Last week we discussed one of the most important parts of a player and that was Shot Ratings and Tendencies. Now we can move on to other important parts of the spreadsheet.
At the beginning of the spreadsheet you will see the player’s season that is currently being used and the team he played for that season. The statistics that are listed are from that particular season and these go into creating the ratings that you will see posted as well. Next is the player’s vital statistics such as size, weight & position. One thing that has changed on the Basketball Reference website is that they now list the particular position a player played for that particular season. Now some players will have a different position listed as their primary position for each different season, so if you want to change a player’s primary position you now have that option BUT he must have played that position primarily before the current season that he is using. For instance, Shawn Marion is currently using his 2005-06 Season and that season he has Center used as his primary position (he played in that Mike D’Antoni crazy offense). He also played SF and PF before the 05-06’ season so Marion can have any of those three positions listed as his primary position and this can be changed at any time during the season.
If you look thru a player’s statistics as you are looking at a particular player, you will notice some things that you may not be aware of. One is FG% Differential. This statistic is key to determining a player’s defense ratings because it shows that amount of defense (good or bad) that the team played for that particular season. What the number represents is the difference in the player’s team opponents FG% was and what the average season FG% was for all teams. So if you see a negative in that statistic you know that the team the player played on allowed a lower FG % than the average for that season and if you see a positive well you know what that means. Like I said before, this gives bonuses or deductions to the players numerous defensive ratings so if you are looking into changing a players season this is something you would really want to research before making that change. In the past the defense ratings wasn’t well reflected, especially on guys who played great team defense (ala the 90’s Pistons) but now those players will get there due.
Another statistic that you may not be aware of is SRS Rating. This is a Simple Rating System that was invented by a guy on Basketball Reference and it rates every NBA team that has played in history. A player can actually receive bonuses or deductions in certain areas based on this stat. If the player played for a rotten team the player’s ratings will decrease and will increase if he plays on a good team. The highest SRS rating I have seen would go to the 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks and that was a 11.91. The lowest I have seen would go to one of the first expansion teams in the 90’s (can’t remember which one). This keeps guys who padded there stats on weak teams (ala Michael Adams) from being just as good as guys who did it on competitive teams. One thing to note is that you will see some old school players who do not have opponent’s statistics for their particular season so you will see a N/A listed in those statistics like FG% Differential and Rebound Margin. In this case the SRS rating will be used to determine bonuses or deductions.
Finally there is Rebound Margin and this directly affects a players rebound ratings. A plus rebound margin means the player played on a team where they outrebounded there opponent and a negative indicates a team that was outrebounded. This will add bonus or deductions to a players ratings and this is another statistic you want to pay attention to when changing a player’s season.
In conclusion, if you have any questions on any of the ratings let me know because I know that the headers on the spreadsheet is an abbreviation of what the name of the rating actually is and it may confuse you. It was done like that so all we have to do is just copy and paste the ratings into the editor without having to go in and do it manually. I’ve included the list of the first 116 players I have finished so far
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