Advanced statistics, also known as analytics or APBRmetrics, in
basketball
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refers to the analysis of
basketball statistics
Statistics in basketball are kept to evaluate a player's or a team's performance.
Examples
Examples of basketball statistics include:
* GM, GP; GS: games played; games starting lineup, started
* PTS: point (basketball), points
* FGM, FGA, FG%: Fi ...
using objective evidence. APBRmetrics takes its name from the acronym APBR, which stands for the Association for Professional Basketball Research. According to ''The Sporting News'', the APBRmetrics message board was "the birthplace of basketball analytics".
Advanced basketball statistics include
effective field goal percentage (eFG%),
true shooting percentage
In basketball, true shooting percentage is an advanced statistic that measures a player's efficiency at shooting the ball. It is intended to more accurately calculate a player's shooting than field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and thr ...
(TS%), on-court/off-court
plus–minus Plus–minus, ±, +/−, or variants may refer to:
* Plus–minus sign (±), a mathematical symbol which can mean either plus (+) or minus (−), or can indicate the uncertainty of a measurement or statistic
* Plus–minus (sports), a sport ...
,
adjusted plus-minus (APM), real plus/minus (RPM),
player efficiency rating
The player efficiency rating (PER) is John Hollinger's all-in-one basketball rating, which attempts to collect or boil down all of a player's contributions into one number. Using a detailed formula, Hollinger developed a system that rates ever ...
(PER),
offense efficiency rating,
offensive rating,
defensive rating,
similarity score,
tendex, and
player tracking. 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''.
Notable basketball analytics practitioners
The field of basketball analytics practitioners includes, but is not limited to, the following individuals:
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John Hollinger
John Hollinger (born May 17, 1971) is the former Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and current Senior NBA columnist at ''The Athletic''. Prior to December 2012, he was ...
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
The Memphis Grizzlies (referred to locally as the Grizz) are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the ...
.
* Justin Kubatko created and maintained the website Basketball-Reference.com, the professional basketball arm of
Sports Reference
Sports Reference, LLC is an American sports statistics company that operates databases of several sports. They include Pro Football Reference for American football, Baseball Reference for baseball, Basketball Reference for basketball, Hockey ...
LLC, until 2013. During Kubatko's tenure, Sports Reference was named one of the 50 best websites of 2010 by ''
Time
Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequ ...
'' magazine.
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Dean Oliver, "one of the godfathers of NBA analytics",
is a former
NCAA Division III
NCAA Division III (D-III) is the lowest division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that do not offer athletic scholarships to student- ...
player and assistant coach at Cal Tech. He is also a scout who has consulted with the Seattle SuperSonics, and served in the front office of the
Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division (NBA), Northwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA), W ...
and the Sacramento Kings.
See also
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NBA records
This article lists all-time records achieved in the NBA regular season in major statistical categories recognized by the league, including those set by teams and individuals in a game, season, and career. The NBA also recognizes records from i ...
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Network Science Based Basketball Analytics
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Basketball statistics
Statistics in basketball are kept to evaluate a player's or a team's performance.
Examples
Examples of basketball statistics include:
* GM, GP; GS: games played; games starting lineup, started
* PTS: point (basketball), points
* FGM, FGA, FG%: Fi ...
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References
External links
Association for Professional Basketball Research
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Basketball statistics