Comments on: Hacking HotZones http://www.countthebasket.com/blog/2007/11/08/hacking-hotzones/ Advanced Stats for Basketball Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:09:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Hawk http://www.countthebasket.com/blog/2007/11/08/hacking-hotzones/#comment-11 Hawk Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:06:44 +0000 http://www.countthebasket.com/blog/2007/11/08/hacking-hotzones/#comment-11 I figured out my issue with downloading process. Thanks. I figured out my issue with downloading process. Thanks.

]]> By: Phil http://www.countthebasket.com/blog/2007/11/08/hacking-hotzones/#comment-10 Phil Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:03:33 +0000 http://www.countthebasket.com/blog/2007/11/08/hacking-hotzones/#comment-10 Great stuff! It would be good to (eventually) be able to see where players are taking their shots ... might we find that player X, who appears to be a 40% shooter, is actually a 45%-quality shooter who just happens to take difficult shots? And if that were true, what would it mean? I'm looking forward to seeing what apbrmetricians can do with this data. Great stuff! It would be good to (eventually) be able to see where players are taking their shots … might we find that player X, who appears to be a 40% shooter, is actually a 45%-quality shooter who just happens to take difficult shots? And if that were true, what would it mean?

I’m looking forward to seeing what apbrmetricians can do with this data.

]]> By: Eli http://www.countthebasket.com/blog/2007/11/08/hacking-hotzones/#comment-9 Eli Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:51:08 +0000 http://www.countthebasket.com/blog/2007/11/08/hacking-hotzones/#comment-9 As I mentioned, I might go through how to write a script to download them in bulk in a future post. If you just want to download them one at a time, enter the URL (for one of the shot chart or zone game-by-game stats files) into your browser and a dialog should pop up asking you if you want to download it. Just save it to your computer as a .txt file and then open it up to view it (or you can leave it as a .jsp file, but then you might have to open it not by double-clicking but by going into a text editor like Notepad and opening it from there). As I mentioned, I might go through how to write a script to download them in bulk in a future post. If you just want to download them one at a time, enter the URL (for one of the shot chart or zone game-by-game stats files) into your browser and a dialog should pop up asking you if you want to download it. Just save it to your computer as a .txt file and then open it up to view it (or you can leave it as a .jsp file, but then you might have to open it not by double-clicking but by going into a text editor like Notepad and opening it from there).

]]> By: Dennis_D http://www.countthebasket.com/blog/2007/11/08/hacking-hotzones/#comment-8 Dennis_D Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:09:19 +0000 http://www.countthebasket.com/blog/2007/11/08/hacking-hotzones/#comment-8 Great stuff! I was thinking of developing some PL/SQL code for capturing all stats off the web and calculating the advanced stats and then publishing the code to the APBRmetrics forum. This will be something I will look into capturing. Great stuff! I was thinking of developing some PL/SQL code for capturing all stats off the web and calculating the advanced stats and then publishing the code to the APBRmetrics forum. This will be something I will look into capturing.

]]> By: Hawk http://www.countthebasket.com/blog/2007/11/08/hacking-hotzones/#comment-7 Hawk Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:26:57 +0000 http://www.countthebasket.com/blog/2007/11/08/hacking-hotzones/#comment-7 Interesting. I'll check back to see what more you post. I am not that software savvy so I haven't figure out the right steps to download and view these text files yet. If you leave it for folks to do themselves a fuller step by step instruction would be appreciated. Thanks. Interesting.

I’ll check back to see what more you post.

I am not that software savvy so I haven’t figure out the right steps to download and view these text files yet. If you leave it for folks to do themselves a fuller step by step instruction would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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