num_pages: 194
description: Equipped with new spatial tracking data collected by SportVU and others Basketball Analytics investigates game strategy player evaluation player types and prospect potential. Author Stephen Shea Ph.D. introduces new measures of a players scoring and playmaking efficiency quantifies the spacing in an offense and the stretch of a defense and demonstrates several ways in which the NBA game has changed over the years. He also reveals the full methodology behind popular topics from the blog BasketballAnalyticsBook.com such as the College Prospect Rating System and the periodic tables of NBA elements. The author presents a modern viewpoint on basketball analytics most fundamental principles and demonstrates the power of the industrys latest statistical breakthroughs. Basketball Analytics is a must-read for any sports analytics enthusiast.
language: English
title: Basketball Analytics: Spatial Tracking
publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform