Does acquiring NBA stars lead to winning?

Last offseason a lot of NBA stars were traded. Consequently, we asked ourselves to what extend acquiring stars leads to winning. We combined data from different tables and carried out statistical analysis with a dataset of 32 NBA star players, traded or signed in free agency between 2000 and 2016.

Who is the Average Joe of the NBA?!

To find the most average NBA players we analysed our advance offensive indicators (INV Rate, DOC, DOE) as well as defensive statistics (DWS, DBPM) and salaries for 2016/2017. The All-NBA Average team includes: Austin Rivers, Bojan Bogdanovic, Matt Barnes, Willie Cauley-Stein and Aron Baynes.

FiveTimesFive blog – Going deeper into NBA stats

This blog post should serve as the first cornerstone of, hopefully, an interesting and fun blog which will attract basketball enthusiasts with a thing for basketball stats. We will welcome all of your questions, comments and suggestions, and be happy to engage in interesting discussions. To go even deeper into NBA stats… together! Stay tuned!