PistonsViz

Background and Overview

PistonsViz is a visualizer displaying historic player statistical data from Detroit Pistons Basketball seasons.

High Level Overview

With analytics predominating sports today, the purpose of this project is to showcase the advantages of data visualization in the analysis of statistics.

Functionality and MVP Features

• Select team statistics by year.
• Select specific player statistics.
• Sort player statistics
• Compare teams / players

Technologies Used

• Javascript
• HTML
• CSS
• D3 for data visualization

Wireframes

User will be able to toggle the season that they wish to display. Once selected, a list of players from that specific roster will be displayed for further analysis.

Timeline

Day 1

• Research D3
• Gather pertinent data
• Begin implementing data with D3

Day 2

• Continue researching D3
• Setup backend for API

Day 3

• Select team statistics by year.
• Test datapoints for functionality
• Begin styling

Day 4

• Select specific player statistics.
• Test datapoints for functionality
• Continue styling

Day 5

• Select specific player statistics / Sort player statistics.
• Test datapoints for functionality
• Continue styling

Day 6

• Implement Compare teams / players
• Test datapoints for functionality
• Continue styling

Day 7

• Implement Compare teams / players
• Test datapoints for functionality
• Continue styling