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Francis, Rashad J. Kelly Thomas M. "A shirking model of NBA players." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/4853.
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Tran, Tuan M. Eng (Tuan Minh) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Predicting NBA games with matrix factorization." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106385.
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Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2016.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 37).
In my thesis, I present the methods I use to predict NBA games using matrix factorization. Matrix factorization is popular through the Netflix recommendation problem, but in general, one can apply it to data that are best modeled as the result of pairwise interaction. My thesis contains three parts. First, I explain how I model NBA prediction as a matrix factorization problem and use the basic low-rank matrix factorization approach to discover structure in the data. I also explain some differences between using matrix factorization for NBA prediction versus that in the Netflix recommendation problem. Second, I use probabilistic matrix factorization (PMF) to incorporate the fact that when two teams play each other, the scores will be different each time. Lastly, I incorporate supplementary information such as the date of the game by combining multiple PMF problems using Gaussian process priors. I replace the scalar latent features with functions of this supplementary information to aid with prediction.
by Tuan Tran.
M. Eng.
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Shah, Parin. "Economic Subterfuge and the NBA Lockout." Thesis, Boston College, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/2641.
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Thesis advisor: Richard, S.J. McGowanAt the very core of the National Basketball Association’s labor negotiations between the owners and the players during the 2011 lockout was the league’s argument that its economic structure was broken. Owners contended that the NBA’s soft salary cap system, and the resulting payroll disparity, has put small-market franchises at a talent disadvantage and produced a league of haves and have-nots. To remedy this purported competitive balance problem, the owners demanded severe policy measures to decrease the pay dispersion among teams. However, the players union cautioned that these hardline provisions were merely an attempt to transfer wealth from players to owners. This charge warranted further analysis. Existing literature on this topic is either outdated or insufficient in scope. As such, using regression analysis, this thesis evaluated the league’s argument and determined to what extent the league’s soft salary cap system has contributed to its competitive imbalance.The empirical analysis of this thesis produced several meaningful conclusions. While the NBA has relative imbalance, it does not affect consumer demand for the regular season product. Moreover, while pay dispersion exists, additional salary expenditures only marginally add to a team’s winning percentage. There is no significant relationship between payroll disparity and competitive balance. Finally, with the escalating importance of media rights contracts and the historical appreciation of franchise valuation, the league overstated the financial distress of most of its small-market owners. Overall, the NBA and its owners used deceptive rhetoric and misleading economic policies to decrease player salaries, not to increase competitive balance, in a collusive effort to maximize profits and reassert its diminishing monopsony power in an increasingly star-driven league
Thesis (BS) — Boston College, 2012
Submitted to: Boston College. Carroll School of Management
Discipline: Carroll School of Management Honors Program
Discipline: Economics
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Perry, Christopher Mattison. "Selection Bias in the NBA Draft." Thesis, Boston College, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/554.
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Thesis advisor: Christopher MaxwellIn this paper I present an econometric analysis of selection bias in the NBA Draft from 1995-2003. Employing an interval regression maximum likelihood control model that predicts the eventual value of players based on their Draft position, I pinpoint which groups of players consistently over-perform or under-perform relative to their Draft position. Using this analysis I detect bias pertaining to four different groups of players. There was a bias against high school players, especially those taken in the lottery (the top of the first round of the Draft), which may point to risk-averse tendencies of NBA teams. There was also a bias in favor of centers taken in the lottery, who were consistently drafted too high. Black players were selected too low in the first round, and too high in the second round. The final effect deals with foreign entrants to the Draft. From 1995-2001 foreigners were drafted too low; in 2002 and 2003, when more foreigners were selected, they were drafted too high. My paper details the nature of these biases and analyzes their potential causes
Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2008
Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Economics
Discipline: Economics Honors Program
Discipline: College Honors Program
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Jones, Eric Scot. "Predicting Outcomes of NBA Basketball Games." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2016. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28084.
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A stratified random sample of 144 NBA basketball games was taken over a three-year period, between 2008 and 2011. Models were developed to predict point spread and to estimate the probability of a specific team winning based on various in-game statistics. Statistics significant in the model were field-goal shooting percentage, three-point shooting percentage, free-throw shooting percentage, offensive rebounds, assists, turnovers, and free-throws attempted. Models were verified using exact in-game statistics for a random sample of 50 NBA games taken during the 2011-2012 season with 88-94% accuracy. Three methods were used to estimate in-game statistics of future games so that the models could be used to predict a winner in games played by Team A and Team B. Models using these methods had accuracies of approximately 62%. Seasonal averages for these in-game statistics were used in the model developed to predict the winner of each game for the 2013-2016 NBA Championships.
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Hong, Sungjai. "Determining Effectiveness of NBA Jersey Sponsorship." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1562861534058407.
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Anderson, Scott E. "Does Tanking Work? Evidence from the NBA." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1012.
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) has recently come under scrutiny from media and fans due to the perception that some franchises are losing games on purpose in an attempt to win a higher draft pick. While researchers have concluded tanking does exist in the NBA, this is the first paper to analyze the strategy’s success in terms of generating increases in future winning percentage or future franchise value. This paper, through panel data regressions controlling for fixed effects for 21 seasons, has found that tanking does have a large impact on future winning percentage. A team that tanks typically sees a significant increase in wins of approximately 9.87 games between the 2nd and 4th year after the team tanked. These results have large implications for the league as the NBA recently began draft reform discussions to reduce the incentive to tank. This paper validates the leagues’ belief that draft reform must occur as tanking can give an unfair advantage in future years.
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Puranmalka, Keshav. "Modelling the NBA to make better predictions." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85464.
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Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2013.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Unexpected events often occur in the world of sports. In my thesis, I present work that models the NBA. My goal was to build a model of the NBA Machine Learning and other statistical tools in order to better make predictions and quantify unexpected events. In my thesis, I first review other quantitative models of the NBA. Second, I present novel features extracted from NBA play-by-play data that I use in building my predictive models. Third, I propose predictive models that use team-level statistics. In the team models, I show that team strength relations might not be transitive in these models. Fourth, I propose predictive models that use player-level statistics. In these player-level models, I demonstrate that taking the context of a play into account is important in making useful prediction. Finally, I analyze the effectiveness of the different models I created, and propose suggestions for future lines of inquiry.
by Keshav Puranmalka.
