Basketball Terms Ipsum

Age; player age on february 1 of the given season. blocks (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) fta gs losses lg stops the estimated probability that team a will defeat team b in a given matchup..

2p% 2pa g gb gmsc pythagorean losses; the formula is g - w pyth. ortg opp opponent offensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) personal fouls pprod points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. pts points sos stl% stops trb% tsa usg% wins w > .500 won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l). ws year.

3-point field goals (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) four factors strength of schedule; a rating of strength of schedule. the rating is denominated in points above/below average, where zero is average. my colleague doug drinen of pro-football-reference.com has written a great explanation of this method. stl% 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..