Get ESPN NBA Calendar
Get ESPN NBA Calendar
Usage
espn_nba_calendar(season = most_recent_nba_season())Arguments
- season
integer or character. Four-digit season year (e.g.
2025). Defaults tomost_recent_nba_season().
Value
Returns a tibble of calendar entries.
| col_name | types | description |
| season | character | Season identifier (4-digit year or 'YYYY-YY' string). |
| season_type | character | Season type (1=pre-season, 2=regular season, 3=postseason, 4=off-season for ESPN; or string label for WNBA Stats). |
| season_type_label | character | |
| season_start_date | character | Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
| season_end_date | character | Date in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
| label | character | |
| alternate_label | character | |
| detail | character | |
| value | character | Numeric or string value field. |
| start_date | character | Start date (YYYY-MM-DD). |
| end_date | character | End date (YYYY-MM-DD). |
Details
Retrieve the ESPN NBA schedule calendar for a given season. The underlying
scoreboard response contains a leagues[[1]]$calendar block with season-type
entries (pre-season, regular, post). Uses getOption("hoopR.proxy") or
http_proxy/https_proxy environment variables for proxy configuration
(per-call proxy override is not supported for ESPN wrappers).
See also
Other ESPN NBA Functions:
espn_nba_athlete_awards(),
espn_nba_athlete_career_stats(),
espn_nba_athlete_contract(),
espn_nba_athlete_contracts(),
espn_nba_athlete_eventlog(),
espn_nba_athlete_eventlog_v2(),
espn_nba_athlete_gamelog(),
espn_nba_athlete_info(),
espn_nba_athlete_overview(),
espn_nba_athlete_seasons(),
espn_nba_athlete_splits(),
espn_nba_athlete_statisticslog(),
espn_nba_athlete_stats(),
espn_nba_athletes_index(),
espn_nba_award(),
espn_nba_betting(),
espn_nba_coach(),
espn_nba_coach_season(),
espn_nba_coaches(),
espn_nba_conferences(),
espn_nba_draft(),
espn_nba_draft_athletes(),
espn_nba_draft_pick(),
espn_nba_draft_rounds(),
espn_nba_draft_status(),
espn_nba_event_broadcasts(),
espn_nba_event_odds(),
espn_nba_event_officials(),
espn_nba_event_powerindex(),
espn_nba_event_predictor(),
espn_nba_event_probabilities(),
espn_nba_event_propbets(),
espn_nba_event_situation(),
espn_nba_franchise(),
espn_nba_franchises(),
espn_nba_freeagents(),
espn_nba_futures(),
espn_nba_game_all(),
espn_nba_game_rosters(),
espn_nba_injuries(),
espn_nba_leaders(),
espn_nba_news(),
espn_nba_pbp(),
espn_nba_player_box(),
espn_nba_player_stats(),
espn_nba_powerindex(),
espn_nba_scoreboard(),
espn_nba_season_awards(),
espn_nba_season_group(),
espn_nba_season_group_children(),
espn_nba_season_group_teams(),
espn_nba_season_groups(),
espn_nba_season_info(),
espn_nba_season_leaders(),
espn_nba_season_ranking(),
espn_nba_season_rankings(),
espn_nba_season_type(),
espn_nba_season_types(),
espn_nba_season_week(),
espn_nba_season_weeks(),
espn_nba_seasons(),
espn_nba_standings(),
espn_nba_team(),
espn_nba_team_box(),
espn_nba_team_current_roster(),
espn_nba_team_depthchart(),
espn_nba_team_injuries(),
espn_nba_team_leaders(),
espn_nba_team_news(),
espn_nba_team_odds_records(),
espn_nba_team_record(),
espn_nba_team_roster(),
espn_nba_team_schedule(),
espn_nba_team_season_profile(),
espn_nba_team_season_roster(),
espn_nba_team_stats(),
espn_nba_teams(),
espn_nba_tournament(),
espn_nba_tournament_seasons(),
espn_nba_tournaments(),
espn_nba_transactions(),
espn_nba_venues(),
espn_nba_week_ranking(),
espn_nba_week_rankings(),
espn_nba_wp()
Examples
# \donttest{
espn_nba_calendar(season = 2025)
#> ── ESPN NBA Calendar from ESPN.com ────────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-19 01:33:45 UTC
#> # A tibble: 230 × 12
#> season season_type season_type_label season_start_date season_end_date
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2025 NA NA 2024-09-24T07:00Z 2025-06-27T06:59Z
#> 2 2025 NA NA 2024-09-24T07:00Z 2025-06-27T06:59Z
#> 3 2025 NA NA 2024-09-24T07:00Z 2025-06-27T06:59Z
#> 4 2025 NA NA 2024-09-24T07:00Z 2025-06-27T06:59Z
#> 5 2025 NA NA 2024-09-24T07:00Z 2025-06-27T06:59Z
#> 6 2025 NA NA 2024-09-24T07:00Z 2025-06-27T06:59Z
#> 7 2025 NA NA 2024-09-24T07:00Z 2025-06-27T06:59Z
#> 8 2025 NA NA 2024-09-24T07:00Z 2025-06-27T06:59Z
#> 9 2025 NA NA 2024-09-24T07:00Z 2025-06-27T06:59Z
#> 10 2025 NA NA 2024-09-24T07:00Z 2025-06-27T06:59Z
#> # ℹ 220 more rows
#> # ℹ 7 more variables: calendar_type <chr>, label <chr>, alternate_label <chr>,
#> # detail <chr>, value <chr>, start_date <chr>, end_date <chr>
# }