Kobe - Basketball Career Highlights

[joe_warbington]

Kobe - Basketball Career Highlights

Vizlib

The Kobe Bryant app was designed as a tribute to the Black Mamba and his incredible career in the NBA. Over 20 seasons with the Lakers, he owned the court with his favored shot: the Jump Shot. Analyzing his game is my small way of taking time to respect his work and contributions. Inspired by work from the LA Times. Data from Kaggle.

Discoveries

Out of 30,697 shots, Kobe's favorite type was the jump shot. He was dominant across the entire NBA for 20 seasons. He could score from nearly any position on the half court, and had a number past half court as well.

Impact

Using sports data in this fashion on a scatter plot is applicable to many business use cases where positional data is present. Mapping over top of images like a basketball court, warehouse floorplan, or airport terminals opens up a wide array of possibilities of displaying data in more consumable ways.

Audience

Data geeks, Qlik dorks, and sports nerds will love this branded app.

Data and advanced analytics

Visualizing 30K+ points on a scatter usually yields little insight - but by combining with the basketball court as the background, the data comes to life to tell a story.