It seems to have grown more common for basketball fans to complain that…
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Astericking NBA champions
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Non-abstract Curry shot chart
Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors scored 50 points in game 7…
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NBA will track players with a third dimension
The NBA currently uses player-tracking that estimates player position on the court in…
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Greatest unexpected NBA performance
This is a fun one from Russell Samora and Reshad Malekzai for The…
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LeBron James’ longevity
Okay, one more LeBron James thing, mostly because I like seeing different looks…
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Cumulative points scored by LeBron James and other top scorers
Never fear, Sopan Deb, K.K. Rebecca Lai, and Eve Washington, for The New…
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All of LeBron James’ career points, animated by season
All The King’s Buckets. pic.twitter.com/lzIultYSee
— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) February 8, 2023LeBron…
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Cumulative 3-pointers for the Splash Brothers
Tonight is game six of the NBA Finals. If the Golden State Warriors…
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Redrafting the NBA, based on past player performance
With the NBA playoffs underway, it can be fun to watch the best…
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Stephen Curry career threes compared to other players
Stephen Curry is about to break the record for number of three-pointers made…
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How the 3-point line changed basketball
Vox shows how the 3-point line is “breaking” the game.
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NBA carry jobs
With professional basketball, we often hear about carry jobs. There’s one star player…
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Stephen Curry’s record-setting month for shooting threes
Steph Curry has been on a tear as of late. In April he…
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Career Timelines for Every Basketball Player Who Has Played an NBA Game
I was curious who played for a single team over their entire career, who skipped around, and how the patterns changed over the decades.
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Basketball court designed as a national park map
Kirk Goldsberry, whose basketball charts you might recognize, made the Naismith International Park…
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Data for all of the referee calls in NBA games
Owen Phillips compiled per game and cumulative foul calls for all NBA referees…
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NBA Players Traded, Historical Percentages
It seems like there’s been more player movement than usual over the years. Didn’t players used to play on a single team for the entirety of their careers?
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NBA playoff win probabilities, animated over time
FiveThirtyEight publishes win probabilities for NBA games throughout the season. During the playoffs,…
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Looking for similar NBA games, based on win probability time series
Inpredictable, a sports analytics site by Michael Beuoy, tracks win probabilities of NBA…
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FiveThirtyEight launches new NBA metric for predictions
FiveThirtyEight has been predicting NBA games for a few years now, based on…
