HenningKlokkeraasen / bball

A collated list of basketball players and accolades

Bball

A collated list of basketball players and accolades.

Uses www.basketball-reference.com as a source for various lists of accolades for basketball players (mainly in the NBA), and collates them to a single matrix.

Accolades and awards

Basketball in general

• 50 Greatest players in the NBA
• Hall of Fame
• Bill Simmons Hall of Fame Pyramid

Per NBA season

• NBA Championship titles
• NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP)
• NBA Finals MVP
• All-NBA Team selections
• All-Defensive Team selections
• All-Rookie Team selections
• NBA All-Star MVP
• NBA All-Star selections
• NBA Rookie of the Year (ROY)
• NBA Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY)
• NBA Most Improved Player (MIP)
• NBA Sixth Man of the Year
• NBA league leaders in PTS, AST, REB, STL, BLK, PPG, APG, RPG, SPG, BPG, FG%, 3PT%, FT%

NBA All-time

• NBA league leaders in PTS, AST, REB, STL, BLK, PPG, APG, RPG, SPG, BPG, FG%, 3PT%, FT%

Per NBA game

• NBA league leaders in PTS, AST, REB, STL, BLK, FG%, 3PT%, FT%

Per ABA season

• All-ABA Team selections
• ABA MVPs
• ABA Playoff MVP

BAA, NBL, other leagues

Olympics and FIBA World Cup

• Dream Team
• Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze medals
• FIBA World Cup Gold, Silver and Bronze medals

Combined score

A subjective combined score is calculated based on the awards and accolades.

Setting up

Data sources (download csv to \data):

• http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/mvp.html -> nbvamvps.csv
• http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/finals_mvp.html -> nbafinalsmvps.csv
• http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_star_mvp.html -> nbaasgmvps.csv
• http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/nba_50_greatest.html -> 50greatest.csv
• http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/hof.html -> http://www.convertcsv.com/html-table-to-csv.htm -> halloffame.csv
• http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_league.html -> allnbaabateams.csv
• http://www.basketball-reference.com/olympics/teams/USA/1992 -> olympicteams/usa1992.csv
• http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/ -> each champion page -> roster -> nbachampionshipteams/PHW_1947.csv etc
• http://www.basketball-reference.com/allstar/ -> each all-star page -> rosters -> nbaallstarteams/NBA_1951.csv etc
• http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/simmons_pyramid.html -> simmonshofpyramid.csv

Dev environment

• See setup-dev-env.cmd (Windows)

Install

• See install.cmd

Compile

• See compile.cmd

Start node.js web server

• See startserver.cmd

Run

• open index.html in a browser