Fast Break Basketball Analytics

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Since we've had a couple of GMs join the league recently that are fairly new or brand new to FBB, I wanted to collect a few threads that others have provided in the past that lend knowledge of the capabilities, for better or worse, of FBB.

Just to be clear, FBB stands for Fast Break Basketball, which is the program that the league is simulated on.

Here's some interesting pieces that are worth a read:

- Draft Truths and the Teen Dilemma by Josh Ebbs

Draft Truths and the Teen Dilemma

Over the last two leagues there's been an insane fascination with potential over production, much to the detriment of many GMs. While I can't possibly sort that all out, I did sort of want to look at one element of the equation -- drafting teenagers. I grabbed a random year from last league...

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- FBB Teen Boosting Statistics by Brooks

FBB Teen Boosting Statistics

Teen (18 & 19) Boosting Statistics As Josh found in his studies, I can confirm that a teen needs to have 71 or greater potential in order to undergo a boost in TC. In a sample size of ~225 TC's, I observed that teens with

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- Teen TC Skill Development (Preliminary Results) by Brooks

Teen TC Skill Development (Preliminary Results)

These results should be considered preliminary and more tests needs to be completed in order to verify any of my claims. These results were extracted from my teen boosting studies and have led me to some interesting hypotheses. Most of these players are PGs, but I found that there is no...

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- Player Regression Data by Frank Ebbs

Player Regression Data

I was inspired by Hooper to test and see if players age had any impact on their overall regression, compared to their Potential. Donkey was kind enough to supply his player database from our previous iteration, so thank you Donkey as this would not have been possible. I am going to break down my...

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- Donkey and his Handles by Josh Ebbs

Donkey and his Handles

Fear. The word is fear. You have the top pick in the draft, there are 3-5 truly great looking prospects in the class but you know one of them boys is a grenade with 10 or fewer handles. Are handles that low a death sentence? How much can they really improve year-to-year? What's an outlier bump...

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Let me know if anyone sees anything else that should be added here.