M. Eng.
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Kates, Mitchell (Mitchell H. ). "Player motion analysis : automatically classifying NBA plays." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100664.
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Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Basketball is a team game, and an important task for coaches is analyzing the effectiveness of various offensive plays. Currently, teams spend a great deal of time examining video of past games. If teams could automatically classify plays, they could more effectively analyze their own plays and scout their opponents. In this thesis, we develop a methodology to help automatically classify a set of NBA plays using data from the SportVU optical tracking system, which tracks the position of each player and the ball 25 times per second. The problem is made challenging by the variations in how a play is run, the high proportion of possessions where no set play is run, the variance in length of plays, and the difficulty of acquiring a large number of labeled plays. We develop a framework for classifying plays using supervised machine learning. In our approach, we incorporate a novel sliding block algorithm that improves our classifier by accounting for the difference in play lengths. We also use a variant of the traditional one vs. all multi-class SVM. This approach is well suited to distinguish labeled plays from free motion and unlabeled plays. This thesis demonstrates that we can use SportVU data to automatically differentiate plays. We selected a total of six plays to classify, where each play had at least 20 labeled instances. We also added a large selection of plays that were not one of these six and labeled them as Other. Our framework correctly predicted the play with an accuracy of 72.6% and an F-score of .727. We also propose a framework, based on our engineered features, to extend our research to unlabeled plays.
by Mitchell Kates.
M. Eng.
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Aguilar-Mamani, Wilson. "Crystallization of NBA-ZSM-5 from kaolin." Doctoral thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Kemiteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-63169.
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ZSM-5 is an aluminosilicate zeolite with high Si/Al ratio with suitable properties for catalysis, ion exchange, adsorption and membrane applications. The main goal of this thesis was to study the growth of ZSM-5 zeolite crystals from inexpensive natural sources of silica and alumina, as well as n-butylamine (NBA) as a low-cost structure directing agent. The first objective of this work was to develop pathways to synthesize ZSM-5 crystals from kaolin clay or diatomaceous earth, two inexpensive natural sources of silica and alumina (Paper I). In the case of kaolin, a heat treatment was used in order to form amorphous metakaolinite. Subsequently, dealumination of the raw materials by acid leaching made it possible to reach appropriate Si/Al ratios and to reduce the amount of impurities. Finally, leached metakaolinite or diatomaceous earth was reacted with sodium hydroxide and NBA. After synthesis optimization, both sources of aluminosilicates were found to behave differently during the course of synthesis and to lead to slightly different reaction products. The final products exhibited Si/Al ratios in the range 10-20. The use of leached diatomaceous earth allowed to reach higher yield of ZSM-5 crystals within comparable synthesis times. However, low amounts of mordenite were inevitably formed as a by-product, which was related to the high calcium content of diatomaceous earth. Therefore, the rest of the thesis focused on the kaolin system. In order to study the growth mechanism of ZSM-5 from leached metakaolinite, a proper methodology to gain local compositional data by energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) on aluminosilicates was developed (Paper II). Zeolite A was used as a model system that could be ion-exchanged with various elements. In order to evaluate the reliability of the measurements, inductively coupled plasma-sector field mass spectrometry (ICP-SFMS) and EDS were compared. The EDS method developed in this work resulted in molar ratios very close to theoretical values and was therefore found more reliable than ICP-SFMS. Therefore, the method developed for zeolite A was applied in the rest of the thesis work to study the formation and growth of ZSM-5 crystals. The second part of this work focused on the kaolin system in order to understand the nucleation and growth processes of the ZSM-5 crystals. This system was heterogeneous, due to the formation of a gel upon heating of the synthesis mixture. First, the internal structure of the gel was investigated (Paper III). Second, a kinetic study was performed and compared with microstructural observations (Paper IV). Finally, the mechanisms leading to Al-zoning and dendritical growth of the zeolite crystals were investigated (Paper V). The characterization of the intermediate phases during the different stages of the hydrothermal synthesis were analyzed by different analytical techniques, such as inductively coupled plasma-sector field mass spectrometry (ICP-SFMS), dynamic light scattering (DLS), extreme high resolution-scanning electron microscopy (XHR-SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), high resolution-transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and nitrogen gas adsorption. These investigations led to several important conclusions: 1) The walls of the gel were shown for the first time to be inhomogeneous and to possess a biphasic internal structure consisting of a mesoporous skeleton of aluminosilicate nanoparticles embedded in a silicate-rich soluble matrix of soft matter. 2) The kinetic study and microstructural evidences indicated that the early crystals were fully embedded inside the gel phase and that crystal growth was retarded, as the formation of the gel occurred simultaneously with the early growth of the crystals. Hence, nucleation and growth appeared to be solution mediated. 3) Finally, the Al zoning of the crystals was related to the biphasic internal structure of the gel, since the silicate-rich matrix was preferentially consumed first. 4) The dendrites present at the surface of the crystals during most of the growth process were shown to be caused by the presence of a web of nanoparticles, most likely originating from the mesoporous skeleton inside the gel. In the future, these findings are expected to lead to optimized synthesis pathways of catalysts with homogeneous properties and to contribute to the development of poor regions in Bolivia.
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Hayles, James Russell Jackson John D. "Does an all-star premium exist in the NBA? an econometric analysis of NBA player salaries fom 1999-2006 /." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2006%20Summer/Theses/HAYLES_JAMES_12.pdf.
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Baier, Antje. "Untersuchungen zum stickstoffinduzierten Phycobilisomenabbau - NblA, ein kleines Protein mit großer Wirkung." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät I, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16870.
