Basketball Terms Ipsum

2-point field goal attempts 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. defensive player of the year defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) field goals (includes both 2-point field goals and 3-point field goals) field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. free throws ft% free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. fta gs games started (available since the 1982 season) losses lg 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. opponent orb offensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. 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. roy 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. team turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) tsa w > .500 ws win shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. please see the article calculating win shares for more information..

3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) ast defensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. gs mov ortg 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. opp per roy stops stops; dean oliver's measure of individual defensive stops. please see dean's book for details. tov% total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) trb% true shooting attempts; the formula is fga + 0.44 * fta. wins over .500; the formula is (w - l) / 2. win shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. please see the article calculating win shares for more information..

3-point field goal percentage (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba); the formula is 3p / 3pa. 3pa age free throw attempts losses offensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) per points stl turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) win probability.