Basketball Terms Ipsum

3-point field goal percentage (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba); the formula is 3p / 3pa. defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) drb% field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) gb mvp most valuable player offensive rebound percentage (available since the 1970-71 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (orb * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (tm orb + opp drb)). offensive rebound percentage is an estimate of the percentage of available offensive rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor. per 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. steals (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) trb w > .500 win shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. please see the article calculating win shares for more information..

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. w-l% year that the season occurred. since the nba season is split over two calendar years, the year given is the last year for that season. for example, the year for the 1999-00 season would be 2000..

2pa 3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) ft free throws ft% free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. gmsc mov orb% 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. team turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season).