NBA - Blocks

Examining the impact of Blocks on Defense and overall plays using SportVu data on NBA gameplay.

Useful links:

Data and Functions to read in data

1. https://github.com/rajshah4/BasketballData (Where we receive data)

2. https://github.com/rajshah4/NBA_SportVu (Where we get functions to read in data)

3. https://github.com/karimi-ali/NBA_SportVu (Helped fix bug in link 2)

4. http://projects.rajivshah.com/sportvu/EDA_NBA_SportVu.html (Some Data Exploration)

5. http://projects.rajivshah.com/sportvu/PBP_NBA_SportVu.html (Play-by-Play merging)

6. https://twitter.com/jonaslindeloev/status/1386472977982705667?s=19 (How to run code and work in R at same time)

Papers/Projects that Were Read

7. http://savvastjortjoglou.com/nba-play-by-play-movements.html

8. https://global-uploads.webflow.com/5f1af76ed86d6771ad48324b/5fee0b0aff37459135505f4a_Possession%20Sketches%20Mapping%20NBA%20Strategies.pdf

9. https://www.kaggle.com/jdruzzi/defender-evaluation-one-cut-routes-double-moves (https://www.nfl.com/watch/show/big-data-bowl is the 5-minute talk)

The following are readings from the MIT SLOAN Conference

10. https://www.sloansportsconference.com/research-papers/predicting-nba-talent-from-enormous-amounts-of-college-basketball-tracking-data

11. https://www.sloansportsconference.com/research-papers/routine-inspection-a-playbook-for-corner-kicks

12. https://www.sloansportsconference.com/research-papers/using-deep-learning-to-understand-patterns-of-player-movement-in-the-nba

13. https://www.sloansportsconference.com/research-papers/bhostgusters-realtime-interactive-play-sketching-with-synthesized-nba-defenses

14. https://www.sloansportsconference.com/research-papers/learning-feature-representations-from-football-tracking

15. https://www.sloansportsconference.com/research-papers/deepqb-deep-learning-with-player-tracking-to-quantify-quarterback-decision-making-performance