load_nba_player_box {hoopR}

Load hoopR NBA player box scores

Description

helper that loads multiple seasons from the data repo either into memory or writes it into a db using some forwarded arguments in the dots

Usage

load_nba_player_box(
  seasons = most_recent_nba_season(),
  ...,
  dbConnection = NULL,
  tablename = NULL
)

Arguments

seasons

A vector of 4-digit years associated with given NBA seasons. (Min: 2002)

...

Additional arguments passed to an underlying function that writes the season data into a database (used by update_nba_db()).

dbConnection

A DBIConnection object, as returned by

tablename

The name of the play by play data table within the database

Value

Returns a tibble

col_name	types
game_id	integer
season	integer
season_type	integer
game_date	Date
game_date_time	POSIXct
athlete_id	integer
athlete_display_name	character
team_id	integer
team_name	character
team_location	character
team_short_display_name	character
minutes	numeric
field_goals_made	integer
field_goals_attempted	integer
three_point_field_goals_made	integer
three_point_field_goals_attempted	integer
free_throws_made	integer
free_throws_attempted	integer
offensive_rebounds	integer
defensive_rebounds	integer
rebounds	integer
assists	integer
steals	integer
blocks	integer
turnovers	integer
fouls	integer
plus_minus	character
points	integer
starter	logical
ejected	logical
did_not_play	logical
reason	character
active	logical
athlete_jersey	character
athlete_short_name	character
athlete_headshot_href	character
athlete_position_name	character
athlete_position_abbreviation	character
team_display_name	character
team_uid	character
team_slug	character
team_logo	character
team_abbreviation	character
team_color	character
team_alternate_color	character
home_away	character
team_winner	logical
team_score	integer
opponent_team_id	integer
opponent_team_name	character
opponent_team_location	character
opponent_team_display_name	character
opponent_team_abbreviation	character
opponent_team_logo	character
opponent_team_color	character
opponent_team_alternate_color	character
opponent_team_score	integer

See Also

Other hoopR Loader Functions: load_mbb_pbp(), load_mbb_player_box(), load_mbb_schedule(), load_mbb_team_box(), load_nba_pbp(), load_nba_schedule(), load_nba_team_box()

Examples

  load_nba_player_box(seasons = most_recent_nba_season())