Basketball Terms Ipsum

Age defensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. g l lg mp offensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) player efficiency rating (available since the 1951-52 season); per is a rating developed by espn.com columnist john hollinger. in john's words, "the per sums up all a player's positive accomplishments, subtracts the negative accomplishments, and returns a per-minute rating of a player's performance." please see the article calculating per for more information. also see vaa and var. per game poss smoy sixth man of the year.

2p% 3p 3p% age ast the formula is (award points) / (maximum number of award points). for example, in the 2002-03 mvp voting tim duncan had 962 points out of a possible 1190. his mvp award share is 962 / 1190 = 0.81. defensive rebound percentage (available since the 1970-71 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (drb * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (tm drb + opp orb)). defensive rebound percentage is an estimate of the percentage of available defensive rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor. field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. games started (available since the 1982 season) losses mvp margin of victory; the formula is pts - opp pts. ortg pf pprod sixth man of the year sos tm tov% total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) usg% w > .500 wins over .500; the formula is (w - l) / 2..

2-point field goal attempts ast% blocks (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) personal fouls roy. 3p 3p% age; player age on february 1 of the given season. ast assists block percentage (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (blk * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (opp fga - opp 3pa)). block percentage is an estimate of the percentage of opponent two-point field goal attempts blocked by the player while he was on the floor. defensive player of the year defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) drb% drtg field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) ft free throw attempts gs losses ows offensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by games. possessions (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba); the formula for teams is 0.5 * ((tm fga + 0.4 * tm fta - 1.07 * (tm orb / (tm orb + opp drb)) * (tm fga - tm fg) + tm tov) + (opp fga + 0.4 * opp fta - 1.07 * (opp orb / (opp orb + tm drb)) * (opp fga - opp fg) + opp tov)). this formula estimates possessions based on both the team's statistics and their opponent's statistics, then averages them to provide a more stable estimate. the formula for players is rather lengthy and can be found in dean oliver's book. points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. sos srs stl% steal percentage (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (stl * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * opp poss). steal percentage is an estimate of the percentage of opponent possessions that end with a steal by the player while he was on the floor. stops tov% usage percentage (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * ((fga + 0.44 * fta + tov) * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (tm fga + 0.44 * tm fta + tm tov)). usage percentage is an estimate of the percentage of team plays used by a player while he was on the floor. w > .500 wins over .500; the formula is (w - l) / 2..