Loads a pre-built per-season NBA team crosswalk that maps ESPN
team identifiers to NBA.com identifiers and canonical abbreviations. The
files are versioned .rds snapshots stored in the nba_crosswalk release
of the sportsdataverse-data repository.
Usage
load_nba_team_crosswalk(seasons = most_recent_nba_season())Arguments
- seasons
A vector of 4-digit years associated with given NBA seasons. (Min: 2002; default:
most_recent_nba_season())
Value
Returns a tibble of class hoopR_data with one row per
NBA team per season. Columns include at minimum season,
espn_team_id, and nba_team_id.
See also
Other NBA Crosswalk Functions:
load_nba_player_crosswalk(),
load_nba_schedule_crosswalk(),
nba_player_crosswalk(),
nba_schedule_crosswalk(),
nba_team_crosswalk()
Examples
# \donttest{
load_nba_team_crosswalk(seasons = most_recent_nba_season())
#> ── NBA team crosswalk (ESPN / NBA Stats / Fox) ────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 04:48:56 UTC
#> # A tibble: 30 × 21
#> season espn_team_id espn_abbreviation espn_display_name espn_short_name
#> <int> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 2026 1 ATL Atlanta Hawks Hawks
#> 2 2026 2 BOS Boston Celtics Celtics
#> 3 2026 17 BKN Brooklyn Nets Nets
#> 4 2026 30 CHA Charlotte Hornets Hornets
#> 5 2026 4 CHI Chicago Bulls Bulls
#> 6 2026 5 CLE Cleveland Cavaliers Cavaliers
#> 7 2026 6 DAL Dallas Mavericks Mavericks
#> 8 2026 7 DEN Denver Nuggets Nuggets
#> 9 2026 8 DET Detroit Pistons Pistons
#> 10 2026 9 GS Golden State Warriors Warriors
#> # ℹ 20 more rows
#> # ℹ 16 more variables: espn_location <chr>, espn_mascot <chr>,
#> # nba_team_id <chr>, nba_team_abbreviation <chr>, nba_team_name <chr>,
#> # nba_team_city <chr>, nba_team_slug <chr>, nba_conference <chr>,
#> # nba_division <chr>, fox_team_id <chr>, fox_team_name <chr>,
#> # yahoo_team_id <chr>, yahoo_team_abbreviation <chr>, yahoo_team_name <chr>,
#> # match_method <chr>, match_confidence <dbl>
# }