Basketball Terms Ipsum

2p% 3p% 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 drb fg% free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. league most valuable player offensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) per 36 minutes smoy stl total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) pythagorean wins; the formula is g * (tm pts14 / (tm pts14 + opp pts14)). the formula was obtained by fitting a logistic regression model with log(tm pts / opp pts) as the explanatory variable. using this formula for all baa, nba, and aba seasons, the root mean-square error (rmse) is 3.14 wins. using an exponent of 16.5 (a common choice), the rmse is 3.48 wins. (note: an exponent of 10 is used for the wnba.).

2p 2p% 2pa dpoy drb defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) dws free throws free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. g gs losses mov 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% per 36 minutes sixth man of the year sos stl% tm tov tov% trb% won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l). ws win probability year that the season occurred. since the nba season is split over two calendar years, the year given is the last year for that season. for example, the year for the 1999-00 season would be 2000..

Drb defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) g games started (available since the 1982 season) lg per stl% turnover percentage (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * tov / (fga + 0.44 * fta + tov). turnover percentage is an estimate of turnovers per 100 plays. trb total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l). year.