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27 Oct 14 Close Look to the Team Scores
Analysis, Analytic Research, Team Based Analysis
What is the most important statistic in a basketball game? It is obviously total points scored by a team. All of other statistics that we measure have nothing more than a subsidiary role. To win the game, a team either has to score more points than its opponent or allow less. In this analysis,…
22 Oct 14 NBA Teams’ Winning Records
Analytic Research, Historical Evolution, Team Based Analysis
Click image to see a bigger version Total of 54,083 games are played in American professional basketball leagues (BAA-NBA) since first game tipped off on November 1, 1946. Fourty-five franchises have taken their place on the court until today. As is known, thirty of them are still active. For detailed information about folded franchises, click here. In the table above, you...
15 Oct 14 Folded Franchises
Historical Evolution
Glittering NBA History witnessed total 45 franchises since the outset. 30 of these 45 franchises are still active, but 15 of them have taken their place in history books. Last folded franchise was Baltimore Bullets which ceased their operations after 14 games (with 3-11 record) in 1954- 55 season. But they are not unique. Also in...
12 Oct 14 A Basketball Revolution: 3-Pointers
Analysis, Historical Evolution, Team Based Analysis
Before the first ever three-pointer made in NBA, which was scored by Chris Ford of the Boston Celtics on October 1979, the basketball game was probably very boring to watch. In fact, the treys are revolutionary new rule serving to open up the defense to make the game more enjoyable for the spectators. With no…
21 Sep 14 Golden Ages of Basketball Players
Analysis, Analytic Research, Historical Evolution
The simple rule of life: everything arises, improves, declines and ends. Both the living creatures and all the processes around obey this rule. The basketball players’ career trajectory is not different at all. They enter the league as rookies, they adapt and improve their plays physically, mentally and even in terms of abilities, but then...
30 Aug 14 Who is the best player in the last 17 seasons of NBA?
Analysis, Analytic Research, Historical Evolution
The most basic yet the most asked question of all time about the NBA is who its best player is. It is a simple but extremely complicated question because the response may change according to your comparison metrics and about how you measure the best. Even if you can assure the objectivity and find a...
02 Aug 14 The Most Successful Draft Classes
Analysis, Analytic Research, Draft Analysis
One of the accepted assumptions in the NBA is that, a very talented player who can change the fate of a team enters the league every 10 seasons. The examples are Michael Jordan in the 80s (the only player who changed not only a team’s fate but also the perception of the basketball as a...
26 Jul 14 Fast Break Kings of NBA
Analysis
Fast break is an up-tempo style offensive basketball strategy where a team try to create a scoring position as quickly as possible. Since the 1996-97 season, in which NBA starts to record fast break points, %63 of 22.546 played games have been won by the teams that score more fast break points then their opponents....