[1] APBRmetrics takes its name from the acronym APBR, which stands for the Association for Professional Basketball Research.
[2] According to The Sporting News, the APBRmetrics message board was "the birthplace of basketball analytics".
[3] Advanced basketball statistics include effective field goal percentage (eFG%), true shooting percentage (TS%), (on-court/off-court) plus–minus, adjusted plus-minus (APM), real plus/minus (RPM), player efficiency rating (PER), offense efficiency rating, offensive rating, defensive rating, similarity score, tendex, and player tracking.
[4] A more complete explanation of basketball analytics is available in "A Starting Point for Analyzing Basketball Statistics" in the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports.
[5] The field of basketball analytics practitioners includes, but is not limited to, the following individuals: