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NBA_scraping_analysis

You can find the full data sets that I scraped, my analysis and others on Kaggle Profile

  1. Player of the week
  2. Head Coaches
  3. Basketball Players Statistics per Season

1. Player of the week

Kaggle Dataset

  • Scraping award data at seasons 1979-80 to 2019-20.
  • Analysis award behavior

Info

Parameter Description
Age
Conference
Date
Draft Year
Height Feet / CM
Player
Position
Season
Season Short
Weight Pounds / KG
Real Value If two awards given [east & west] on the same week the player gets 0.5 point else gets 1 point

2. Head Coaches

Kaggle Dataset

A.Historical NBA Head Coaches

Scraping info about head coaches, starting from 1947

Info

Parameter Description
Birth date dd-mmm-yyyy
End season for example 2017-2018
Name
Nationality
Start season for example 2017-2018
Teams
Start season short for example 2017
End season short for example 2017
Num of teams

B.NBA Coach of the Year Recipients

Scraping info about NBA coach of the year, starting from 1963

Parameters

Parameter Description
Year starting year of Season
Coach Head Coach Name
Team
W-L W-L in Season
Playoffs W-L Playoffs W-L in Season
Career W-L Career W-L in Season
Exp (Years) Experience Years till season
W wins in Season
L losses in Season
Playoffs W Playoffs wins in Season
Playoffs L Playoffs losses in Season
Career W Careers wins till Season
Career L Careers losses till Season
Born Birthdate MMM DD, YYYY
Birthplace
College
Overall Record Career Overall Record

3. Basketball Players Statistics per Season

Kaggle Dataset

  • Scraping player statistics & details per season of 49 League and ~11K players (2010 - 2020)

output files

  1. players_stats_by_season.csv - player statistics per season
  2. players_stats_by_season_full_details.csv - players statistics per season + details

Info

Parameter Description players_stats_by_season players_stats_by_season_full_details
Season yyyy - yyyy v v
Stage International, NBA: Playoffs, Regular_Season v v
Player Player Full Name v v
Team Team Name v v
GP # Games Played v v
MIN # Minutes Played v v
FGM # Field Goals Made v v
FGA # Field Goals Attempts v v
3PM # Three Points Made v v
3PA # Three Points Attempts v v
FTM # Free Throws Made v v
FTA # Free Throws Attempts v v
TOV # Turnovers v v
PF # Personal Fouls v v
ORB # Offensive Rebounds v v
DRB # Defensive Rebounds v v
REB # Rebounds v v
AST # Assists v v
STL # Steals v v
BLK # Blocks v v
PTS # Points v v
birth_year Birth Year v
birth_month Birth Month v
birth_date Birth Date v
height Height [Feet] v
height_cm Height [CM] v
weight Weight [Pounds] v
weight_kg Weight [KG] v
nationality Nationality v
high_school High School v
draft_round Draft Round v
draft_pick Draft Pick v
draft_team Draft Team v

Acknowledgements

Player of the week - scraped from basketball real GM

Historical NBA Head Coaches- scraped from basketball real GM

NBA Coach of the Year Recipients - scraped from espn

Basketball Players Statistics per Season - scraped from basketball real GM