For fans of basketball, the tools we have to analyse the game we love online, is somewhat limited. Until now, with our brand BasketballAnalyst. What people currently use when trying to analyse certain aspects of basketball, specifically the NBA (National Basketball Association), they have to go to multiple places online, such as the NBA app to watch games and check on live scores, Basketball Reference to look at stats for players, as well as social media platforms such as Twitter and YouTube for storylines, rumours, and other people’s opinions on what is going on around the NBA. But now, with BasketballAnalyst, you can do pretty much all of that and then some, on one singular app (or website)!
BasketballAnalyst is going to be a platform for NBA fans to analyse, critique and discuss everything to do with the NBA and basketball in general, as, with our partnership with the website Basketball Reference we are going to have all the statistics, records, history of NBA teams and players both past and present available on our program. As well as this information, we are also going to be having all sorts of advanced statistics (also known as basketball analytics) available for people to view. With this information (and then some) fans of the NBA are going to be able to analyse different aspects on the NBA, whether it is comparing two legends of the game, like Michael Jordan and LeBron James to see how well each players stats look compared to each other, or how well a player is doing during the current season, to see if they’ve been underperforming or overperforming compared to the last season. Whatever the case may be, there are unlimited possibilities with what you can do in our app!
I haven’t even gotten to one of the best aspects of BasketballAnalysis, which is the ratings system that we have come up with. This ratings system is for fans to rate how well players are playing or how well teams are performing. Whether you want to say that through the season so far, an all-star player has been underperforming, so you can give them a 2.5 out of 5 rating, or use our other way of rating, which is giving them an overall score out of 100. If unsure with how that would work, just think of the ratings system for the NBA 2K games.
Not only can you analyse to yourself with how players and teams are performing in the league, but there is going to be an online community to interact with, where you can talk to people across the globe about everything to do with the NBA, but in a way that isn’t considered toxic, as there will be admins and moderators to keep things (somewhat) civil. But that doesn’t mean you can’t say what you want to say, this just means that if you or someone else says something that is out of line and is not basketball related and can be considered as offensive, then it is getting deleted, as simple as that, but this doesn’t mean some people still can’t say some of their god-awful NBA opinions or ‘hot takes’.
One other aspect of BasketballAnalyst that I haven’t mentioned yet, is all the content that is going to be available in the form of videos, articles, and blogs on our site, which will be made by basketball fans, for basketball fans. Just by clicking onto a player’s profile where his statistics and such would be, there will also be a section that includes certain videos or articles that are related to this player, same goes for different teams, as there will be videos and articles about how well a team is performing so far into the season, or how unhappy a player is in their certain situation with their teammates. Again, BasketballAnalyst is going to cover ALL things basketball.
The last section we will be talking about is our gaming section, where we will have arcade type basketball games, as well as NBA trivia and quizzes that have anything to do with the NBA and basketball in general. This will include the ability to create your own quizzes too!
Our brand and its app and website are going to need your help though, as being a crowdfunded project we will need donations from you, our fans, and supporters of our program, to create unlimited possibilities of what you can do on BasketballAnalyst. With any luck, this could lead into other sports as well, like FootyAnalyst, SoccerAnalyst, WrestlingAnalyst and so on!
So, if you’re a fan of the NBA or basketball, get ready for BasketballAnalyst. For the fans that think they are experts, time to see if they really know what they’re talking about.
References
– Basketball Reference, accessed 8 August, 2022 https://www.basketball-reference.com/
– White – Unminus, Soundcloud, accessed 9 August, 2022, https://soundcloud.com/unminus/white
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