NBADraft

Predictive Models to analyze outcomes for drafted players

Player stats from Tankathon and Basketball Reference

Files:

• Tankathon_scraper.ipynb: webscrape college/international stats for draft prospects since 2004
• allstars.ipynb: code used to create models to predict future All-Stars
• skills.ipynb: code used to create models for creation, shooting, and defense
• model_helpers.py: contains functions for data cleaning and visualization that could be used for future projects that utilize the data scraped here
• outcomes_scraper.ipynb: code to webscrape NBA outcomes data, which can be used as response variables in future projects for draft projection
• results2024.csv: All-star probabilities for 2024 NBA Draft prospects after running the code in allstar.ipynb
• skill_results2024.csv: predicted PTS/36, TS%, AST/36, TOV%, 3PM/36, and DBPM for 2024 NBA Draft prospects after running the code in skills.ipynb

Data:

• draft_boards24.csv: contains draft board ranks for 5 major draft ranking sites (Tankathon, ESPN, CBS Sports, The Ringer, Rookie Scale) [LAST UPDATED: 06/22/2024]
• draft_players.csv: contains college/international stats for prospects between 2004 and 2023
• draft_players24.csv: contains college/international stats for 2024 NBA Draft prospects [LAST UPDATED: 06/22/2024]
• outcomes.csv: contains NBA career outcomes for draft prospects between 2004 and 2020