Basketball Terms Ipsum
Word Lists: Basketball Terms
Free throws free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. most valuable player 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. orb% poss steals (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba).
Drb defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) dean oliver's "four factors of basketball success"; please see the article four factors for more information. most valuable player orb% wins.
2-point field goal attempts 3p age efg% 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%). games minutes played (available since the 1951-52 season) per a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by games. pprod points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. sos srs 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. steals (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) trb total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) trb% true shooting attempts; the formula is fga + 0.44 * fta. ws 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..
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Drb defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) dean oliver's "four factors of basketball success"; please see the article four factors for more information. most valuable player orb% wins.
2-point field goal attempts 3p age efg% 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%). games minutes played (available since the 1951-52 season) per a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by games. pprod points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. sos srs 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. steals (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) trb total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) trb% true shooting attempts; the formula is fga + 0.44 * fta. ws 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..