3 papers
stat.AP2026
The Load Management Paradox: Correcting the Healthy-Worker Survivor Effect in NBA Injury Modeling
Yue Yu, Guanyu Hu
In professional sports analytics, evaluating the relationship between accumulated workload and injury risk is a central objective. However, naive survival models applied to NBA gam…
stat.AP2025
How do the professional players select their shot locations? An analysis of Field Goal Attempts via Bayesian Additive Regression Trees
Jiahao Cao, Hou-Cheng Yang, Guanyu Hu
Basketball analytics has significantly advanced our understanding of the game, with shot selection emerging as a critical factor in both individual and team performance. With the a…
stat.ME2025
What Influences the Field Goal Attempts of Professional Players? Analysis of Basketball Shot Charts via Log Gaussian Cox Processes with Spatially Varying Coefficients
Jiahao Cao, Qingpo Cai, Lance A. Waller +3
Basketball shot charts provide valuable information regarding local patterns of in-game performance to coaches, players, sports analysts, and statisticians. The spatial patterns of…