Download or read book Pro Basketball Statistics written by Martin Taragano and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1993 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost since James Naismith nailed up the first peach basket in a Springfield, Massachusetts gym, professional basketball has existed in some form. Here is a comprehensive statistical look at the pro game, from the early barnstorming days to the modern era.Exhaustive team league records include scoring leaders, chronology of each professional league, season records, and playoff records. Individual entries on the game's greats provide game-by-game and season-by-season statistical analyses, career marks, awards won and biographical information. Also highlighted are some of the most memorable games and seasons in the sport's history.
Download or read book Pro Basketball Forecast written by John Hollinger and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ESPN.com's John Hollinger returns with another edition of the Pro Basketball Forecast, packed full of stats and discussion on every single player who saw time in the league last year plus each team's draft picks and a season analysis. Hollinger is one of the leaders of basketball's statistical revolution, devising new ways of looking at players and teams to better see their true worth. Denver Nuggets assistant coach Chip Engelland opined, "I don't know if the teams know so much about some of their players." By reading the Forecast, you can know what Hollinger does.
Download or read book FreeDarko Presents The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac written by Bethlehem Shoals and published by Bloomsbury USA. This book was released on 2008-11-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike regimented football or stats-happy baseball, The National Basketball Association is above all else a league of characters. Over the course of a season, games are, of course, won or lost, but for millions of devoted fans, the final result is almost incidental to the way the league's best players perform on - and off - the court. This book is the indispensible companion to today's game - a roundball Rosetta Stone that hilariously decodes the trends and tendencies of this enormously popular game. The NBA of the moment is a league of hugely charismatic celebrities, crackling aesthetic intrigue, socio-political undercurrents, and raw humanity: every Kobe Bryant pump-fake or LeBron James dunk symbolizes the changing landscape of professional sports and holds within it a Shaq-sized load of meaning. Fans who know the sport recognize how much more there is to basketball than, well, basketball. The Macro-Phenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac is a brilliantly illustrated guide to this tumultuous and exciting landscape. It explains what each player--from Tim Duncan and Gilbert Arenas to Amare Stoudemire and Lamar Odom--reveals, through their play and conduct, about who they are and, more importantly, who the fans want them to be. Like the game it celebrates, The Macro-Phenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac is simultaneously authentic and cerebral, funny and accessible, wholly original, and always entertaining.
Download or read book STATS Pro Basketball Handbook 1998 99 written by STATS Inc and published by STATS Publishing. This book was released on 1998-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its fourth edition, the Pro Basketball Handbook continues to be the most comprehensive statistical and analytical basketball annual compiled. It features career and postseason stats for every NBA player who logged minutes during the 1997-98 season, in-depth player profiles detailing each player's strengths and weaknesses, and leader boards and team game logs for points, rebounds, assists and more. The total hoops package! Features: * Career register for every player who stepped onto the hardwood during 1997-98 * Team game logs with points, shooting percentages, rebounds, assists, and more * The most complete leader boards, breakdowns and splits available anywhere * Player breakdowns for the last five years combined
Download or read book STATS Pro Basketball Handbook 2000 2001 written by STATS Inc and published by STATS Publishing. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its sixth edition, the Pro Basketball Handbook continues to be the most comprehensive statistical and analytical basketball annual compiled. It features career and postseason stats for every NBA player who logged minutes during the 1999-2000 season, in-depth player profiles detailing each player's strengths and weaknesses, and leader boards and team game logs for points, rebounds, assists and more. Follow the NBA just like the experts.
Download or read book STATS Pro Basketball Handbook 1997 98 written by STATS Inc and published by STATS Publishing. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The total hoops package! This is the most comprehensive statistical and analytical book on basketball ever compiled! It features career and postseason stats for every NBA player who logged minutes during the 1996-97 season, in-depth player profiles detailing each player's strengths and weaknesses, and leader boards and team game logs for points, rebounds, assists and more.
Download or read book Pro Basketball by the Numbers written by Percy Leed and published by Lerner Publications TM. This book was released on 2024-08-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans, coaches, and players use basketball stats to find out which teams and players are rising to the top. Explore the most exciting basketball stats of all time.
Download or read book Pro Basketball Prospectus written by John Hollinger and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The next generation of basketball analysis
Download or read book STATS Pro Basketball Handbook 1996 97 written by STATS Inc and published by S T A T S, Publishing. This book was released on 1996-09-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive statistical book provisde the baseline-to-baseline coverage of the NBA like the STATS Pro Basketball Handbook. The text includes player profiles detailing each player's strengths and weaknesses, plus leader boards and team game logs for points, rebounds, assists and more.
Download or read book Pro Basketball s All Time All Stars written by Robert W. Cohen and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the NBA has been filled with superstars, names known to fans and non-fans alike. But while comparisons between athletes who competed against each other face-to-face is a common occurrence in the sports world, it is not quite as easy to compare players from different eras. How would Wilt Chamberlain stack up against Shaquille O'Neal? What about LeBron James and Larry Bird, or Magic Johnson and Oscar Robertson? In Pro Basketball’s All-Time All-Stars: Across the Eras, Robert Cohen not only examines the best players from each era, but also ranks the five greatest players at each position in the history of the pro game. Dividing the history of professional basketball into five distinct eras, this book first describes the style of play that prevailed during each period. From the slow-paced, rough-and-tumble style of play that characterized the NBA during its formative years, to the up-tempo, high-flying style that currently prevails, Pro Basketball’s All-Time All-Stars gives an in-depth view of how the game has evolved. For each of the five eras, Cohen has selected the best players to man the five positions on the court, providing career bios for each. To determine the best of the best, Cohen considers the level of dominance each player reached during his time in the league, his individual statistics, the degree to which he impacted the fortunes of his team, and the extent to which he improved his teammates’ level of play. Individual honors and quotes from teammates and opponents alike are used to support the rankings. Covering NBA greats such as Bob Pettit, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant, this book will appeal to basketball fans of all generations, and to any NBA fan interested in the history of the game.
