<div>In <i>Moneyball</i>, Billy Beane famously acquired assets undervalued by the system, and baseball's individualist format allowed for greater team success. In modern-day basketball, the development system now generates more undervalued assets, and teams do a better job of identifying them. <i>Perfected</i> explores the relentless, high-stakes quest to find and shape what author Andy Glockner calls &quot;perfected players.&quot; It also shares what happens to them at the highest levels.<br><br>While basketball has been around for well over a century, the last few years have seen a massive change in the amount of money, technology, and techniques used to find and evaluate players. Where do perfected players come from? How are NBA teams using big data?<i>Perfected</i> answers these and other questions about the fast-paced and fast-changing sport, including the top ten current perfected players and the most perfected player of all time.<br></div>