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Der Abbau der PBS unter Stickstoffmangel ist in Cyanobakterien ein ubiquitärer Mechanismus. Essenziell für den Abbau ist das Protein NblA. Das in Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 gut untersuchte ~7 kDa große Protein interagiert als Homodimer mit den PBS und dem Chaperon ClpC. Soweit bekannt kodieren alle Cyanobakterien ein essenzielles NblA-Protein. Der Modellorganismus Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, dagegen kodiert mit NblA1 und NblA2 sogar zwei für den PBS-Abbau entscheidende Proteine. In dieser Arbeit konnte erstmalig durch in vitro und in vivo Interaktionsstudien mithilfe von pull down-Versuchen und FRET gezeigt werden, dass NblA1 und NblA2 als biologisch aktive Form ein Heterodimer bilden. In vitro-pulldown-Versuche zeigten für Synechocystis eine Interaktion des Heterodimers mit den PBS und ClpC. Durch die Ausbildung dieses ternären Komplexes markiert NblA1/NblA2 die PBS für den Abbau durch eine Clp-Protease mit ClpC als Chaperonpartner. In Photobionten gibt es eine Reihe von clp-Genen, so besitzen Cyanobakterien vier proteolytische clp Untereinheiten. Aus diesen bilden sich gemischte Heptamere aus je zwei Clp-Untereinheiten. Zwei lösliche, im Cytoplasma vorkommende Proteasen wurden bis jetzt zweifelsfrei identifiziert, eine dritte, an der Thylakoidmembran assoziierte Protease wird außerdem vermutet. Diese putative Protease, vermutlich aus dem Chaperon ClpC und den proteolytischen Untereinheiten ClpP1 und ClpR aufgebaut, wurde heterolog exprimiert. Mittels Koreinigung konnte ein funktioneller proteolytischer Kern gereinigt werden, der zusammen mit dem Chaperon ClpC eine aktive Clp-Protease bildet. Durch Größenausschlusschromatografie und Untersuchungen zur Proteaseaktivität konnte diese dann erstmalig charakterisiert werden. Des Weiteren zeigten in vitro-Degradationsversuche mit der aktiven Protease zweifelsfrei, dass das NblA1/NblA2-Heterodimer durch ClpC-ClpP1/ClpR abgebaut wird. Der Abbau von NblA1/NblA2 kann demnach auch ohne ein Substrat durch die Protease erfolgen.The degradation of pycobilisomes under nitrogen deficiency, which is visible as a color change from blue green to yellow green, is an ubiquitary mechanism. Essential for the degradation is the small NblA protein. The well characterized NblA protein from Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 builds as biological active form a homodimer and interacts with the phycobilisomes and ClpC. However, the model organism Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 possess two nblA genes, nblA1 and nblA2, which are both essential for phycobilisome degradation. In this work it could be shown by interaction studies and Förster resonance energy transfer that NblA1 and NblA2 builds as biological active form a heterodimer. Furthermore it could be shown that the NblA proteins form a ternary complex with ClpC (the HSP100 chaperone partner of Clp proteases) and phycobiliproteins in vitro. This complex is susceptible to ATP-dependent degradation by a Clp protease. Clp proteases of Cyanobacteria consist, besides the chaperones ClpC and ClpX of three different proteolytic subunits (ClpP1, 2, 3) and the ClpP variant ClpR which lacks the catalytic triad typical of Serine-type proteases. In Synechococcus 7942 two Clp proteases could be identified by gel filtration and immunoblot analyses, which provided evidence that each protease consists of a unique proteolytic core comprised of two separate Clp subunits, one core consisting of ClpP1 and ClpP2, and the other of ClpP3 and ClpR, in which subunits ClpP1/ClpP2 interact with ClpX and the ClpP3/ClpR protease with ClpC. In addition to these two soluble proteases, a third, membrane associated proteolytic complex is assumed, consisting of ClpP1 and ClpR. In Synechocystis 6803, homologs of the Clp machinery could be found by BLAST analyzes. This putative ClpP1/ClpR protease could be characterized in vitro by size-exclusion chromatography and degradation assays. Furthermore it could be shown a degradation of the NblA1/NblA2 heterodimer by the protease.
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Breslow, Jonah F. "Salary Inequality in the NBA: Changing Returns to Skill or Wider Skill Distributions?" Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1645.
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In this paper, I examine trends in salary inequality from the 1985-86 NBA season to the 2015-16 NBA season. Income and wealth inequality have been extremely important issues recently, which motivated me to analyze inequality in the NBA. I investigated if salary inequality trends in the NBA can be explained by either returns to skill or widening skill distributions. I used Pareto exponents to measure inequality levels and tested to see if the levels changed over the sample. Then, I estimated league-wide returns to skill. I found that returns to skill have not significantly changed, but variance in skill has increased. This result explained some of the variation in salary distributions. This could potentially influence future Collective Bargaining Agreements insofar as it provides an explanation for widening NBA salary distributions as opposed to a judgment whether greater levels of inequality is either good or bad for the NBA.
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Meyer, Peter. "Do NBA Fans Discriminate Against Race Or Nationality?" Scholarship @ Claremont, 2011. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/258.
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Previous work found evidence that the racial composition of NBA teams was positively correlated with the racial composition of their metropolitan market areas during the 1990s. This paper finds continued evidence of this relationship in the 2000s, with an accompanying attendance boost from the incorporation of white players on teams located in whiter areas. There is also evidence that white players receive a salary premium relative to black players of equal performance quality. An examination of player performance indicates that demand for foreign players with the skill set of a forward or center is higher than demand for players of equal quality from the U.S. However, an analysis of salary discrimination related to foreign players produced no conclusive evidence.
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Sarmento, Mario R. "The NBA on network television a historical analysis /." [Florida] : State University System of Florida, 1998. http://etd.fcla.edu/etd/uf/1998/amd0039/thesis.pdf.
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Louivion, Simon, and Felicia Pettersson. "Analysis of Performance Measures That Affect NBA Salaries." Thesis, KTH, Matematisk statistik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-209790.
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This thesis investigates which factors that affect the salary for basketball players in the NBA and if the salary cap has achieved its purpose. The data for this project was collected from basketball-reference.com and consisted of performance measures from season 2015/2016 and salaries from the beginning of the season 2016/2017. The study was performed by using multiple linear regression analysis in the software R and the data was handled in Excel. The results from the regression indicates that position point guard, if the player has played in D-league or not,Age, Offensive rebounds, Assists, Steals, Two point attempts, Three point attempts, Free throw attempts, Field goal percentage, Usage percentage and Defensive rating are the main factors that affect the salary. The performance measures that had the greatest were two and three point attempts. The regression model achieved an explanatory level of 57:4%. In complementary to analyze if the salary cap has achieved its purpose, a literature analysis was used and showed that the salary cap systems in North America are neither accurately designed nor do they satisfy the intentions of what they were set to achieve.Denna rapport undersöker vilka prestationsfaktorer som påverkar lönen för basketspelare i NBA och om NBA’s salary cap (lönetak) har uppnått sitt syfte. Datan för projektet hämtades från basketball-reference.com och bestod utav spelarstatistik ifrån säsong 2015/2016 och lön ifrån början av säsong 2016/2017. Undersökningen utfördes genom linjär regressions analys med hjälp utav mjukvaruprogrammet R och datan hanterades i Excel. Resultatet från regressionen visar att positionen point guard, om spelaren spelat i D-league eller inte, ålder, offensiva returer, assists, steals, 2-poängsförsök, 3-poängsförsök, straffkastsförsök, field goal procent, användningsprocent och defensiv rating är faktorer som påverkar lönesättningen. Prestationsmåtten med störst påverkan var 2-poängsförsök och 3-poängsförsök. Regressionsmodellen uppnådde en förklaringsgrad på 57:4%. Motsvarande, för att analysera om NBA’s salary cap har uppnått sitt syfte gjordes en litteraturstudie som visade att salary cap-systemen i Nordamerika varken är korrekt utformade eller uppfyller sina ursprungliga syften.