Download or read book Basketball on Paper written by Dean Oliver and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey "inside the numbers" for an exceptional set of statistical tools and rules that can help explain the winning, or losing, ways of a basketball team. Basketball on Paper doesn't diagram plays or explain how players get in shape, but instead demonstrates how to interpret player and team performance. Dean Oliver highlights general strategies for teams when they're winning or losing and what aspects should be the focus in either situation. He describes and quantifies the jobs of team leaders and role players, then discusses the interactions between players and how to achieve the best fit. Oliver conceptualizes the meaning of teamwork and how to quantify the value of different types of players working together. He examines historically successful NBA teams and identifies what made them so successful: individual talent, a system of putting players together, or good coaching. Oliver then uses these statistical tools and case studies to evaluate the best players in history, such as Magic Johnson, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, and Charles Barkley and how they contributed to their teams' success. He does the same for some of the NBA's "oddball" players-Manute Bol, Muggsy Bogues, and Dennis Rodman and for the WNBA's top players. Basketball on Paper is unique in its incorporation of business and analytical concepts within the context of basketball to measure the value of players in a cooperative setting. Whether you're looking for strategies or new ideas to throw out while watching the ballgame at a sports bar, Dean Oliver'sBasketball on Paper will give you amazing new insights into teamwork, coaching, and success.
Download or read book Sprawlball written by Kirk Goldsberry and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Beautifully illustrated and sharply written, SprawlBall is both a celebration and a critique of the 3-point shot. If you want to understand how the modern NBA came to be, you'll need to read this book." --Nate Silver, editor of fivethirtyeight.com From the leading expert in the exploding field of basketball analytics, a stunning infographic decoding of the modern NBA: who shoots where, and how. The field of basketball analytics has leaped to overdrive thanks to Kirk Goldsberry, whose visual maps of players, teams, and positions have helped teams understand who really is the most valuable player at any position. SprawlBall combines stunning visuals, in-depth analysis, fun, behind-the-scenes stories and gee-whiz facts to chart a modern revolution. From the introduction of the 3-point line to today, the game has changed drastically . . . Now, players like Steph Curry and Draymond Green are leading the charge. In chapters like "The Geography of the NBA," "The Interior Minister (Lebron James)," "The Evolution of Steph Curry," and "The Investor (James Harden)," Goldsberry explains why today's on-court product--with its emphasis on shooting, passing, and spacing--has never been prettier or more democratic. And it's never been more popular. For fans of Bill Simmons and FreeDarko, SprawlBall is a bold new vision of the game, presenting an innovative, cutting-edge look at the sport based on the latest research, as well as a visual and infographic feast for fans.
Download or read book Stathead Basketball written by Michael Bradley and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In pro basketball today, it's good to be a stathead. Coaches use stats to decide who should be in the lineup each game, how defend against each opponent, and when to send in a sub. Players use stats to train and prepare and to get an edge after the opening tip. And sports reporters rely on data to describe the games. Today's hoops fans, who always want to be in the know, get more out of the action by joining the ranks of the statheads.
Download or read book The Wages of Wins written by David J. Berri and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing about sports is as old as the games people play. Over the years sports debates have become muddled by many myths that do not match the numbers generated by those playing the games. In The Wages of Wins, the authors use layman's language and easy to follow examples based on their own academic research to debunk many of the most commonly held beliefs about sports. In this updated version of their book, these authors explain why Allen Iverson leaving Philadelphia made the 76ers a better team, why the Yankees find it so hard to repeat their success from the late 1990s, and why even great quarterbacks like Brett Favre are consistently inconsistent. The book names names, and makes it abundantly clear that much of the decision making of coaches and general managers does not hold up to an analysis of the numbers. Whether you are a fantasy league fanatic or a casual weekend fan, much of what you believe about sports will change after reading this book.
Download or read book Official NBA Register written by Ron Smith and published by . This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive atlas of who's who in basketball today is the #1 source for information on every NBA player and head coach from the 2003-2004 season. Inside, fans will find every stat, including detailed and up-to-date year-by-year profiles; personal facts, including height, weight, and birthplace; biographical stats on high school, college, and draft position; and more.
Download or read book Basketball Super Stats written by Jeff Savage and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2017 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which NBA player has the worst free-throw percentage? Which teams have the best winning record? Filled with charts, graphs, and vivid photos, this book covers some of the most important and interesting NBA statistics throughout history.
Download or read book Pro Basketball Records written by Matt Chandler and published by Compass Point Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This ... look at pro basketball records covers everything from Wilt Chamberlain's list-topping 100-point game to the ... Charlotte Bobcats mark for fewest wins in a season"--ONIX annotation.
