Attitude of the NBA Community Towards Analytics: Revolution or Ruin?
| dc.contributor.advisor | Çil, Eren | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wentzien, Jack | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-30T19:34:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-30T19:34:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Since the turn of the century, the use of analytics has become more prominent in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Teams are using data-driven approaches to construct rosters and develop strategies, which have proven useful in turning previously underwhelming teams into championship contenders. Today, all NBA teams have designated analytics departments that use advanced metrics to evaluate the success of their players and teams. Media coverage of the NBA reflects this change; more than ever player evaluations in the news are bolstered with evidence such as shooting percentage, adjusted plus minus, or other advanced metrics. This analytics overhaul in the news has made it easier than ever for NBA fans to interact with analytics and has caused many to take a “Moneyball” approach to consuming NBA basketball, which relies on using numerical data to evaluate players and teams. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/30031 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | |
| dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | |
| dc.subject | Sports Analytics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Basketball | en_US |
| dc.subject | NBA | en_US |
| dc.subject | Data Science | en_US |
| dc.subject | Coding | en_US |
| dc.title | Attitude of the NBA Community Towards Analytics: Revolution or Ruin? | |
| dc.type | Thesis/Dissertation |