They're ba-a-a-a-a-ck...

The Daily Point Recap pages are now up and running for the new season. DFS point and salary data is available for each regular-season game day for FanDuel, DraftKings, DraftDay, and Yahoo DFS.

The NBA DFS master file is also now available. This file will be a premium service starting in December, but will be available for free through the end of November. For notes on the files contents and operating parameters, see rotoguru1.com/hoop/nba-dhd-2017-notes.txt

The NBA Player Stats Summarizer has not yet been updated for the new season. This should be ready within the next day or two.

All data is typically updated by 6am ET each morning.

Making a list, checking it twice..

I expect to have the Daily Point Recaps and the master data file available on Wednesday (Oct 26). Ditto for the Stat Summarizer. However, before releasing them, I want to do some extra checking and testing in the morning, just to make sure everything looks to be ship-shape. So don't expect them to be available when the sun rises. I'll post here when they are ready for prime time - along with the applicable links.

With any luck, sortable stats and player pages will update automatically overnight. But, of course, if you notice something that looks wrong, there's a good chance that it is. It always takes a day or two at the start of a new season to shake out the bugs.

Limited preseason data now available

As some of you know, RotoGuru.com and affiliated sites DailyHoopsdata and DailyBaseballData are a one-man operation. So if I'm not available to work on the site(s), nothing happens.

I decided to take an extended vacation for the first three weeks of October, and as a consequence, all efforts to get prepared for the impending NBA season were delayed until I returned. So I'm scrambling at the moment.

In recent seasons, I've tracked and posted stats for preseason NBA games. I've finally generated those results for the current preseason, and they are now available subject to some limitations:

1. There may be some errors. In particular, games in which an NBA team faced an international team are suspect. I checked a few instances, and they looked OK - but I'm not completely confident. Caveat emptor.
2. I have not captured preseason DFS salary data for those sites that offered preseason contests.
3. That said, if you pull up an individual player page (ex: Lebron James), you can now see DFS points for preseason games.
4. I've also incorporated preseason point data in the sortable stats as long as you select a point period of 7, 15, or 30 days. Full season data will still only reflect regular season production. Note also that players are only listed if they have been included in a DFS contest for the related site. Since some sites (notably FanDuel and DraftKings) have not yet released contests for Wed, Oct 26, the player listings are currently limited to Tuesday game players.

Preseason results will not appear in the Daily Recap pages, nor will they be included in the master data file when that becomes available.

Prior year data is available

Last year, I produced a data file with daily data for every player in the NBA for the 2015-16 regular season and postseason. DFS points, salaries, and positions are shown for each gameday for FanDuel, DraftKings, Draftday, and Star Fantasy. The file is still available at a cost of $20. For more information, follow this link.

A similar file is available for the 2014-15 regular season. It is available for free. The data elements are a bit more limited, but you'll probably find what you are looking for. Here is the link.

In each case, the file can be easily imported into Excel. Simply copy/paste the data into an excel spreadsheet, then select
Data->Text to columns->Delimited->Other : (colon)->Finish
to parse the data into columns.

I plan to produce a similar file for the upcoming season. It will also be a subscription service, updated daily. The file may not be ready for opening day, but should be available during the first week. Pricing details are not yet finalized, but the file will be free for an initial trial period.

Ready, set, wait

NBA processing will not start until the regular season begins. In some years, I have generated preseason NBA stats, but this year I’ll be taking an extended vacation for the first half of October, so all NBA processing will be deferred until the regular season starts. I expect to be offering stats similar to last year, probably with a few minor tweaks. More details will be announced near the start of the season.

DNP data disparity

I discovered that some DNP games were incorrectly being included as games played for some players in the various RotoGuru stats reports. This caused some per-game averages to be understated.

I think I have it fixed. But please let me know if you think otherwise. If a player does not appear in a game, it should not be included for determination of per-game averages.

NBA Data file - version 2

Based on some early feedback, I've added a few enhancements to the NBA data file. The following data elements are now available in "version 2".

GameID - a unique identifier for each game.
Game time (ET)
Double-double indicator
Triple-double indicator
Daily salary change (for each game site)

For more details, see this thread at the RotoGuru Hoops Forum.