Statistical corrections on NBA API?
Posted: Wed Apr 3, 2019 11:00 am
I've been using the NBA API (via a Python wrapper) to scrape player stats, recent splits, and box scores, but I figured I wouldn't have to download the splits if I just calculated splits from previously saved box scores. An additional advantage of this approach is that I would be able to perform more sophisticated queries on games of interest on my locally saved database (e.g. "how does player X perform in games when Y does not play?")
My main concern is that the NBA often issues statistical corrections to individual box scores, often days or even weeks later, and I am not aware of any way by which I could check for these errata via the API. I would not want to do this manually as it would defeat the point of using an automated script.
My main concern is that the NBA often issues statistical corrections to individual box scores, often days or even weeks later, and I am not aware of any way by which I could check for these errata via the API. I would not want to do this manually as it would defeat the point of using an automated script.