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Re: NBA GO – Watch NBA in Your Terminal

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Post by d2xdy2 »

Showed this to some of the dev team / folks around NBA. Overwhelming good response. Good job!

Only qualms might surround ToS for `stats.nba.com`:

> You may download material displayed on the Site to any single computer only for your personal, noncommercial use, provided you also maintain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials. You may not, however, distribute, reproduce, republish, display, modify, transmit, reuse, repost, link to, or use any materials of the Site for public or commercial purposes on any other Web site or otherwise without the written permission of the Operator.”

But I don't think you're likely violating this.

Re: NBA GO – Watch NBA in Your Terminal

#83

Post by komali2 »

jerf wrote: post #78
jpeeler wrote: post #45

First of all, cool project. Looks very nice. And kudos to nba.com for making their data so easily accessible via JSON (and perhaps other methods, didn't look too closely). Personally, I have little interest in sports in general. And I find that the interest ratio is much lower with those interested in technical fields than others. However, obviously proven by this project and life experience, there are definitely tho…

I found my interest in sports went up when I understood the rules a bit more deeply, and some of the reason why. For instance, basketball for a long time looked really silly to me, and I thought I knew the rules because "we had played some in gym class", but it turns out that I knew almost nothing about it. There's a lot more to the rules about who can be where, and a lot of rules around what your feet are doing and…

Same with the rules, especially for basketball. However, this just made all basketball games interesting to me.

To this day, I really cannot empathize with "having a team." I get that it comes off as neckbeardy or holier than thou, but it just seems like arbitrary tribalism - maybe because I moved around a lot as a kid(from BIG SPORT cities, too! Green Bay to Houston to San Francisco), but I never really understood why people prefer "their team" (other than the obvious, logical reason). Maybe better - I can't empathize.

This isn't for lack of trying - when I grew up my dad and his friends would yell at the TV. That looks fun! They're so excited and engaged, why can't I feel that for a sport? Genuine emotional response to whatever "our team" is doing? I mean it's not like my life is empty without it but I've always wondered why others can feel strongly enough to shout at a TV but I never could. Not for sports, esports, not even when a couple of kids from my class were on ninja warrior.

Re: NBA GO – Watch NBA in Your Terminal

#84

Post by Amorymeltzer »

jpeeler wrote: post #45

First of all, cool project. Looks very nice. And kudos to nba.com for making their data so easily accessible via JSON (and perhaps other methods, didn't look too closely). Personally, I have little interest in sports in general. And I find that the interest ratio is much lower with those interested in technical fields than others. However, obviously proven by this project and life experience, there are definitely tho…

People like the camaraderie, and as other folks have mentioned here, understanding the rules of a game definitely make it interesting beyond the athletic endeavor.

This is a little self-serving, but for a few years until I moved, I maintained a stats page for a city beer-league softball team, made almost exclusively of current and former STEM grad students.

https://amorymeltzer.github.io/mls/

Re: NBA GO – Watch NBA in Your Terminal

#85

Post by kenjackson »

d2xdy2 wrote: post #81

Showed this to some of the dev team / folks around NBA. Overwhelming good response. Good job! Only qualms might surround ToS for `stats.nba.com`: > You may download material displayed on the Site to any single computer only for your personal, noncommercial use, provided you also maintain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials. You may not, however, distribute, reproduce, republish, dis…

You work for the NBA?

Re: NBA GO – Watch NBA in Your Terminal

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Post by Amorymeltzer »

jve wrote: post #68
FiveSquared wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry for you man. It’s tough being a knicks fan.

Why?

https://deadspin.com/tag/lolknicks

It's a long story, but basically the Knicks were fantastic in the 90s, but since 2000 have been mostly a garbage fire. They're a historic team located in NYC, a massive market, and play in Madison Square Garden, a fantastic location, yet despite all that have been miserable. Poor management decisions — trading draft picks to apt for over-pay aging players, for example — is a big part of it.

Re: NBA GO – Watch NBA in Your Terminal

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Post by travmatt »

lostgame wrote: post #80
jpeeler wrote: post #45

First of all, cool project. Looks very nice. And kudos to nba.com for making their data so easily accessible via JSON (and perhaps other methods, didn't look too closely). Personally, I have little interest in sports in general. And I find that the interest ratio is much lower with those interested in technical fields than others. However, obviously proven by this project and life experience, there are definitely tho…

For some reason, while most sports have never interested me, or most 'geek' types I've known, basketball has always seemed to be an unusual exception to the rule, myself included. I don't personally follow, or play, team sports. But if I did, it'd absolutely, most certainly, be basketball. I wonder why that is?

In many ways basketball is more skill and tactic based than something like football, and I suspect that has an influence. I also think bjj is disproportionately popular among programmers for the same reason

Re: NBA GO – Watch NBA in Your Terminal

#88

Post by ams6110 »

komali2 wrote: post #83
jerf wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I found my interest in sports went up when I understood the rules a bit more deeply, and some of the reason why. For instance, basketball for a long time looked really silly to me, and I thought I knew the rules because "we had played some in gym class", but it turns out that I knew almost nothing about it. There's a lot more to the rules about who can be where, and a lot of rules around what your feet are doing and…

Same with the rules, especially for basketball. However, this just made all basketball games interesting to me. To this day, I really cannot empathize with "having a team." I get that it comes off as neckbeardy or holier than thou, but it just seems like arbitrary tribalism - maybe because I moved around a lot as a kid(from BIG SPORT cities, too! Green Bay to Houston to San Francisco), but I never really understood w…

It's our tribal nature. We like to be part of a group, and have enemies that are not part of our group.

Re: NBA GO – Watch NBA in Your Terminal

#89

Post by josefresco »

jasonkester wrote: post #30

I think I'm different in my preferences from most people, but I don't want to know the score for anything I haven't watched yet. I realize I'm in the minority, judging from the amount of effort it has taken to convince my phone to stop popping up notifications ruining every Seahawks game for me from a dozen different sources, and from browsing the Formula 1 website with my eyes closed in the hope of scrolling down to…

Don't you control the notifications on your phone? I use the ESPN/Scorecenter app and it even allows you to turn off the final score notifications for your favorite teams. When I DVR a game, I simply avoid social media and "mainstream" news so I see no spoilers.
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