With professional basketball, we often hear about carry jobs. There’s one star player…
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NBA carry jobs
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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…
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Exploration of players’ shot improvement in the NBA
Wondering whether if a player’s shot improves over the course of his career,…
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Simulation of fan emotions during a basketball game
During a game, the range of emotions can vary widely across a crowd.…
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Using statistics for basketball efficiency
Ivana Seric is a data scientist for the Philadelphia 76ers who tries to…
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Sprawlball, an in-depth look into the evolution of modern basketball
If you’ve seen a basketball shot chart in the past few years, it…
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Damian Lillard’s Game-Winner in Context
Here are all the playoff threes he’s made in his playoff career, plus some R code.
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Does the first to 100 points usually win in the NBA?
Los Angeles Clippers commentator Ralph Lawler has a saying: “First to 100 wins.…
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High school basketball players who make it to the NBA
Right in my wheelhouse, Russell Goldenberg and Amber Thomas for The Pudding looked…
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Goodbye, Mid-Range Shot
There’s a space on the basketball court called “mid-range.” It’s actually not off-limits. In fact, people used to shoot these so-called “mid-range” shots.
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Top NBA player by zone
Kirk Goldsberry is back at ESPN. I put this here mainly because it’s…
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LeBron James legacy versus championship-winning
LeBron James decides where he takes his talents this summer, and the sports…
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xkcd: LeBron James and Stephen Curry pseudo-greatness
xkcd. Sometimes sports statistics are far-fetched.…
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