Basketball Terms Ipsum

2-point field goal percentage; the formula is 2p / 2pa. 3p assist percentage (available since the 1964-65 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * ast / (((mp / (tm mp / 5)) * tm fg) - fg). assist percentage is an estimate of the percentage of teammate field goals a player assisted while he was on on the floor. blk drb% drtg defensive rating (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba); for players and teams it is points allowed per 100 posessions. this rating was developed by dean oliver, author of basketball on paper. i will point you to dean's book for complete details. defensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. efg% field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) ft% free throw attempts ortg orb ows per game poss pprod steals (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) stl% turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) trb total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) usg% w > .500 wins over .500; the formula is (w - l) / 2. 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.) ws.

2-point field goals ast% blocks (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) tm. 3p% 3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) assist percentage (available since the 1964-65 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * ast / (((mp / (tm mp / 5)) * tm fg) - fg). assist percentage is an estimate of the percentage of teammate field goals a player assisted while he was on on the floor. defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) mp 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. ows points roy trb% 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. w w pyth.

3-point field goals (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) defensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. gmsc opp pts points sixth man of the year 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. stl% total rebound percentage (available since the 1970-71 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (trb * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (tm trb + opp trb)). total rebound percentage is an estimate of the percentage of available rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor. w ws win shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. please see the article calculating win shares for more information..