awesome-nba-data

Classic lineup/five-man and on/off archives.

Ben Taylor’s long-form analytics pieces and historical series.

Historical scouting archive; DraftExpress now operates within ESPN.

NBA coverage largely archived; RAPTOR explainer still valuable.

Blog: thoughtful analytics write-ups (posting cadence varies).

Example link to a historic game visualization.

Free JSON NBA data API (games, players, stats). Great for prototypes; not 100% complete with tracking/synergy-style data.

Scrape Basketball-Reference data when API access isn’t available.

Community-maintained season, box score, and play-by-play datasets (quality varies; check provenance).

Endpoints for possessions, on/off, lineup splits, etc. (subscription).

Occasional metric and player/role breakdowns.

Analytics, history, and film breakdowns.

Reporting and analysis.

Film + stats breakdowns, metric explainers, historical series.

Deep historical database with player/team pages, game logs, and advanced stats.

Impact metric and tooling (role/skill data, leaderboards, glossary); mix of free and paid.

Subscription analytics that filter out garbage time; rich team, player, lineup views and explainers.

Player/team dashboards and meta-metrics (DARKO, DRIP, LEBRON, RAPTOR, CraftedPM), comparisons, and roles.

Public leaderboard for

League-wide player/team leaderboards and sortable tables.

Box Plus/Minus

Effective FG%

Estimated Plus-Minus (methodology)

Metric Intro

Player Efficiency Rating

SportsDataverse packages for ESPN/NBA data.

Official stats client (Python).

Possession parsing + lineup/shot zone helpers (Python).

Official league site: scores, news, schedules, standings, and video.

Official press releases: transactions, awards, and league announcements.

Coach’s Challenges, Rulebook resources, and the league’s public

Official stats portal (box scores, play-by-play, shooting, tracking summaries, lineups, Hustle, L2M links, etc.).

Official blockchain collectibles; occasionally useful for media assets and moment metadata.