Basketball Terms Ipsum

2-point field goal attempts 3p defensive player of the year mov 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. total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) wins w > .500 won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l). the estimated probability that team a will defeat team b in a given matchup..

2pa 3-point field goals (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) age; player age on february 1 of the given season. 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. field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. ft% lg opponent 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. pts points sos stops; dean oliver's measure of individual defensive stops. please see dean's book for details..

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. drb% dean oliver's "four factors of basketball success"; please see the article four factors for more information. stl trb w.