Thinking I might merge my profession (financial systems/reporting guy) into my hobby. I've been playing some of these fantasy sites like DraftStreet and I am thinking I could really analyze matchups if i had some pure raw data and statistics.
I'm looking for whatever the ESPN guys use to pull their stats and data. So the database would include things like players name, game, position played, opponent, all the statistics(minutes played). Also I would want a unique key for things like the game played so i could pull reports together and see how players perform against certain matchups with other players. I'd need a way to figure when Player A faces Player B, also who was on players A team, and Player B's team. Then I can just crunch numbers to see against which opponent/player do they perform better against, etc. A forward will grab more rebounds if he's guarding another forward who stays under the basket, rather then a shooting forward who will pull him away from the basket. Etc etc etc.
I pretty much need a database of pure stats. Anything out there? Would even be willing to pay a little for it.
I'm looking for whatever the ESPN guys use to pull their stats and data. So the database would include things like players name, game, position played, opponent, all the statistics(minutes played). Also I would want a unique key for things like the game played so i could pull reports together and see how players perform against certain matchups with other players. I'd need a way to figure when Player A faces Player B, also who was on players A team, and Player B's team. Then I can just crunch numbers to see against which opponent/player do they perform better against, etc. A forward will grab more rebounds if he's guarding another forward who stays under the basket, rather then a shooting forward who will pull him away from the basket. Etc etc etc.
I pretty much need a database of pure stats. Anything out there? Would even be willing to pay a little for it.