{"id":234,"date":"2019-11-20T09:17:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T14:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/data-science\/?p=234"},"modified":"2022-10-13T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T03:00:00","slug":"data-science-at-espn-nba-player-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/dmc\/2019\/11\/20\/data-science-at-espn-nba-player-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Science at ESPN: NBA player performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-118\" style=\"margin: 1em;float: right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/data-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/330\/2019\/09\/shutterstock_1081970570-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Data Science at Ramapo\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Join us on December 5th to hear Brian Macdonald showcase how Data Science identifies the value of box score statistics in estimating NBA players&#8217; contribution to on-court performance. 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