papertiger OP t1_j82v9ys wrote on February 11, 2023 at 5:34 AM Reply to comment by uatme in [OC] NBA Score Leaders - Heatmap of Points Scored per Year Aligned to Player Age by papertiger Interesting idea! Done: https://imgur.com/gallery/XSM3oQb Normalizing this way shows how consistent players are, even after a break. Permalink Parent 1
papertiger OP t1_j80ab6n wrote on February 10, 2023 at 6:01 PM Reply to [OC] NBA Score Leaders - Heatmap of Points Scored per Year Aligned to Player Age by papertiger Description: Answering the question, How does LeBron James' scoring record compare to other NBA score leaders? Data source: https://www.nba.com/stats Data totals checked with: https://www.nba.com/stats/alltime-leaders and http://www.espn.com/nba/history/leaders Tools: Python, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, https://github.com/swar/nba_api Code: https://gist.github.com/papertiger-stash/b3fb7127cbb8e457a85222ab25691a30 Notes: API hung, more reliable later at night. API double reports totals years a player was traded. Permalink 2
[OC] NBA Score Leaders - Heatmap of Points Scored per Year Aligned to Player Age Submitted by papertiger t3_10yydqg on February 10, 2023 at 6:00 PM in dataisbeautiful 6 comments 71
papertiger OP t1_j82v9ys wrote
Reply to comment by uatme in [OC] NBA Score Leaders - Heatmap of Points Scored per Year Aligned to Player Age by papertiger
Interesting idea! Done: https://imgur.com/gallery/XSM3oQb Normalizing this way shows how consistent players are, even after a break.