Basketball Terms Ipsum

3p ast fga gs opp simple rating system; a rating that takes into account average point differential and 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. tm turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) ts% wins over .500; the formula is (w - l) / 2..

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. poss team.

2p drb pace. 2-point field goal attempts 3pa award share blk defensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. fg field goals (includes both 2-point field goals and 3-point field goals) field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) mvp orb offensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. 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. a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by minutes played, multiplied by 36. a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by games. personal fouls points rookie of the year smoy stl tm team tov% trb% w w > .500 wins over .500; the formula is (w - l) / 2. w-l% won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l)..