Archive - Edoardo’s Hoop Bag

Analyzing NBA Dunks with R, a tutorial

Playing with the new NBA dunk tracking public data!

Feb 6 •

November 2023

How To: Rotation plots with R!

This tutorial will guide you through the process of scraping data on player rotations within a single NBA game and throughout an entire season for a…

Nov 21, 2023 •

September 2023

Unlocking NBA Stardom: Analytics and Young Player Development

Exploring the three key metrics for player growth, according to Shane Battier

Sep 24, 2023 •

April 2023

February 2023

Is the NBA reviving the short mid-range?

What do Giddey, Butler, Bane and Hachimura have in common?

Feb 28, 2023 •

Defense Part 1: What do their most frequent matchups tell us about defenders?

Let's take a look at a dataframe built with R about defensive matchups!

Feb 18, 2023 •

January 2023

First look at: rim defense and blocks!

We hit the mid season mark, so let's have a look at some numbers.

Jan 18, 2023 •

June 2022

This is Edoardo’s Hoop Bag, a newsletter about NBA and basketball seen through the eyes of a statistician!

Jun 20, 2022 •

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