ANALYTICS 101
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| Per Minute Ratings | The metrics that evaluates a player's performance more accurately than his averages.The common notation for per-minute ratings is using per 40 minute stats.Per minutes ratings are calculated by taking the player's total in any category (points, rebounds, assists, etc.) divided by total minutes played. |
| Player Efficiency Rating (PER) Author: John Hollinger | The metric that which boils down all of a player's contributions into one number. John Hollinger's formula adds positive stats and subtracts negative ones through a statistical point value system.For more information about PER Calculation visit basketball-reference Comments: PER largely measures offensive performance. Hollinger freely admits that two of the defensive statistics it incorporates -- blocks and steals can produce a distorted picture of a player's value and that PER is not a reliable measure of a player's defensive acumen. |
| Player's Non-Scoring Possessions | A player's non-scoring possessions would be his missed field goals, plus free throws that weren't rebounded by his team, plus his turnovers.Non-Scoring Possessions Formula=(Player's Field Goal Attempts)-Player's Field Goal Made)+0.4*(Free Throw Attempts)+(Player's Turnovers) |
| Player's Scoring Possessions Author: Dean Oliver | A player's scoring possessions would be his field goals that weren't assisted on, plus a certain percentage of his field goals that were assisted on, plus a certain percentage of his assists, plus his free throws made.Scoring Possessions Formula=(Field Goals Made) - 0.37*(Field Goals Made)*Q/R + 0.37*(Player Assists) + 0.5*(Free Throws Made) where; Q=5*(Player Minutes)*(Team Assist Total)/(Team Total Minutes)-(Player Assists) |
| Player's Total Possessions Author: Dean Oliver | The metric that represents a player's total possessions in the game. In other words,a player's total possessions is the total number of how many times he ends his team's possession.Player's Total Possessions Formula=(Player's Scoring Possessions)+(Player's Non-Scoring Possessions)=(Player Field Goal Attempts)-(Player Missed Shots)*(Team Offensive Rebounding Percentage)+0.37*(Player Assists)-0.37*(Field Goals Made)*Q/R+(Player Turnovers)+0.4*(Player Free Throw Attempts) Where; Q=5*(Player Minutes)*(Team Assist Total)/(Team Total Minutes)-(Player Assists)
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| Plus-Minus | The plus-minus ratings simply keeps track of the net changes in score when a given player is either on or off the court. |
| Position Adjusted Win Score (PAWS) Author: David Berri | The "Win Score" metric that takes player's "primary position played" into account.PAWS=Position Adjusted Win Score=[(PAWS48/48)*Minutes] PAWS48 =PAWS per 48 minutes=[WS48 – Average WS48 at primary position played] WS48 =Win Score per 48 minutes |
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