nba_draft_2015: Projecting The Top 50 Players In The 2015 NBA Draft Class

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Description

The raw data behind the story "Projecting The Top 50 Players In The 2015 NBA Draft Class" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/projecting-the-top-50-players-in-the-2015-nba-draft-class/. An analysis using this data was contributed by G. Elliott Morris as a package vignette at https://fivethirtyeightdata.github.io/fivethirtyeightdata/articles/NBA.html.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 1090 rows representing National Basketball Association players/prospects and 9 variables:

player

Player name

position

The player's position going into the draft

id

The player's identification code

draft_year

The year the player was eligible for the NBA draft

projected_spm

The model's projected statistical plus/minus over years 2-5 of the player's NBA career

superstar

Probability of becoming a superstar player (1 per draft, SPM >= +3.3)

starter

Probability of becoming a starting-caliber player (10 per draft, SPM >= +0.5)

role_player

Probability of becoming a role player (25 per draft, SPM >= -1.4)

bust

Probability of becoming a bust (everyone else, SPM < -1.4)

Source

See https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/projecting-the-top-50-players-in-the-2015-nba-draft-class/


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