Build a wide, one-row-per-player-per-team crosswalk linking ESPN, NBA Stats, and Fox player identities. Matching is deterministic: normalized exact name within a team block, then Jaro-Winkler fuzzy with jersey/DOB tiebreakers. Yahoo columns are NA placeholders.
Usage
nba_player_crosswalk(season = most_recent_nba_season(), min_confidence = 0.92)Arguments
- season
NBA season per hoopR convention (default
most_recent_nba_season()).- min_confidence
Jaro-Winkler similarity floor for fuzzy matches (default 0.92).
See also
Other NBA Crosswalk Functions:
load_nba_player_crosswalk(),
load_nba_schedule_crosswalk(),
load_nba_team_crosswalk(),
nba_schedule_crosswalk(),
nba_team_crosswalk()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(nba_player_crosswalk())
#> ✖ 2026-06-13 07:28:54.878268: Invalid arguments or no league standings v3 data available for 2025-26!
#> ✖ Args: league_id = "00", season = "2025-26", season_type = "Regular Season", season_year = ""
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.nba.com]: Operation timed out after 60001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-13 07:29:54.916112: Invalid arguments or no league game log data for 2025-26 available!
#> ✖ Args: counter = 0, date_from = "", date_to = "", direction = "ASC", league_id = "00", player_or_team = "T", season = "2025-26", season_type = "Regular Season", sorter = "DATE"
#> ✖ Error: Failed to perform HTTP request. Caused by error in `curl::curl_fetch_memory()`: ! Timeout was reached [stats.nba.com]: Operation timed out after 60000 milliseconds with 0 bytes received
#> ✖ 2026-06-13 07:29:54.927847: Invalid arguments or no team details data available!
#> ✖ Error: argument is of length zero
#> Error in !nrow(nt) : invalid argument type
# }