Basketball Terms Ipsum
Word Lists: Basketball Terms
Free throw attempts games started (available since the 1982 season) l lg 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. true shooting percentage; the formula is pts / (2 * tsa). true shooting percentage is a measure of shooting efficiency that takes into account field goals, 3-point field goals, and free throws..
Blk% defensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. per 36 minutes tov%.
2-point field goals assists award share blk% defensive player of the year drb field goals (includes both 2-point field goals and 3-point field goals) fga field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) free throw attempts gb mp ortg orb per 36 minutes pts points srs 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 stops; dean oliver's measure of individual defensive stops. please see dean's book for details. tm turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) turnover percentage (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * tov / (fga + 0.44 * fta + tov). turnover percentage is an estimate of turnovers per 100 plays. ts% pythagorean wins; the formula is g * (tm pts14 / (tm pts14 + opp pts14)). the formula was obtained by fitting a logistic regression model with log(tm pts / opp pts) as the explanatory variable. using this formula for all baa, nba, and aba seasons, the root mean-square error (rmse) is 3.14 wins. using an exponent of 16.5 (a common choice), the rmse is 3.48 wins. (note: an exponent of 10 is used for the wnba.).
Generate New Ipsum
Blk% defensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. per 36 minutes tov%.
2-point field goals assists award share blk% defensive player of the year drb field goals (includes both 2-point field goals and 3-point field goals) fga field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) free throw attempts gb mp ortg orb per 36 minutes pts points srs 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 stops; dean oliver's measure of individual defensive stops. please see dean's book for details. tm turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) turnover percentage (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * tov / (fga + 0.44 * fta + tov). turnover percentage is an estimate of turnovers per 100 plays. ts% pythagorean wins; the formula is g * (tm pts14 / (tm pts14 + opp pts14)). the formula was obtained by fitting a logistic regression model with log(tm pts / opp pts) as the explanatory variable. using this formula for all baa, nba, and aba seasons, the root mean-square error (rmse) is 3.14 wins. using an exponent of 16.5 (a common choice), the rmse is 3.48 wins. (note: an exponent of 10 is used for the wnba.).