spotrac_team_cap: *Spotrac NBA Team Salary Cap*

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

Spotrac NBA Team Salary Cap

Description

Get team salary-cap allocations from Spotrac.

Returns one row per team with cap allocations, cap space, active-player counts and average age for a season. No API key is required.

Usage

spotrac_team_cap(season = most_recent_nba_season())

Arguments

season

(integer required): Season, in 4-digit ending-year format (e.g. 2024). Defaults to most_recent_nba_season().

Value

A hoopR_data tibble with one row per team (columns reflect Spotrac's table; dollar figures are returned as numeric):

col_name	types	description
rank	integer	Spotrac cap rank.
team	character	Team abbreviation.
record	character	Win-loss record.
players_active	integer	Number of active players.
avg_age_team	numeric	Average roster age.
total_cap_allocations	numeric	Total cap allocations (USD).
cap_space_all	numeric	Cap space / over-the-cap amount (USD).
season	integer	Season (echoes the season argument).

See Also

Other Salary & Draft Functions: hoopshype_salaries(), nbadraft_mock_draft()

Examples

  try(spotrac_team_cap(season = 2024))

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