Notating the NBA

A class project turned passion project. I studied existing basketball analysis tools and the various notational systems that are used and then developed my own analysis tool. It provides a diagram of each player’s movement in a given play and meant to highlight how basketball has developed into a game of positioning above all else. There is relevant supporting information on one side for reference while the play is diagrammed into 3 segments on the other. This allows one to analyze the non-stop cause and effect nature of the game through visuals and comments. The fault point is isolated in the last phase and extrapolated to encourage the system as a tool for improvement.