Counting the Baskets

Draft Prospect Playing Style Visualization

Stylin' n' Profilin'

I put together a big group of data visualizations using the top 100 draft prospects and data via Draft Express. The visualizations are meant to give some insight on the different players' style of play in college or Europe, as well as demonstrate some more general statistical relationships. For players, for example one can see how balanced Tyus Jones' scoring was at Duke, visualize how many more blocks Robert Upshaw averaged than anyone else or where Rondae Hollis-Jefferson ranks in made three pointers for small forwards (Spoiler: Low). This a companion to my overall rating viz here, and I may take some still frames out for future articles.

They are all interactive, so play around with them and let me know if there are other charts or filters you would like to see.

 

 

Draft Prospect Stat Breakdown

Below is an interactive version of the stat breakdowns I made for this year's draft. The basic format is to use the standardized scores of prospects in five different categories, rebounding, scoring, distribution, and a group combining age, competition level and scouting ratings.  Bars above zero indicate that the player was above average for that group, and bars below zero means they were rated below average in that group.  The floating ball with the number beside it, meanwhile, gives the player's overall rating in the draft model.

Then there are a couple of panels with scatter plots to show some of the playing styles of the prospects.