
Organizational Growth
05 · The Premise05 / 15
Championship organizations don't simply collect talent. They build systems.
01Leadership
02Scouting
03Evaluation
04Communication
05Accountability
06Player Pathways
07Culture
08Decision Making
09Standards
10Planning
Center
Organization
06 · Vantage06 / 15
Why my perspective is different.
I've sat in the meetings. Built the businesses. Coached the next wave. Each layer of this ecosystem informs the others.
NBA Locker Room01
Front Office Exposure02
Team Thad03
Basketball Technology04
Business Leadership05
Organizational Leadership06
Basketball Intelligence07
07 · Strategic Advisor07 / 15
Five executive pillars.
I
Basketball Operations
—League structure
—Competition standards
—Governance
II
League Strategy
—Competitive balance
—Player pathways
—Policy
III
Executive Advisory
—Decision support
—Leadership alignment
—Long-term vision
IV
Basketball Intelligence
—Scouting frameworks
—Evaluation systems
—Technology
V
Organizational Development
—Culture
—Accountability
—Performance
08 · Basketball Operations08 / 15
Operating like a league office. Engaged like a consulting partner.
League Architecture
League structure
Competition standards
Scheduling philosophy
Governance
Policy
Competitive Standards
Competitive balance
Player pathways
Operational excellence
Innovation
09 · Executive Advisory09 / 15
Advising the table — not the bench.
A trusted voice for ownership and senior leadership across strategy, operations, and organizational growth.
Executive Decision Support01
Strategic Planning02
Leadership Alignment03
Operational Excellence04
Growth Strategy05
Cross-Functional Collaboration06
Basketball Governance07
Long-Term Vision08
10 · Front Office10 / 15
Seventeen years of exposure to how NBA franchises make decisions.
01
Player Evaluation
Frameworks for assessment across skill, fit and projection.
02
Roster Construction
Cap, fit and timeline modeling at the franchise level.
How decisions move between ownership, GM and floor.
06
Basketball Intelligence
Translating film, analytics and scouting into decisions.
07
Decision Frameworks
Repeatable systems that survive personnel changes.
08
Executive Leadership
Behavior, accountability and standards that compound.
11 · Basketball Intelligence11 / 15
Basketball is entering an intelligence era.
Organizations that combine basketball experience with technology will make better decisions. Technology should enhance basketball judgment — never replace it.
Founder & CEO · AthleteIntel.ai
01Scouting
02Evaluation
03Projection
04Analytics
05Intelligence
06Risk
07Development
08Monitoring
12 · Organizational Leadership12 / 15
BA Business Management · Master's Degree
Leadership is a structure, not a personality.
01
Decision Making
02
Alignment
03
Accountability
04
Communication
05
Performance
06
Structure
07
Vision
08
Continuous Improvement
13 · Strategic Initiatives13 / 15
Things I help with on the operating agenda.
01
Basketball Operations Council
02
Competition Committee
03
League Review
04
Basketball Intelligence Initiative
05
Recruitment Strategy
06
Player Pathways
07
Innovation Council
08
Executive Planning
09
Performance Metrics
10
Future League Vision
14 · Why OTE / Why Now14 / 15
The next competitive advantage isn't facilities. It's organizational excellence.
Today's OTE
Elite Players
Elite Coaches
Elite Facilities
Elite Brand
Tomorrow's OTE
Elite Basketball Organization
Elite Operating System
Elite Intelligence
Elite Decision Making
Elite Leadership
15 · Closing15 / 15
Building basketball organizations that build professionals.
The future of basketball belongs to organizations that consistently make better decisions.
Thaddeus Young
Confidential · For Overtime Elite