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Pilmaier, Jan. "Dostávají hráči NBA zaplaceno dle jejich mezního produktu?" Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-150286.
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This paper deals with the question whether the structure of the labor market in NBA is monopson or not. On the data from the NBA season 2011/12 I estimate player's marginal productivity using two stages least square model. In the first step I determine winner-loss ratio based on players' performance statistics. In the second step I use the results from the first model to predict team's revenues. This effect is controlled by other economic and social variables. Based on this model's results I determined that even though this market is not perfectly competitive, the results are not strong enough for monopson. Short player market could be described as winner-take-all market while on the market for centers there is a balance between pivots and owners and players can obtain their salary equal to their productivity. Then I discovered the superstar effect, according to which stars get bonuses to their salary against the rest of players. Finally it was found out that rookie contracts decrease players' rewards. On the market for centers the life cycle hypothesis holds.
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Whaler, Sammie. "Novel strategies in NBIA : a gene therapy approach for PLA2G6-associated neurodegeneration." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2018. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10053348/.
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Infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD) is a debilitating, intractable and ultimately lethal neurodegenerative disorder. It is caused by mutations in the PLA2G6 gene which encodes for phospholipase A2. INAD patients present neurodegeneration-associated symptoms between six months and three years of age. Severe spasticity, progressive cognitive decline, and visual impairment typically result in death during the first decade (Morgan et al, 2006). There is no disease-modifying treatment available and palliative care focuses on quality of life. Therefore, there is an overwhelming need to develop novel therapies to treat INAD patients. To create a landscape of the behavioural and pathological deficits, we aim to first conduct an in-depth characterization of the PLA2G6 mouse model developed by Wada et al (2009). Additionally, we aim to develop an AAV-mediated gene therapy approach for the treatment of INAD and conduct a pre-clinical study in the pla2g6-inad mouse model. The objective is to be able to prevent or ameliorate both the central and peripheral nervous system phenotype and improve the lifespan and/or quality of life of the animal. Recombinant adeno-associated virus serotype 9 vector (AAV9) will be used to deliver the therapeutic human PLA2G6 gene to the neonatal pla2g6-inad mouse. The strong neuron specific synapsin-I promoter will drive the human PLA2G6 gene. The efficacy of different administration routes including intracerebroventricular (ICV), intravenous (IV) and a combination of intracerebroventricular (ICV)/ intravenous (IV) and intracerbroventricular (ICV)/intraperioteneal (IP) will be investigated in the pla2g6-inad mouse model. AAV9-hSyn1-hPLA2G6 gene therapy treated pla2g6-inad mice showed an increased lifespan with the largest improvements observed in the animal cohort that received a combined administration of AAV9-hPLA2G6. The significant increase in lifespan supplemented with significant improvements in behavioural tests validates the potential beneficial use of gene therapy for infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD).
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Persson, Lejon Ludvig, and Fredrik Berntsson. "Regression Analysis on NBA Players Background and Performance using Gaussian Processes : Can NBA-drafts be improved by taking socioeconomic background into consideration?" Thesis, KTH, Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-153767.
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In the modern society it is well known that an individual’s background matters in his career, but should it be taken into consideration in a recruiting process in general and a recruiting process of NBA-players in particular? Previous research shows that white basketball players from high-income families have a 75% higher chance of becoming an NBA player compared to a white basketball player from a low-income family. In this paper, we have examined whether there is a connection between NBA-player background and the chances of succeeding in the NBA given that the player has been picked in the NBA-draft. The results have been carried out using machine learning algorithms based on Gaussian Processes. The results show that draft decisions will not be improved by taking socio-economic background into consideration.
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Stanek, Tyler. "Player Performance and Team Revenues: NBA Player Salary Analysis." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1257.
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) generated well over $4 billion in revenues during the 2014-15 season. I analyze the value of a win to a team in terms of revenue and examine the potential underpayment or overpayment of players and superstars throughout the league relative to their marginal revenue product (MRP). My findings suggest that players are overpaid, especially superstars. However, it is important to consider the fixed-revenue streams a team receives before assuming a player is simply overpaid compared to his MRP. In congruence with previous literature, I find that veterans are overpaid at the expense of younger players’ lower salaries. I also look at the drivers of a player’s salary and find that general managers tend to overpay for points relative to other statistics.
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Poler, Colin(Colin M. ). "Classifying teams in the NBA with player behavioral data." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122880.
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Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2018Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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I use SecondSpectrum play-by-play data from the 2016-2017 NBA season to assemble behavioral event data for each player. Behavioral data includes propensity to dribble/pass/shoot, and also the resulting quality of shot when players decide to shoot or make another pass. I apply a k-means clustering algorithm to cluster teams based on their starting lineup behavior data; the clusters show different team makeups within the behavioral data collected. In particular, the clustering identified pass-heavy vs dribble-heavy offenses, and good shot-decision making teams.
by Colin Poler.
S.B.
S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Patty, Cole Eric. "The Financial Futures of the NFL, NBA, and MLB." University of Toledo Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=uthonors1418304397.
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Lust, Alexander D. "A Test of Efficiency in NBA Point Spread Markets." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1533158563565605.
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Chong, Brian. "Estimating the Effects of International Basketball Players on the NBA: Do NBA Coaches, Executives, and Coaches Value International Players Equally Compared to Domestic Players?" Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/385.
