I went back to the woodshed and generated a new, lighter version of NBA in Motion. In this edition, the dataset begins in 1993 which marks the first season of any active player (Shaq's rookie season). I've also trimmed the selection of statistics to rate stats and advanced stats to make the loading process smoother. Of course, if you still want other counting stats like steals, blocks, and personal fouls, feel free to use the original version.

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When Brent at Queen City Hoops published his new Player Swap Tool, I felt like I needed to do something. Coincidentally, his post elicited the same anxious feeling that he felt after reading Matt Moore's PER/USG spider graphs. In fact, I probably could have copy and pasted Brent's opening paragraph at his blog, switched around a few subjects and objects, and inserted it here. The Player Swap tool was fantastic in its original version but now it's even better-- more functional and truer to reality.

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Hoopdata proudly presents exclusive drawn charge leaders and trailers for the 2009-10 season. Here's the leader board of the most charges drawn per 40 minutes among players who play more than 25 minutes per game.

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It's time for another installment of that bi-weekly color bomb of the NBA. Actually, I was supposed to post this yesterday but I was gone all day traveling up and down the east coast. But anywho, here is the season-long tNBAiPF with statistics updated through Sunday's games.

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One of the great cornerstones of sports entertainment is unpredictability. It's the main ingredient of storytelling, expecting one event before the improbable slaps you across the face. It's why we go to the games. It's why we get that familiar rush of optimism just before the season starts.

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