Advanced statistics in basketball
Advanced statistics (also known as analytics or APBRmetrics) in basketball refers to the analysis of basketball statistics using objective evidence.[1] APBRmetrics takes its name from the acronym APBR, which stands for the Association for Professional Basketball Research.[2]
According to The Sporting News, the APBRmetrics message board was "the birthplace of basketball analytics".[3]
Advanced basketball statistics include effective field goal percentage (eFG%), true shooting percentage (TS%), (on-court/off-court) plus–minus, adjusted plus-minus (APM), real plus/minus (RPM), player efficiency rating (PER), offense efficiency rating, offensive rating, defensive rating, similarity score, tendex, and player tracking.[4]
A more complete explanation of basketball analytics is available in "A Starting Point for Analyzing Basketball Statistics" in the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports.[5]
Notable basketball analytics practitioners
editThe field of basketball analytics practitioners includes, but is not limited to, the following individuals:
- John Hollinger authored four books in the Pro Basketball Forecast/Prospectus series and was a regular columnist for ESPN Insider. He is a former vice president of basketball operations for the Memphis Grizzlies.
- Justin Kubatko created and maintained the website Basketball-Reference.com, the pro basketball arm of Sports Reference LLC, until 2013.[6] During Kubatko's tenure, Sports Reference was named one of the 50 best websites of 2010 by Time magazine.[7]
- Dean Oliver, "one of the godfathers of NBA analytics",[3] is a former Division Three player and assistant coach at Cal Tech. He is also a scout who has consulted with the Seattle SuperSonics, and he also served in the front office of the Denver Nuggets and the Sacramento Kings.
See also
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References
edit- ^ "NBA.com/Stats Frequently Asked Questions". NBA.com.
- ^ "APBRmetrics - NBAstuffer". www.nbastuffer.com. May 8, 2017.
- ^ a b "The birthplace of basketball analytics: Before the chaos of NBA Twitter, one message board quietly kicked off a stats revolution". www.sportingnews.com. November 18, 2022.
- ^ "An Introduction to Advanced Basketball Statistics: Individual Statistics – Northwestern Sports Analytics Group". sites.northwestern.edu.
- ^ Kubatko, Justin; Oliver, Dean; Pelton, Kevin & Rosenbaum, Dan T (2007). "A Starting Point for Analyzing Basketball Statistics". Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports. 3 (3 (Article 1)). doi:10.2202/1559-0410.1070. S2CID 121583997. Archived from the original on 2007-12-26. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
- ^ "Hello, Goodbye". Statitudes.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
- ^ "50 Best Websites 2010". Time. 25 August 2010. Archived from the original on August 27, 2010. Retrieved 2017-08-09.