Get the active NBA player index from RealGM.
Returns RealGM's roster of active NBA players, including position, listed height/weight, age, current team, years of service and pre-draft team – the pre-draft / international detail RealGM is known for.
Requires a headless browser. RealGM is behind a Cloudflare JavaScript
challenge, so the realgm_*() functions drive headless Chrome via the
optional chromote package (install it and Google Chrome). A plain HTTP
client receives an HTTP 403 challenge page.
Value
A hoopR_data tibble with one row per active player:
| col_name | types | description |
| number | integer | Row number. |
| player | character | Player name. |
| pos | character | Position. |
| ht | character | Listed height. |
| wt | integer | Listed weight (lbs). |
| age | numeric | Age. |
| current_team | character | Current NBA team. |
| yos | integer | Years of service. |
| pre_draft_team | character | Pre-draft team / school. |
| draft_status | character | Draft pick / undrafted status. |
| nationality | character | Player nationality. |
See also
Other RealGM Functions:
realgm_coaches(),
realgm_draft(),
realgm_draft_prospects(),
realgm_early_entry(),
realgm_future_free_agents(),
realgm_gms(),
realgm_individual_games(),
realgm_individual_seasons(),
realgm_player_stats(),
realgm_players_abroad(),
realgm_rookie_scale(),
realgm_salary_cap(),
realgm_standings(),
realgm_team_stats(),
realgm_teams(),
realgm_transactions()
Examples
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
try(realgm_players())
} # }