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Each year the NBA draft helps determines the future success of the NBA team and during the 1990’s to 2000’s international players were being drafted at a high rate. Why was this happening and were international players more successful than domestic players throughout their careers? Through my study I wanted to examine what determines success for NBA players and whether certain statistical or award performances affects their career. Furthermore I wanted to see the effects that international players had on team attendance throughout their NBA career. Ultimately I wanted to see how NBA coaches, executives, and fans value international players. This study aims to provide insight regarding international players and their success in the NBA.
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Huang, Alvin J. "Home Court Advantage: An Analysis of Discrimination in the NBA." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1174.
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In the last two decades, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has made extensive efforts into expanding its reach outside of the North American market. Numerous attempt have been made by the league to spread the game of basketball into such areas as Europe, South America, and East Asia. As popularity for the sport grew, so did the potential for NBA teams to draft foreign talent. Indeed, the 1990’s and 2000’s saw an influx of foreign talent into the NBA. By the 2014-2015 season, there were a record 101 foreign players on opening day rosters, nearly five times as many as during the 1990-1991 season (21 players). This papers examines whether discrimination of foreign players exist via two value outcomes: salary and minutes per game. Based on an analysis of performance metrics, this paper found significant nationality effects on minutes per game, specifically that foreign players receive less playing time for commensurate performance. This paper did not find evidence to suggest salary or minute per game discrimination by race.
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Wieland, Karolin [Verfasser]. "Wirksamkeit der Tiefen Hirnstimulation im Globus Pallidus internus bei NBIA – Dystonie / Karolin Wieland." Köln : Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1021738034/34.
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Jensen, Daniel. "Spatial analysis and visualization in the NBA using GIS applications." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1527009.
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Basketball is a unique sport in which the use of space and time is greatly important for a team’s success. Furthermore, the National Basketball Association (NBA) is undergoing drastic change in terms of the way teams approach spatial issues as well as the spatio-temporal technologies and analytics. Given these facts, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide the opportunity to develop new analytic and visual methodologies to perform spatial analysis for team performances and meet the league’s changing needs. This project thus develops new approaches, methods, and toolsets using GIS to demonstrate its efficacy and potential for professional application in the NBA. The first application uses GIS to adapt Relative Motion analysis techniques to an existing play, seeking to represent the average motion characteristics entailed therein. The other application uses a tool developed to map, glean spatial statistics, and model the use and importance of floor spacing for teams in the NBA.
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Bao, Renjun. "Time Relaxed Round Robin Tournament and the NBA Scheduling Problem." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1268666743.
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Van, Cameron E. "Don’t Worry, College Doesn’t Make You Successful In the NBA." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1490.
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This paper explores the value of attending college to Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball players in terms of future success in the NBA. Future success is measured by both salary and minutes played per game. A dataset of 660 athletes from the 2006 through 2016 drafts was collected from Basketball-Reference. An empirical model is estimated using this data in order to identify the determinant factors in a player’s success in the NBA. It is found that college is not a determinant of success in the NBA.
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Portugal, Neto Amaury Floriano. "Avaliação de risco no processo de internacionalização da NBA no Brasil." Universidade de Fortaleza, 2016. http://dspace.unifor.br/handle/tede/108410.
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Previous issue date: 2016-05-05The economic and social advances of the 2000´s, placed Brazil in a prominent position on the crisis scenario installed in developed countries. This prestige was reflected in the right to host the two largest sporting events in the world, FIFA World Cup Soccer and the Olympics. Major sports and entertainment international organizations seized the moment to open market in Brazil, the NBA, the most globalized sports league in the world, took the time to open in 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, the NBA Brazil, first league office in South America. The NBA 's internationalization process in Brazil becomes an interesting factor to be studied, since all search for international markets bring many risks and the political and economic unpredictability that Brazil suffers since 2014 added to cultural factors linked to the sports organization justifies this project. Through this context, it was defined as a general objective to evaluate the risks of the NBA internationalization process in Brazil in 2012-2015 and 2020 periods. Therefore, an extensive literature review and consultation with four experts was held to raise what are the relevant dimensions and variables for evaluation of NBA¿s risk of internationalization in Brazil, they are: Uncertainty (ten variables) and Commitment (ten variables). Weights and notes were assigned to these variables in the two periods studied allowing the formatting of NBA¿s Risk Assessment Index (IARnba), as a product of this work. In addition, the study allowed an analysis of NBA¿s Internationalization Process in Brazil from its opening (2012-2015) and five years ahead (2020) which showed that in the period studied there possibly a decrease in NBA risk of internationalization in Brazil, generating a deepening and strengthening of relations with the business market and a consequently reduction of uncertainty. Palavras-chave: Internationalization process of the firm. Risk management. Sports management. Basketball. Sports organizations.
Os avanços econômicos e sociais da década de 2000 colocaram o Brasil em posição de destaque diante do cenário de crise instalada nos países desenvolvidos. Este prestigio foi refletido no direito de organizar os dois maiores eventos esportivos do mundo, a Copa do Mundo de Futebol e as Olimpíadas. Grandes organizações esportivas e de entretenimento mundiais aproveitaram o momento para abrir mercado no Brasil, a NBA, a liga esportiva mais globalizada do mundo, aproveitou o momento para inaugurar em 2012 no Rio de Janeiro a NBA Brasil, primeiro escritório da liga na América do Sul. O processo de internacionalização da NBA no Brasil torna-se um fator interessante a ser estudado, uma vez que toda busca por mercados internacionais trazem muitos riscos e a imprevisibilidade político-econômica que o Brasil sofre desde 2014 somados a fatores culturais ligados a organização do esporte justificam isso. Mediante esse contexto definiu-se como objetivo geral avaliar os riscos do processo de internacionalização da NBA no Brasil no período de 2012-2015 e 2020. Para tanto, foi realizada pesquisa bibliográfica e consulta a quatro especialistas para levantar quais seriam as dimensões e variáveis relevantes para avaliação do risco de internacionalização da NBA no Brasil, são elas: Incerteza (dez variáveis) e Comprometimento (dez variáveis). Foram atribuídos pesos e notas a essas variáveis nos dois períodos estudados permitindo a formatação do índice de avaliação de risco da NBA (IARnba), como produto desta dissertação. Além disso, o estudo permitiu uma análise sobre o Processo de Internacionalização da NBA no Brasil nos períodos de sua abertura (2012-2015) e cinco anos à frente (2020) que demonstrou que, no período estudado haverá possivelmente uma diminuição do risco de internacionalização da NBA no Brasil, gerando um aprofundamento e fortalecimento nas relações com o mercado e com diminuição de incertezas. Palavras-chave: Processo de internacionalização. Avaliação de risco. Gestão do esporte. Basquete. Ligas esportivas.
