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Oct 25, 2015 · Big Data

Analyzing NBA Player Movement Data with Python: Extraction, Visualization, and Metrics

This article demonstrates how to retrieve NBA play‑by‑play movement data via the stats.nba.com API, transform it into a pandas DataFrame, enrich it with player names, visualize player trajectories on a basketball court, and compute travel distances, speeds and inter‑player distances using Python libraries.