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NBA Stats API Parameter Descriptions

Saiem Gilani
@saiemgilani @saiemgilani

Source: vignettes/parameter-descriptions.Rmd
parameter-descriptions.Rmd

This table is generated from hoopR’s own nba_*() wrappers for stats.nba.com: each row is an R argument that at least one wrapper sends to the API, with the query parameter it becomes (api_name), the values the API accepts and the function default. The functions column lists the nba_*() calls that accept the parameter, so you can filter it to see every function that takes, say, per_mode. valid_values is the union across those functions’ endpoints, so spellings that only some endpoints accept (Pre Season and Preseason, for example) both appear; an empty value list means none is known. The same table ships with the package as hoopR::parameter_descriptions.

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@misc{hoopr,
  author = {Saiem Gilani},
  title = {hoopR: Access Men’s Basketball Play by Play Data.},
  url = {https://hoopR.sportsdataverse.org/},
  year = {2026}
}