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Maddock, Paul Andrew II. "The Economic Implications of NBA Player Achievements on Athletic Apparel Companies." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1895.
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This paper aims to measure the economic impact of different NBA player achievements on the athletic apparel companies, Nike, Adidas, and Under Armour. It looks at players affiliated with the brands who participated in three different events in the NBA from from 2007 to 2017: the All-Star game, the All-NBA awards, and starting lineups in the Finals. Monthly stock returns for each company were calculated for the months the events took place: January, February, May, and June. The return of each company was then regressed on total number of players each company had in the events. Four total regressions were run for the months of January, February, May, and June. Understanding the economic implications of endorsed players participating in these events can help athletic apparel companies draft more cost efficient endorsement contracts.
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Yu, Andrew Seohwan. "NBA ON-BALL SCREENS: AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF BASKETBALL PLAYS." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu14943636475232.
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Owan, Lucas M. "The Effects of Recessions and Market Sizes on NBA Player Salary." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1491.
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Some teams in the National Basketball Association experienced revenue declines during the Great Recession. Previous literature has found that teams in larger markets are able to generate more revenue due to higher populations. The recession left small-market teams suffering financially. I analyze a player based on his performance and examine if market size and recessions appreciate or depreciate a player’s salary. Further, I investigate if the competitive imbalance between big-market and small-market teams expanded due to the recession. My results suggest recessions do not have an impact on player salary, however player salary decreased by a small margin in post-recession years. The 2008 Great Recession did not enhance the competitive imbalance among teams. The NBA did an effective job accounting for decreasing team revenues during the recession and confirming all teams could spend amounts at or near the salary cap.
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Sahasrabudhe, Aditya. "NBA 2020 Finals: Big Data Analysis of Fans’ Sentiments on Twitter." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1619784186362291.
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Drecourt, Anthony. "Mécanisme physiopathologique des neurodégénérescences avec accumulation de fer dans le cerveau et de l’ataxie de Friedreich." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016USPCB061.
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Les neurodégénérescences avec accumulation de fer dans le cerveau (Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation, NBIA) sont des maladies neurodégénératives progressives, génétiquement hétérogènes. On connait actuellement 11 gènes de ces maladies mais pour la plupart d’entre eux leur lien avec l’accumulation en fer est encore incompris. Ce travail de thèse présente deux nouveaux gènes de NBIA identifiés par séquençage d’exome dans deux familles indépendantes. Le premier gène, REPS1, est impliqué dans le recyclage de l’endosome. Les fibroblastes de patients sont caractérisés par une accumulation de fer qui est corrigée par l’expression de l’ADNc de REPS1 dans ces cellules. Le deuxième gène, CRAT, code une carnitine acétyltransferase et le déficit de β-oxydation détecté dans les fibroblastes du patient a été corrigé par l’expression de l’ADNc CRAT normal. Le rôle de REPS1 dans le recyclage de l’endosome a mis sur la voie du mécanisme physiopathologique des NBIA. En effet, les fibroblastes des patients REPS1 et CRAT mais aussi d’autres patients avec des mutations d’autres gènes connus de NBIA (PANK2, PLA2G6, FA2H, C19ORF12) ont une accumulation massive en fer et une anomalie de recyclage du récepteur à la transferrine (TfR1). TfR1 permet l’entrée du fer par endocytose et son expression est régulée par le contenu en fer des cellules. La seule régulation connue de l’homéostasie du fer se fait au niveau post-transcriptionnel par le système IRP/IRE qui est fonctionnel dans les fibroblastes NBIA alors que la protéine TfR1 s’accumule. Cette accumulation de fer montre ainsi qu’il existe une régulation post-traductionnelle, jusqu’ici inconnue, et qui n’est pas fonctionnelle dans les NBIA. Nous avons pu montrer que cette régulation se faisait par une palmitoylation du TfR1, déficitaire dans les NBIA, mais restaurée par l’artesunate. Ainsi quel que soit le gène muté, tous les NBIA résultent d’une anomalie de recyclage du TfR1 permettant de les définir comme des maladies du trafic intracellulaire. La deuxième partie de la thèse s’intéresse au mécanisme physiopathologique de l’ataxie de Friedreich (FRDA) caractérisée elle aussi par une accumulation de fer dans le cerveau. FRDA est due à des expansions de triplets dans le premier intron du gène FXN conduisant à l’extinction de FXN et de PIP5K1B situé en amont. L’étude de modèles cellulaires dans lesquels le gène FXN et/ou PIP5K1B ont été éteints par siRNA et de fibroblastes de patients a permis de mettre en évidence une anomalie de l’homéostasie du fer qui rappelle celle observée dans les NBIA. L’ensemble de ces résultats a permis de comprendre le mécanisme physiopathologique des NBIA, de mettre à jour une régulation encore inconnue de l’homéostasie du fer mais aussi d’envisager une voie de traitement des NBIANeurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) encompasses a group of rare neurogenerative disorders with different clinical and molecular features, underlined by progressive extrapyramidal dysfunction and iron accumulation in the brain. To date, mutations in 11 genes are currently known. Nevertheless for most of them their link with iron accumulation is still misunderstood. This work presents two novel NBIA genes identified by exome sequencing in two independent families. The first gene, REPS1, is involved in endosome recycling. Patient’s fibroblasts are characterized by iron overload corrected by wild-type REPS1 cDNA overexpression. The second gene, CRAT, encodes a carnitine acetyltransferase and a β-oxidation deficit in patient’s fibroblasts has been fixed by overexpression of wild-type CRAT cDNA. The function of REPS1 in endosome recycling put on the path of the NBIA pathophysiological mechanism. Indeed, fibroblasts of REPS1 patients but also from other patients mutated in various NBIA genes (CRAT, PANK2, PLA2G6, FA2H, C19ORF12) present massive iron accumulation and abnormal transferrin receptor (TfR1) recycling. TfR1 allows iron uptake by endocytosis and its expression is regulated by the iron cellular status. The only known regulation of iron homeostasis occurs at the posttranscriptional level by the IRE/IRP system which is functional in NBIA fibroblasts whereas TfR1 protein accumulates. This iron accumulation highlights a yet unknown posttranslational regulation which is not functional in NBIA. We have been able to demonstrate that this regulation occurs via TfR1 palmitoylation, which is defective in NBIA, but restored by artesunate. Hence, whatever the disease gene, all NBIA gave rise to abnormal TfR1 recycling which allows defining NBIA as intracellular trafficking disease. The second part of the thesis focused on the pathophysiological mechanism of the Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) also characterized by brain iron overload . FRDA is related to triplets expansions in the first intron of FXN gene leading to the extinction of FXN and PIP5K1B upstream gene. Studying cellular models knocked down for FXN and/or PIP5K1B by siRNA and patients’ fibroblasts of patients allowed to detect abnormal iron homeostasis reminiscent of NBIA. All these results allowed to decipher the NBIA pathophysiological mechanism, to highlight a yet unknown iron homeostasis regulation and to open possible ways towards therapeutic drugs for NBIA
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Gomes, Uilame Umbelino. "Estudos de sinterização, oxidação anódica e desenvolvimento de um novo tipo de capacitor eletrolítico de NbTa." [s.n.], 1987. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/277596.
