player trade history

psykosacul · Post #1 » by **psykosacul** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:53 pm

i am POSITIVE that on nba.com you used to be able to easily find the history of who a player was traded for and what the deal was in his player profile (i believe under bio)

but now it seems to be a crapshoot as to whether a player has that information on his bio. does anyone know where this can readily be found?

also... does the new "BA" stand for "blocked attempts"?

Post #2 » by **Sixerscan** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:22 am

Where is the BA?

psykosacul · Post #3 » by **psykosacul** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:24 am

they have it on the box score of individual games, but arnet yet keeping it in the player profile

Post #4 » by **Sixerscan** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:27 am

Yeah, it balances out with the blocks so that's probably what it is.

psykosacul · Post #5 » by **psykosacul** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:38 am

i figured. its just seems to be a bit of a silly stat to keep officially. its interesting and all but for it to kind of debut on such an official stage seemed odd to me. especially since they dont keep it in the personal profiles

sixerswillrule · Post #6 » by **sixerswillrule** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:50 am

Lol no BA is blocked at. The other team's blocks is always equal to your BA.

psykosacul · Post #7 » by **psykosacul** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:53 am

sixerswillrule wrote:Lol no BA is blocked at. The other team's blocks is always equal to your BA.

? thats what i said... blocked attempts. so you agree, correct?

sixerswillrule · Post #8 » by **sixerswillrule** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:59 am

My mistake, I misunderstood. I thought you meant block attempt as in when a defensive player attempts to block a shot, lol.

Skates · Post #9 » by **Skates** » Thu May 22, 2008 1:39 pm

sixerswillrule wrote:My mistake, I misunderstood. I thought you meant block attempt as in when a defensive player attempts to block a shot, lol.

Takes me back to the days when we had Clarence Weatherspoon routinely leading the league in that category, good times.

barkley34 · Post #10 » by **barkley34** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:55 pm

psykosacul wrote:i am POSITIVE that on nba.com you used to be able to easily find the history of who a player was traded for and what the deal was in his player profile (i believe under bio)

but now it seems to be a crapshoot as to whether a player has that information on his bio. does anyone know where this can readily be found?

also... does the new "BA" stand for "blocked attempts"?

I know there used to be a great site that listed pretty much every trade in the history of the league. I remember because I used it to look up the World B. Free trade we made from a thread we had on here. I can't remember the name of the site though. :banghead:

SendEm · Post #11 » by **SendEm** » Thu May 22, 2008 4:36 pm

Skates wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Takes me back to the days when we had Clarence Weatherspoon routinely leading the league in that category, good times.

Yes and Kenny Thomas was another player we had with that dubious distinction.

This is one of those stats that the analysts and announcers always had access to and would drop every once in a while when talking about the players who lead the league in the category. Elton Brand also lead the league in this stat. Jason Smith would no doubt lead the entire NBA in this stat if he ever becomes a 30 minute player.

Jason Smith needs a nickname. Jason "Gator Arms" Smith? Jason 'The Lizard' Smith? Jason "T-Rex" Smith?

The Sixer Fixer · Post #12 » by **The Sixer Fixer** » Thu May 22, 2008 4:49 pm

I think people understand the stat right, but the name of it is wrong.

BA stands for Blocks Against, not Block Attempts.

Basically, if Reggie Evans has a 5 for this stat, it means he got his shot blocked 5 times in that game.