Basketball Terms Ipsum

2p 2-point field goals 3-point field goal percentage (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba); the formula is 3p / 3pa. 3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) age; player age on february 1 of the given season. ast% drb drb% drtg 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%). fg fg% gb games behind; the formula is ((first w - w) + (l - first l)) / 2, where first w and first l stand for wins and losses by the first place team, respectively. lg offensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. per game 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. pts rookie of the year won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l). win shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. please see the article calculating win shares for more information. ws/48.

2p% age 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. efg% field goals (includes both 2-point field goals and 3-point field goals) g lg orb% ows offensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. personal fouls pprod smoy 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. tm won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l). the estimated probability that team a will defeat team b in a given matchup. year.

2-point field goals 2-point field goal percentage; the formula is 2p / 2pa. 2-point field goal attempts 3-point field goals (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) 3pa 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) free throws fta gs league 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. per game pprod pts stl steals (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) trb% tsa w w-l% ws win shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. please see the article calculating win shares for more information. 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..