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Orientador: Daltro Garcia PinattiTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin
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Beaulieu, Daniel Ryan. "A Framing Analysis: The NBA's "One-And-Done"Rule." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4288.
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In 2006, the NBA introduced the "one-and-done" rule that restricted high school graduates to enter directly into the NBA draft following high school. In turn, a high school prospect would essentially now have the option of playing professionally elsewhere (most likely overseas), enter the NBA's Developmental League, or play NCAA basketball. The rule has proved to be quite controversial, as it has had a great effect on both NBA and NCAA basketball, as well as the players. Various media outlets have been quite vocal not only about the rule itself, but the perceived effects it has had on both collegiate and professional basketball. This study will utilize framing theory to explore the way the media has presented the issue to the public, its causal interpretation, any moral evaluations necessary, and any solutions to the problem. This study will utilize a content analysis to analyze not only the media's presentation of the rule, but also what frames have been formed pertaining to the rule's successes and failures. The study will also aim to give a greater understanding of how the basketball media form frames.
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Baier, Antje [Verfasser], Lockau [Akademischer Betreuer], Wilde [Akademischer Betreuer], and Turgay [Akademischer Betreuer]. "Untersuchungen zum stickstoffinduzierten Phycobilisomenabbau - NblA, ein kleines Protein mit großer Wirkung / Antje Baier. Gutachter: Lockau ; Wilde ; Turgay." Berlin : Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät I, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1046637169/34.
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Kennedy, Nicholas B. "Built to Succeed: An Econometric Study of NBA Roster Composition and Playoff Success." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2014. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/918.
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NBA general managers are responsible for all aspects of roster management and seek to acquire players with complementary skills. Ayer (2012) examines elements of roster composition, including player types and the impact of the composition of a team’s top two and three players on winning games. I expand the literature on roster composition by redefining player types and examining the impact of star and role player combinations on playoff success. Contrary to popular belief, I find that general managers should avoid superstar point guards, as teams featuring this player type tend to underperform in the playoffs. The results of this study suggest that teams should seek to acquire, among other player types, two elite wings, one defensive-specialist, and one three-point specialist, all found on a total of five championship teams from 1994 to 2013.
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Ferreira, Junior Rolando. "NBA, CBB e NLB : Relaçoes de poder no universo organizador do basquetebol brasileiro." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFPR, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1884/15321.
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Orientador: Fernando Renato CavichiolliDissertaçao (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciencias Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduaçao em Educaçao Física. Defesa: Curitiba, 2008
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Área de concentraçao: Exercício e esporte
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Fallon-Cyr, Daniel. "Revenue Incentives and Referee Propensity to Make Foul Calls in the NBA Finals." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1599.
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In this study I examine foul calls by NBA referees alongside the difference in aggressiveness of twelve NBA basketball teams as they compete for the Championship Title. I aim to identify referee biases that increase the likelihood of the NBA Finals ending in a later game due to league revenue incentives. My data consists of 91 individual NBA Finals games played between the 2001 and 2016 NBA Finals. After controlling for changes in play as well as the difference in aggressiveness, I find that NBA referee’s foul calls are more dependent on a call on the opposing team in situations with a larger series score spread. Additionally, I identify a consistent officiating bias towards the home team. My results imply an effort by the NBA to increase the probability of the series ending in a later game, possibly motivated by increased revenues for the league and all parties involved.
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Jensen, Jacob K. "Characterization of a High Strength, Refractory High Entropy Alloy, AlMo0.5NbTa0.5TiZr." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1492175560975813.
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Klingmüller, Angela. "Die rechtliche Struktur der US-amerikanischen Berufssportligen am Beispiel der National Basketball Association (NBA) /." Münster : Lit, 1998. http://www.gbv.de/dms/spk/sbb/recht/toc/278101879.pdf.
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Yost, Christian Evers. "Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Race, Education and StatusAttainment Before the NBA." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2013. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3625.
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Extracurricular activities have long been recognized as a socializing agent fostering subsequent life achievements and success orientations in the status attainment process. In particular, minorities and disadvantaged high school students who may not succeed in traditional academic classes benefit greatly from extracurricular activities, especially sports. In the case of basketball, young Black males are more likely to both participate in basketball as an extracurricular activity and pursue a career as a professional basketball player than their White peers, even to the detriment of their formal education. This thesis uses the Wisconsin Status-Attainment model as a framework for examining the extent to which the educational attainment of these young men affects their eventual occupational status (salary and career longevity), specifically a ten-year sample of first-round NBA draft picks. In the end, White players averaged more post-high school educational attainment than their Black counterparts, but the variable that affected salary and longevity was on-court performance. Although the educational attainment of these players did not directly affect how much they make and how long they play, the results presented here still provide insight into how young men are socialized into a NBA career trajectory.
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Gray, Gatlan 1989. "National Beef Quality Audit - 2011: Survey of Instrument Grading Assessments of Beef Carcass Characteristics." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148394.
