[OC] Durchschnittliche Größe von NBA-Spielern. Kommt es zu einer Fehlzählung oder passiert bei 1,80 m etwas Großartiges?
Von jeffrowl
[OC] Durchschnittliche Größe von NBA-Spielern. Kommt es zu einer Fehlzählung oder passiert bei 1,80 m etwas Großartiges?
Von jeffrowl
11 Kommentare
Data came from Basketballreference.com
Used ggplot package in r to graph.
6’4″ is about when you start to look *noticeably* tall.
i’m only a casual nba fan but i feel like 6’4 is when players start getting described as versatile and can defend multiple positions i.e. there are 6’4 guys who can defend 6’9 wings in a pinch. i wouldn’t be surprised if that line (whether real or imagined, maybe the coaches are stuck in their old ways, who knows) was right around 6’3 where players below that are perceived to be unable to defend up.
nothing awesome happens at 6’4″, it’s just players who are 6’2″ or below are typically relegated to the point guard position, which is only 1 of 5 positions. players who are 6’4″ to about 6’9″ can be found at 3-5 of the positions depending on their skillset so there are going to be more of them
How many NBA players are there? A scale on the Y axis would help. There also appears to be exactly the same number of 6’7″ and 6’8″ players suggesting a low number „discrete“ vs. continuous count on the Y-Axis.
Also „Average“ doesn’t belong in the title.
I would love to see how much of the population is at these heights. I would expect to see a much bigger drop off as you get super tall but it’s countered by the fact that taller is so much better in basketball. It almost looks like a bell curve
The chart is a composite of the value of height in the NBA and the population of males of that height.
Value of height is going to increase steeply as height increases.
99th percentile male is around 6’4″. The population starts to get pretty small as you go up in height.
6″4 is the size when you should be able to dunk quite consistently.
But theres also Loads of miscounting. If you’re 6″2-6″3 you can say you’re 6″4 without it being too odd, and it’s better for your resume.
an example of continuous data being redefined as discrete data is part of your issue.
„Each dot = one player“
That’s a terrible y-axis scale. What exactly is a dot? A pixel? How many „dots“ per gridline?
Would be good to also include meters/metric equivalent for the rest of the non-imperial world