Reading Time: 12 minutes Throughout the article below, I go through my approach of how to become great in the four pillars of a sports analytics expert: Communication, Statistics, Programming, and Sports Knowledge.
THE FUTURE OF FOOTBALL EVALUATION: IMPACT% and Defensive Rating (DEFRAT)
Reading Time: < 1 minute Adam Carter, Director of Player Personnel for University of San Diego football. Impact% is a stat that measures the percentage of times a player is
2022-23 NBA Awards: Why Jokic should be MVP and why Markkanen deserved the MIP Award
Reading Time: 5 minutes Here’s a stats breakdown and comparison behind why Nikola Jokic deserves the MVP award and why Lauri Markkanen deserved the MIP award.
Basketball Analytics: EuroLeague 2022-23 Rounds 1-11 Ratings, Four Factors
Reading Time: 5 minutes Almost a third of the regular season has passed and there are some clear trends. Fenerbahce leads the way, all four 2022 Final 4 teams are playoff-bound, and four teams are just one win behind the payoff spots. A few questions are torturing my mind: will Panathinaikos continue their impressive run? Can Olympiacos recover from their slump? Will coaches Messina and Obradovic turn around the negative records that Armani and Partizan have?
Soccer Analytics Tutorial: Scraping EPL Data using R (2022 Update)
Reading Time: 10 minutes This is an update to last year’s web scraping tutorial. I focus on getting data from my beloved fbref.com for Manchester City, the English Premier League 2021-22 champions. This guide uses R programming.
The Loss Angeles Lakers: A Modern Tragedy – An In Depth Analysis Using Python
Reading Time: 2 minutes I created this in hopes of actively practicing my Python and visualization skills towards a topic that I am passionate about.
I am a die hard Lakers fan and feel that this year has been a rollercoaster that never ends (keep in mind that I hate rollercoasters, yet here I am) I love the Lakers but hate that there were so many gambles and situations that did not pan out the way they were supposed to. . . . .
No one could have predicted this considering the Lakers had won the championship just about 2 years ago.
2022 EuroLeague Final Four: Barcelona vs Real Madrid Analytics Preview
Reading Time: 5 minutes 2022 EuroLeague Final Four: The Spanish champions Barcelona against ten-time champions Real Madrid. Here is an analytics view of the Spanish El Clásico for EuroLeague glory.
2022 EuroLeague Final Four: Olympiacos vs Anadolu Efes Analytics Preview
Reading Time: 5 minutes 2022 EuroLeague Final Four: The reigning champions Anadolu Efes against three-time champions Olympiacos. Here is an analytics view of the battle for EuroLeague glory.
Basketball Analytics: EuroLeague 2021-22 Rounds 1-33 Ratings, Four Factors, Shot Preference
Reading Time: 6 minutes The EuroLeague playoff picture is still being defined. We know all 8 teams who will battle it out. What remains to be seen are the matchups.
I’m not the one to ask for predictions.
But I am the one to ask to present an advanced stats view.
Here’s a different reading of the EuroLeague 2021-22 season, with just one round left before the playoffs.
Baseball Analytics: Aaron Bummer to Be One of the Best?
Reading Time: 6 minutes The White Sox knew they had a steal coming by signing LHP Aaron Bummer to a 5 year / $16 million contract. When you dive into some of the advanced analytics you see his true potential to be one of the best.
MMA Advanced Stats – UFC 271 Preview
Reading Time: 5 minutes Israel Adesanya, the undisputed middleweight champion, will defend his belt against the former champ Robert Whittaker. Leading up to the title fight, we will see Derrick Lewis face Tai Tuivasa in a bout between two heavyweight knockout masters. Before that, middleweights Jared Cannonier and Derek Brunson face off.
What I want to add is a view of advanced stats and fight strategy for the three top bouts. All stats below and in the charts refer to data from the fighters’ UFC fights.
MMA Advanced Stats – UFC 270 Preview
Reading Time: 6 minutes MMA fans, it’s time for the fights we’ve all been waiting for! We have two rematches where two sets of rivals will be battling for a belt. The welterweight title is up for grabs with #1 pound-for-pound fighter Kamaru Usman defending his belt against Colby Covington, two years after their incredible fight in UFC 245. The co-main event will be a rematch with Rose Namajunas defending her strawweight title against Weili Zhang, a few months after their fight in UFC 261 in late April 2021.
What I want to add is a view of advanced stats and fight strategy for the five top bouts. All stats below and in the charts refer to data from the fighters’ UFC fights.
Is Karl-Anthony Towns Really the NBA’s Greatest Big Man Shooter of All Time?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Short Answer: No. At least not yet.
NBA Analytics Tutorial: Using R to Display Player Career Stats
Reading Time: 13 minutes It’s time for another basketball analytics tutorial! This is for beginners and intermediate sports analytics enthusiasts. I will show you how to extract and prepare NBA data from basketball-reference.com and create a graph with a player’s career stats.
Basketball Analytics: EuroLeague 2021-22 Rounds 1-14 Ratings, Four Factors, Shot Preference
Reading Time: 5 minutes The first 14 rounds of this year’s EuroLeague have been quite exciting. What I do here is present the basic advanced statistics. A graphical representation of stats helps paint a better picture.
Melo being Super Melo
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