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The instrument grading assessments for the NBQA-2011 evaluated seasonal trends of beef carcass quality and yield attributes over the course of the year. One week of instrument grading data—HCW, gender, USDA QG, and YG factors—were collected every other month (n = 2,427,074 carcasses) over a 13-month period (November 2010 through November 2011) from four beef processing corporations, encompassing 17 federally inspected beef processing facilities, to create an overview of carcass quality and yield attributes and trends from carcasses representing approximately 8.5% of the U.S. fed steer and heifer population. Mean yield traits were: YG (2.86), HCW (371.3 kg), FT (1.19 cm.), and LM area (88.39 cm^2). The YG distribution was YG 1 (15.7%), YG 2 (41.0%), YG 3 (33.8%), YG 4 (8.5%), and YG 5 (0.9%). Distribution of HCW was <272.2 kg (1.6%), 272.2 kg to 453.6 kg (95.1%), ≥453.6 kg (3.3%). Monthly HCW means were: November 2010 (381.3 kg), January 2011 (375.9 kg), March 2011 (366.2 kg), May 2011 (357.9 kg), July 2011 (372.54 kg), September 2011 (376.1 kg), and November 2011 (373.5 kg). The mean FT for each month was November 2010 (1.30 cm), January 2011 (1.22 cm), March 2011 (1.17 cm), May 2011 (1.12 cm), July 2011 (1.19 cm), September 2011 (1.22 cm), and November 2011 (1.22 cm). The mean marbling score was Small49. USDA QG distribution was Prime (2.7%), Top Choice (22.9%), Commodity Choice (38.6%), and Select (31.5%). Interestingly, from November to May, seasonal decreases (P < 0.001) in HCW and FT were accompanied by increases (P < 0.001) in marbling. These data present the opportunity to further investigate the entire array of factors that determine the value of beef. Datasets utilizing the online collection of electronic data will likely be more commonly used when evaluating the U.S. fed steer and heifer population in future studies. These data indicate the wide array of carcasses produced by the beef cattle industry, and how the frequency of both YG and QG traits change from month-to-month.
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Yu, Jia-Ling, and 余嘉玲. "Behind the NBA Statistics." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51556891392390264044.
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We want to build a model to forecast the American professional basketball game results, presumably Taiwan sports lottery more reasonable odds and let the minutes. I try to three analysis method to establish a model. Analysis method 1: the regression analysis method. Analysis method 2: using odds model to estimate each team once what kind of winning the condition is reached, the game he will win, but what is the chance of winning. Or is each team, once you reach the kind of defeats conditions, that game he bound to lose, and he lost a game what is the chance of. Analysis method 3: analysis into the playoffs 16 teams in the quarter Cup competition results, analyzed the merits of each team, and according to the point, to speculate on the results of the playoffs for the victory. This thesis is a very bold attempt, unfortunately unable to achieve the original purpose; is set up a chance for a game of the model to do. This result is very disappointing but not unexpected that made me too, because the American professional basketball game is to hope that the characteristics of the game results cannot be predicted.
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Su, Chih-Min, and 蘇志民. "NBA Data Visualization using Storyline." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96095015361617899799.
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If we want to realize a basketball game, we could just spend almost one hour sitting and watching a whole live video, or after the end of a game, the official will provide some formatted information, and if we need to see more detail, the play-by-play textual information is also available to show what happened in the court. However it just roughly show, some situations in the game, without telling which team takes the lead all the time, or lost the lead after one moment, and why they lost or who made the most contribution in a team. We provide a method and design the visualization, which could help more clearly and completely understand one NBA game, and we propose a four-level scheme to show a game in terms of different time units, so that we could see the score by a quarter, or by a minute, and through a Storyline mechanism we could show how a player interacts with each other in game, so it could tell who the most active player is and made the most contribution in a game.
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Pravenec, Tomáš. "Management projektu Jr. NBA League 2016." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-367624.
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Title: Management of the project Jr. NBA League 2016 Objectives: The main aim of this master thesis is to elaborate a detailed analysis of the Jr. NBA League 2016 management, point out its strengths and weaknesses, potential opportunities and threats, and according to these discoveries to make a list of proposals and recommendations leading to a removing the weaknesses, an elimination of potential threats and thus to a complete development, an increasing of attractiveness and improvement of an organization of the next Jr. NBA League seasons. Methods: To achieve the aims of this master thesis were used methods of a case study, a semi-structured interview, participating observations, a document's analysis and a SWOT analysis. Results: The master thesis describes the process of this, above mentioned, sports project for children. A part of this thesis is focused on all periods necessary to organization of this type of event. Thanks to the case study were discovered many imperfections e.g. financial and communication problems. Because of these discoveries were, by the author of the thesis, proposed 8 detailed drafts to improve this project. These drafts can be also used for other similar projects. Key words: Management, marketing, sports event, organization, planning, basketball, Jr. NBA League, case...
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Wang, Chao-Yi, and 王朝毅. "The Division Problem in NBA Finals." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/66944535672071895065.
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We cast the problem of predicting the winner in NBA Finals as a problem of division. Using scores in the regular season 2000 and the records of NBA Finals from 1947 to 1999, the winning probability (of a single game) is fitted by a class of beta density functions, Beta(cp_0,c(1-p_0)) where p_0 in[0.5448,0.6866] and c equals 3.5. The robust Bayesian predictive intervals of winning probability of the NBA Finals are calculated. Discrepancy is found between the odds given by New Zealand''s Official Betting Agency and our calculation when the Lakers is leading the Pacers 2:0.
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Sanches, Marcelo Carrasqueira. "Business Intelligence approach for NBA player & coach performance improvement: Introduction of Smart tools inside NBA environment." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/121987.
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Dissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Information Management, specialization in Knowledge Management and Business IntelligenceThe National Basket Association (NBA) is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world and is seen today as one of the greatest attractions alongside the NHL or the NFL, due to its great shows and players. This research project will contribute to the theory and practice by establishing the added value that Business Intelligence tools can provide, as well as the positive impact it can have on a player, coach, and consequently on a team's decisions and future results. First, a literature review will be conducted to understand how reputation and status can impact a player’s environment; how statistics are an important asset in the evaluation of player´s performance; and also, in the identification of over-paid and underpaid players. Thereafter, Power BI software will be used to develop reports and dashboards. The main goal is that, both players and coaches, can improve their ability to interpret and analyze their own performances. In the end, they are not only adding value to their teams (through this smart tool), but they are also creating an environment where the teams are one step closer in what is the definition of a smart team.