New Site/Stat Database you might find useful

[hoopdata]

Hey, this probably sounds like spam but it isn't. I have a new site called http://www.hoopdata.com, which has sortable player and team stats for all kinds of stuff from play-by-play data, such as shot locations, and1s, charges, times blocked, assisted field goals, etc. You can also sort by teams so you can see only Celtics players. Also, every page has the league averages for every stat, which can also be viewed position by position if you want to see positional averages. It also has all the other basic and advanced stats from around the web, which also can be compared to league averages easily. Every page has an unobtrusive glossary, too, making it easier to get into the stats if you aren't familiar with them.

I know there's tons of huge basketball fans around these forums, which is why I'm coming here to let you know. I know you guys love your team and analyzing it, and I think you'd find a lot of this information really useful, especially stuff like how efficient each player is from each spot on the floor, where your assists are leading to, etc. Shot locations are available at a team level, too, along with everything else.

There's also a season preview for the Celtics in the articles section of the site, but I'm sure the stats would be a bit more interesting to you than that.

Also, since this site is made specifically to make stats more accessible and understandable to fans, I'd love to hear your feedback if there's anything we could add or do to make the site better/easier to use. We kind of had to rush to get it done in time for the season, so more is to come in the near future in terms of content and functionality.

Hope you all enjoy the site, and looking forward to hear if there's anything we can do to better serve you. Also, side note, there's a problem with the site on Macs using Safari. It works fine in Safari on PC's, but not on Macs, which I can't fix until I get my hands on a Mac. Apologies to anyone using that combination of browser/computer, but we're going to try and fix it asap.

[DarkAzcura]

Very nice. I saw this over at the general board, and I like it a lot. I think 82games has stats like some of these, but this is the first time I'm looking at shot location stats being put into numbers.

Interestingly enough..it seems like Rondo actually has a decent jumper from 16-23 feet. 2 FGA from 16-23 feet and makes 41 percent. It's that 10-15 feet that's killing him. He rarely takes them and sucks at them.

[Banks2Pierce]

Cool and very useful. Definitely bookmarked for use for the season.

I also see that you have tested the espn data against Synergy video and that gives me some good faith.

My gripe is that once you switch the tab one category to another you have to run the filter again. I had to keep re-filtering the Celtics. And in the team preview, perhaps you didn't know that Leon Powe had another very serious surgery on a knee he had injured in the past.

[hoopdata]

Cool and very useful. Definitely bookmarked for use for the season.

I also see that you have tested the espn data against Synergy video and that gives me some good faith.

My gripe is that once you switch the tab one category to another you have to run the filter again. I had to keep re-filtering the Celtics. And in the team preview, perhaps you didn't know that Leon Powe had another very serious surgery on a knee he had injured in the past.

I'm aware of Powe's injury. I was speaking in regards to you not having him this year, not you choosing to not re-sign him, though I may have been unclear about that in my wording. Even if you re-signed him and he was out for the season, I'd still note the loss of offensive production/efficiency you'd have. Then again, there's a good chance Sheed significantly ups his efficiency given his new role and likely renewed motivation.

The re-filtering thing is kind of a pain, but the way we made the site, we had to get it done in time for the season, which sort of limited some of the functionality we could integrate. That specific issue is one that is likely going to remain for awhile, unfortunately, as the way everything is setup wouldn't allow for that to be fixed, as far as I'm aware. It could be something we address next season, however.

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