Basketball Terms Ipsum

3-point field goal percentage (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba); the formula is 3p / 3pa. 3pa 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. dpoy drb% drtg effective field goal percentage; the formula is (fg + 0.5 * 3p) / fga. this statistic adjusts for the fact that a 3-point field goal is worth one more point than a 2-point field goal. for example, suppose player a goes 4 for 10 with 2 threes, while player b goes 5 for 10 with 0 threes. each player would have 10 points from field goals, and thus would have the same effective field goal percentage (50%). field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. fga free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. fta g games l pyth ows a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by games. rookie of the year 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. tm team tov% trb% ts% true shooting attempts; the formula is fga + 0.44 * fta. usg% win shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. please see the article calculating win shares for more information. ws/48 the estimated probability that team a will defeat team b in a given matchup..

Dpoy defensive player of the year defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) drb% efg% field goals (includes both 2-point field goals and 3-point field goals) fga games behind; the formula is ((first w - w) + (l - first l)) / 2, where first w and first l stand for wins and losses by the first place team, respectively. mp mov margin of victory; the formula is pts - opp pts. offensive rating (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba); for players it is points produced per 100 posessions, while for teams it is points scored per 100 possessions. this rating was developed by dean oliver, author of basketball on paper. i will point you to dean's book for complete details. per points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. pts 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. 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. wins wins over .500; the formula is (w - l) / 2..

2-point field goal percentage; the formula is 2p / 2pa. ast award share blk% 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. drb% fg fga field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. g games l l pyth 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. pace 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 36 minutes roy rookie of the year sixth man of the year 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. team turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) tov% 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. w > .500 won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l)..