Publications by Dylan Kinion
Free Agency - Clustering
library(dplyr) library(cluster) library(factoextra) library(ggplot2) library(readr) library(datasets) library(corrplot) library(stats) library(ggrepel) library(textir) library(BBmisc) library(rstudioapi) library(rvest) library(reactable) library(reactablefmtr) #pull and clean data player_stats <- read_html("https://www.basketball-reference.com/le...
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Nuggets - Correlations
library(tidyverse) library(nbastatR) library(plyr) library(dplyr) library(reactable) library(reactablefmtr) library(jsonlite) library(janitor) library(purrr) library(rvest) library(Hmisc) library(corrplot) Sys.setenv("VROOM_CONNECTION_SIZE" = 131072 * 2) pbp_url_team1 <- "https://api.pbpstats.com/get-game-logs/nba?Season=2022-23&SeasonType=Regular...
158 sym R (11234 sym/20 pcs) 14 img
Suns Expected Points- Playoffs
Expected points was determined by multiplying a player’s season fg% for a given zone by the value of a made shot from that zone. If a player shoots 36% from the right corner 3, than the expected point formula would be: 3 * .36 Expected Free throw points utilizes player’s career ft% instead of just this season. library(tidyverse) library(nbast...
477 sym R (51954 sym/36 pcs)
Playoff Expected Points
Expected points was determined by multiplying a player’s season fg% for a given zone by the value of a made shot from that zone. If a player shoots 36% from the right corner 3, than the expected point formula would be: 3 * .36 Expected Free throw points utilizes player’s career ft% instead of just this season. library(tidyverse) library(nbast...
477 sym R (52254 sym/36 pcs)
Expected Points
Expected points was determined by multiplying a player’s season fg% for a given zone by the value of a made shot from that zone. If a player shoots 36% from the right corner 3, than the expected point formula would be: 3 * .36 Expected Free throw points utilizes player’s career ft% instead of just this season. library(tidyverse) library(nbast...
490 sym R (69040 sym/49 pcs)
Team Shooting Reports
Minnesota team notes: Starting unit lacks a corner spacer, Anthony Edwards is only player in starting five to take more than 30 corner 3 attempts this year but he only took 10% of his three attempts from the corners. Taurean Prince is the only corner 3pt threat in rotation. Mike Conley and Karl Anthony Towns have had “hot” shooting seasons, bo...
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Wolves - Big losses
Key Takeaways: There is a 9.5 point difference between losses by 10 or more points and regular season averages. 7.2 of 9.5 points are due to assists. However the split is even between 3s and 2s assisted. The divide within 3s and 2s is even as well with a slight lean towards rim and short range over long range field goal attempts. library(tidyver...
519 sym R (12002 sym/8 pcs)
Wolves post vs regular season
Anthony Edwards becomes slightly more aggressive in the playoffs while staying consistent with regular season tendencies. Karl-Anthony Towns appears to struggle when creating his own shot around the basket as his pct blocked jumps by 8 pct points and accuracy dips 13 pct points, his second chance at rim accuracy drops by 16 pct points and the pct o...
1028 sym R (7932 sym/7 pcs)
Pull-up Shooting
Notes: Used last two playoffs due to difference in bubble. Jazz strongly influnce data due to 4 of 35 top pull up shooters. Number of top 35 pull-up shooters by the round their team was eliminated in: ’21: Round 1: 1.125 Round 2: 1.75 Round 3: 1.5 Finals Teams: 1.5 ’22: Round 1: 1.7 Round 2: 1 Round 3: 1.5 Finals Teams: 1 Comparison of ’...
1172 sym R (4777 sym/9 pcs)
Playoff Shot quality
Playoff shot quality difference stats for ’23 contenders (top five Vegas odds): Den - 5/15 (33%) playoff record; positive shot quality difference in 8/15 (53%) games; 8/15 (53%) games can be predicted by shot quality difference. Bos - 15/29 (52%) playoff record; positive shot quality difference in 20/29 (69%) games; 18/29 (62%) games can be predi...
1577 sym R (12575 sym/41 pcs)