https://runrepeat.com/salary-analysis-in...-1991-2019

Quote:The minimum criteria a college has to fulfill to be eligible for the list is at least 100 NBA salaries from its players from 1991 until 2019.

The top 10 list of colleges differs depending on which salary criteria we take: average salary valued in $, or average salary calculated as a % of the salary cap. If we take absolute figures, NBA players coming from Wake Forest averaged the highest salaries, followed by Georgetown, Florida, Connecticut, and Texas (Austin).

This is the type of data analysis I like to see.

(07-29-2019 01:47 PM)TheBasketBallOpinion Wrote:  https://runrepeat.com/salary-analysis-in...-1991-2019

Quote:The minimum criteria a college has to fulfill to be eligible for the list is at least 100 NBA salaries from its players from 1991 until 2019.

The top 10 list of colleges differs depending on which salary criteria we take: average salary valued in $, or average salary calculated as a % of the salary cap. If we take absolute figures, NBA players coming from Wake Forest averaged the highest salaries, followed by Georgetown, Florida, Connecticut, and Texas (Austin).

This is the type of data analysis I like to see.

For each school, what would this look like if you didn't count the player who made the most NBA money.

E.g., what is Wake Forest's 1991-2019 average if you don't count Tim Duncan's $243 million in NBA salary.

(07-29-2019 01:56 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(07-29-2019 01:47 PM)TheBasketBallOpinion Wrote:  https://runrepeat.com/salary-analysis-in...-1991-2019

Quote:The minimum criteria a college has to fulfill to be eligible for the list is at least 100 NBA salaries from its players from 1991 until 2019.

The top 10 list of colleges differs depending on which salary criteria we take: average salary valued in $, or average salary calculated as a % of the salary cap. If we take absolute figures, NBA players coming from Wake Forest averaged the highest salaries, followed by Georgetown, Florida, Connecticut, and Texas (Austin).

This is the type of data analysis I like to see.

For each school, what would this look like if you didn't count the player who made the most NBA money.

E.g., what is Wake Forest's 1991-2019 average if you don't count Tim Duncan's $243 million in NBA salary.

Yes, it might be a bit misleading. E.g., Georgetown hasn't produced all that much NBA talent in recent years, but since 1991 we had Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutumbo, and Allen Iverson, all of whom probably made huge salaries for many years, which masks that fact. All of those guys began their NBA careers well over 20 years ago and none have played in about 10 years.

Even some of Patrick Ewing's pay would be included in that range.

(07-29-2019 05:42 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(07-29-2019 01:56 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(07-29-2019 01:47 PM)TheBasketBallOpinion Wrote:  https://runrepeat.com/salary-analysis-in...-1991-2019

Quote:The minimum criteria a college has to fulfill to be eligible for the list is at least 100 NBA salaries from its players from 1991 until 2019.

The top 10 list of colleges differs depending on which salary criteria we take: average salary valued in $, or average salary calculated as a % of the salary cap. If we take absolute figures, NBA players coming from Wake Forest averaged the highest salaries, followed by Georgetown, Florida, Connecticut, and Texas (Austin).

This is the type of data analysis I like to see.

For each school, what would this look like if you didn't count the player who made the most NBA money.

E.g., what is Wake Forest's 1991-2019 average if you don't count Tim Duncan's $243 million in NBA salary.

Yes, it might be a bit misleading. E.g., Georgetown hasn't produced all that much NBA talent in recent years, but since 1991 we had Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutumbo, and Allen Iverson, all of whom probably made huge salaries for many years, which masks that fact. All of those guys began their NBA careers well over 20 years ago and none have played in about 10 years.

Even some of Patrick Ewing's pay would be included in that range.

It's easy to cherry pick numbers to come up with a statistic. A great example of this: On the same page as the statistic mentioned by the OP is another stat, NBA salary average by birthplace. Wow, I'm *shocked* to see that the city in first place there is the city where both LeBron James and Steph Curry were born.

To be honest, I'm something of a numbers geek. I have to say I didn't find anything especially interesting or enlightening here.

By city of birth? Really?

(07-29-2019 01:56 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(07-29-2019 01:47 PM)TheBasketBallOpinion Wrote:  https://runrepeat.com/salary-analysis-in...-1991-2019

Quote:The minimum criteria a college has to fulfill to be eligible for the list is at least 100 NBA salaries from its players from 1991 until 2019.

The top 10 list of colleges differs depending on which salary criteria we take: average salary valued in $, or average salary calculated as a % of the salary cap. If we take absolute figures, NBA players coming from Wake Forest averaged the highest salaries, followed by Georgetown, Florida, Connecticut, and Texas (Austin).

This is the type of data analysis I like to see.

For each school, what would this look like if you didn't count the player who made the most NBA money.

E.g., what is Wake Forest's 1991-2019 average if you don't count Tim Duncan's $243 million in NBA salary.

Yeah, it’s a bit too susceptible to outliers (although in the specific case of Wake Forest alums, they also have Chris Paul that is still one of the top 5 highest paid players in the NBA under a 4-year contract worth just shy of $160 million).

I find the 10 player minimum to be arbitrary. If you have 9 players with an average of $20m you don't make the cut?

Imagine being the guy that played 47 games on a $37k salary. Who the hell was his agent?

(07-29-2019 01:56 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(07-29-2019 01:47 PM)TheBasketBallOpinion Wrote:  https://runrepeat.com/salary-analysis-in...-1991-2019

Quote:The minimum criteria a college has to fulfill to be eligible for the list is at least 100 NBA salaries from its players from 1991 until 2019.

The top 10 list of colleges differs depending on which salary criteria we take: average salary valued in $, or average salary calculated as a % of the salary cap. If we take absolute figures, NBA players coming from Wake Forest averaged the highest salaries, followed by Georgetown, Florida, Connecticut, and Texas (Austin).

This is the type of data analysis I like to see.

For each school, what would this look like if you didn't count the player who made the most NBA money.

E.g., what is Wake Forest's 1991-2019 average if you don't count Tim Duncan's $243 million in NBA salary.

Yes, the median salary would be interesting, to see how much the average is skewed by the top end of the distribution.