realgm_players: *RealGM NBA Player Index*

In hoopR: Access Men's Basketball Play by Play Data

RealGM NBA Player Index

Description

Get the active NBA player index from RealGM.

Returns RealGM's roster of active NBA players, including position, listed height/weight, age, current team, years of service and pre-draft team – the pre-draft / international detail RealGM is known for.

Requires a headless browser. RealGM is behind a Cloudflare JavaScript challenge, so the ⁠realgm_*()⁠ functions drive headless Chrome via the optional chromote package (install it and Google Chrome). A plain HTTP client receives an HTTP 403 challenge page.

Usage

realgm_players()

Value

A hoopR_data tibble with one row per active player:

col_name	types	description
number	integer	Row number.
player	character	Player name.
pos	character	Position.
ht	character	Listed height.
wt	integer	Listed weight (lbs).
age	numeric	Age.
current_team	character	Current NBA team.
yos	integer	Years of service.
pre_draft_team	character	Pre-draft team / school.
draft_status	character	Draft pick / undrafted status.
nationality	character	Player nationality.

See Also

Other RealGM Functions: realgm_coaches(), realgm_draft(), realgm_draft_prospects(), realgm_early_entry(), realgm_future_free_agents(), realgm_gms(), realgm_individual_games(), realgm_individual_seasons(), realgm_player_stats(), realgm_players_abroad(), realgm_rookie_scale(), realgm_salary_cap(), realgm_standings(), realgm_team_stats(), realgm_teams(), realgm_transactions()

Examples

## Not run: 
  try(realgm_players())

## End(Not run)

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