Clustering performances in the NBA according to players' anthropometric attributes and playing experience

Zhang, Shaoliang, Lorenzo Calvo, Alberto ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4633-6701, Gómez Ruano, Miguel Ángel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9585-3158, Mateus, Nuno, Gonçalves, Bruno and Sampaio, Jaime (2018). Clustering performances in the NBA according to players' anthropometric attributes and playing experience. "Journal of Sports Sciences", v. 36 (n. 22); pp. 2511-2520. ISSN 0264-0414. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1466493.

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Title: Clustering performances in the NBA according to players' anthropometric attributes and playing experience
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Item Type: Article
Título de Revista/Publicación: Journal of Sports Sciences
Date: 2018
ISSN: 0264-0414
Volume: 36
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Freetext Keywords: Technical and physical performance; anthropometric attributes; playing experience
Faculty: Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF) (UPM)
Department: Deportes
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

The aim of this study was: (i) to group basketball players into similar clusters based on a combination of anthropometric characteristics and playing experience; and (ii) explore the distribution of players (included starters and non-starters) from different levels of teams within the obtained clusters. The game-related statistics from 699 regular season balanced games were analyzed using a two-step cluster model and a discriminant analysis. The clustering process allowed identifying five different player profiles: Top height and weight (HW) with low experience, TopHW-LowE; Middle HW with middle experience, MiddleHW-MiddleE; Middle HW with top experience, MiddleHW-TopE; Low HW with low experience, LowHW-LowE; Low HW with middle experience, LowHW-MiddleE. Discriminant analysis showed that TopHW-LowE group was highlighted by two-point field goals made and missed, offensive and defensive rebounds, blocks, and personal fouls; whereas the LowHW-LowE group made fewest passes and touches. The players from weaker teams were mostly distributed in LowHW-LowE group, whereas players from stronger teams were mainly grouped in LowHW-MiddleE group; and players that participated in the finals were allocated in the MiddleHW-MiddleE group. These results provide alternative references for basketball staff concerning the process of evaluating performance.

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Item ID: 54621
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/54621/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:54621
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2018.1466493
Official URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02640...
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 11 Feb 2020 12:20
Last Modified: 14 Feb 2020 07:41
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