Basketball Terms Ipsum

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. dws 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 goals (includes both 2-point field goals and 3-point field goals) g minutes played (available since the 1951-52 season) orb pts sos tsa ws.

2pa 2-point field goal attempts 3p 3pa age; player age on february 1 of the given season. 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. defensive player of the year 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. dws ft free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. losses lg opp opponent ows per rookie of the year sos stops tm tov% ts% usg% wins over .500; the formula is (w - l) / 2. won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l). win shares per 48 minutes (available since the 1951-52 season in the nba); an estimate of the number of wins contributed by the player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately 0.100). please see the article calculating win shares for more information..

Dpoy offensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) per 36 minutes 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..