Sports Analytics by Scott Riggs
NBA correlation for trios (3 teammates) for the 2025 season is now available on Substack here. A sample of the data is available below. NBA correlation trios look at the relationship between three teammates, specifically their Minutes per game, DraftKings points per game, and FanDuel points per game for the 2025-26 NBA season. This trio …
The Inactive Teammate tool, available here, compares how a player performs in games with a certain teammate against games without that same teammate. Note the below examples are from the 2020-21 NBA season, but the logic still applies. Using this tool, DFS players can quickly identify the players most impacted by late-breaking news, or analyze …
Below is an explanation of the Teammate Correlation stats, what they show, and some examples from the 2019-20 NBA season. What is Teammate Correlation? The Teammmate Correlation tool looks at the relationship between two teammates’ performances (minutes per game, DraftKings points per game and FanDuel points per game), measured by correlation. Correlation measures how two …
Full 2025 NBA season stats are now available on Substack here. Below I have provided an example of the data. This tool is comparing player performance with and without a specific inactive teammate for the 2025-26 NBA season, specifically minutes played, DraftKings points, and FanDuel points. This tool is useful for identifying the impact of …
NBA DFS (daily fantasy sports) players are often concerned with the risk of a blowout. Particularly for star players, the idea is stars can’t hit value if they’re only playing 3 quarters. I used the complete 2017-18 season, spread data from OddsShark.com and box score data from Basketball-Reference.com. The scoring is based on DraftKings (DK) …
NBA correlation for teammate’s minutes, DraftKings points and FanDuel points for the 2025 NBA season are now available on Substack here. Below I have provided an example of the data. This data can be used to determine if two players are worth putting in the same daily fantasy lineup in either cash or tournament games. Note …
NBA preseason DFS can be tough to predict due to the erratic distribution of minutes. 2025 UPDATE: This article will be updated shortly to include an analysis of all 2025 NBA coaches for the preseason. Our regular season NBA DFS stats will eventually go behind a paywall this season, but you can get a discount …
NBA defense vs position ratings, adjusted for quality of opponent. Rate is DFS points per minute allowed versus expected for DraftKings and FanDuel. This statistic controls for the quality of the opposing players a team has faced. Containing a player like Kevin Durant is more impressive than containing a low-scoring role player, and this statistic …