2004-2010 Player Data Comparison (Updated 2/2)

by InvisibleNinja on Feb 24, 2010 9:31 AM PST

So I am at it again, this time with some direction. I have created another Motion Chart this time for individual players from the 2004-2010 seasons the default scale is Poss/G vs PPP I have it set to track Brandon Roy, Kobe, Lebron and Kevin Durant. Below is a tutorial of sorts on how to utilize this tool.

You can really measure any # of players against each other, or if you chose to not track any in particular you will see motion of all players over 15 poss/g since the 04/05 season. Hope you enjoy. If you have feedback please leave it in the comments.

UPDATE 2/2 Now also includes Salary Data, as well as years of service. Default chart state shows slacking in action.

Thanks to Storyteller for the assist.

Click through for Chart

Added additional variables including PER, Win Shares, ETC...........

Planning a full glossary and more comprehensive walk through.

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This is way cool!!!

Nice work and Thanks!

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by FiveOhThree-RipCity!! on Feb 24, 2010 9:42 AM PST reply actions

Wow

If you have not clicked through and played with this, you haven’t lived. :)

This stuff should be promoted to the front page, or put on TrueHoop, or something.

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by jscot on Feb 24, 2010 10:29 AM PST reply actions

Thanks,

I stole the concept from HoopData if you haven’t checked them out do it. I am just using different data and a different baseline to include players. But I appreciate the kind words.

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by InvisibleNinja on Feb 24, 2010 10:47 AM PST reply actions

This is freaking cool. Thanks for all your hard work.

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by bustabucket on Feb 24, 2010 11:20 AM PST reply actions

On the surface, it seems, Both Bryant and Roy are getting more efficient (possibly deffering more) while both James and Durant are increasingly trying to take on the scoring load for their teams.

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by Name's Ash on Feb 24, 2010 11:23 AM PST reply actions

ok, data geeks

please explain what your acronyms mean in your posts. I am a datahead of sorts, but not familiar with the multitude of acronyms used in NBA world I guess. This seems cool, but I do not know what it is telling because I do not know what PPP is.

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by PDXBuckeye on Feb 24, 2010 2:35 PM PST reply actions

Glossary

Since I am sure there are others with the same beef here goes:

PPP- Points Per Possession
FT- % of possessions that end in FT’s
%SF- % of possessions that end in Shooting Fouls
%Score- of possessions where at least 1 point is scored
%TO- % of possessions ending in TO
aFG- Adjusted FG % weighted to place value on 3 pt shooting

Hope that helps

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by InvisibleNinja on Feb 24, 2010 2:53 PM PST reply actions

Wow

Too much data…..Think my head will explode!!!

by Blodgett on Feb 24, 2010 10:38 PM PST reply actions

This is fantastic

Thank you so much for posting!

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by Storyteller on Feb 25, 2010 3:38 PM PST reply actions

O.O wow!! this is freakin’ awesome! good work!

by BlazerNationBlog on Feb 25, 2010 10:35 PM PST reply actions

Truehoop!

come on, henry. put it up!

by CleBlazer on Feb 25, 2010 11:59 PM PST reply actions

This is amazing

by Epimenides on Feb 28, 2010 4:24 AM PST reply actions

Terrific! A really usable tool with the improvements

Thanks for your work – will you leave it up for bookmarks to return to in the future?

"Their length," he said. "Aldridge is a tough matchup for us. Roy's a very talented ball player, an All-Star player. Miller is just an incredibly savvy point guard with what he's able to do out there on the floor. You throw in their shooters who have size and are able to see over things. They understand where they are as a ball club." - Kurt Rambis

by lee3022 on Feb 28, 2010 9:36 PM PST reply actions

future use

I will leave this up at my blog site http://covertlyaquireddata.blogspot.com not sure if the link in this post will stay active. However I plan to update the 2009 #’s at the end of the reg. season as well as post a glossary of variables etc… If anyone has suggestions to make this more usable please let me know. I think that a lot more blazer fans would find this interesting if it were a bit more user friendly.

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by InvisibleNinja on Mar 1, 2010 8:03 AM PST reply actions