nba_draymond {fivethirtyeight}

A Better Way to Evaluate NBA Defense

Description

The raw data behind the story "A Better Way to Evaluate NBA Defense" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-better-way-to-evaluate-nba-defense/.

Usage

nba_draymond

Format

A data frame with 3009 rows representing DRAYMOND ratings (Defensive Rating Accounting for Yielding Minimal Openness by Nearest Defender) for every player since the 2013-14 season with 4 variables:

season

The second year of the season; for example, 2018-2019 season would be listed as 2019

player

Name of the player

possessions

Number of possessions a player during the season

draymond

Defensive Rating Accounting for Yielding Minimal Openness by Nearest Defender

Source

see https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/nba-draymond