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Differences in standings templates

I've noticed a discrepancy in different standings templates types. Should the new standings match the older ones? For examples see below the 05-06 vs 19-20:UCO2009bluejay (talk) 02:06, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	63	19	.768	-	34–7	29–12	13–3
x-Dallas Mavericks	60	22	.732	3	34–7	26–15	13–3
x-Memphis Grizzlies	49	33	.598	14	30–11	19–22	6–10
New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	38	44	.463	25	24–17	14–27	7–9
Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	29	15–26	19–22	1–15

Southwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Houston Rockets	44	28	.611	–	24‍–‍12	20‍–‍16	8–5	72
x – Dallas Mavericks	43	32	.573	2.5	20‍–‍18	23‍–‍14	10–4	75
pi – Memphis Grizzlies	34	39	.466	10.5	20‍–‍17	14‍–‍22	4–9	73
San Antonio Spurs	32	39	.451	11.5	19‍–‍15	13‍–‍24	7–6	71
New Orleans Pelicans	30	42	.417	14.0	15‍–‍21	15‍–‍21	4–9	72

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#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	63	19	.768	-
2	y-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	9
3	y-Denver Nuggets	44	38	.537	19
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	60	22	.732	3
5	x-Memphis Grizzlies	49	33	.598	14
6	x-Los Angeles Clippers	47	35	.573	16
7	x-Los Angeles Lakers	45	37	.549	18
8	x-Sacramento Kings	44	38	.537	19
9	Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	22
10	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	38	44	.463	25
11	Seattle SuperSonics	35	47	.427	28
12	Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	29
13	Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	29
14	Minnesota Timberwolves	33	49	.402	30
15	Portland Trail Blazers	21	61	.256	42

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c – Los Angeles Lakers *	52	19	.732	–	71
2	x – Los Angeles Clippers	49	23	.681	3.5	72
3	y – Denver Nuggets *	46	27	.630	7.0	73
4	y – Houston Rockets *	44	28	.611	8.5	72
5	x – Oklahoma City Thunder	44	28	.611	8.5	72
6	x – Utah Jazz	44	28	.611	8.5	72
7	x – Dallas Mavericks	43	32	.573	11.0	75
8	x – Portland Trail Blazers	35	39	.473	18.5	74
9	pi – Memphis Grizzlies	34	39	.466	19.0	73
10	Phoenix Suns	34	39	.466	19.0	73
11	San Antonio Spurs	32	39	.451	20.0	71
12	Sacramento Kings	31	41	.431	21.5	72
13	New Orleans Pelicans	30	42	.417	22.5	72
14	Minnesota Timberwolves	19	45	.297	29.5	64
15	Golden State Warriors	15	50	.231	34.0	65

• Personally I would like to see them match the current template.UCO2009bluejay (talk) 02:06, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

I'd want the NBA use most of the basketball world is using TBH. Howard the Duck (talk) 03:59, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Do you have an example?—Bagumba (talk) 05:36, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

I think I made a mock table at the talk page of the previous season's article. It's for conference standings as the NBA does not publicize division standings any more, at least on social media.

Division standings are another thing as the stewards of the module are uninterested in adding columns for division, conference, home and away records. Howard the Duck (talk) 06:21, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

A mock-up is at Talk:2018–19 NBA season#New template. Howard the Duck (talk) 03:49, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Looks like the essential difference is a column for games played?—Bagumba (talk) 05:36, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

Games played should've been right after the "Teams" column. Only Wikipedia has this at the rightmost column AFAIK. Howard the Duck (talk) 03:49, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

76ers–Bucks rivalry

A Draft:76ers- Bucks Rivalry has been created about a "supposed" rivalry between the 76ers and Bucks. How do we deal with drafts? There is no rivalry between these teams and after making a search at Google it is clear that this is nothing more than WP:OR. – Sabbatino (talk) 10:14, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

You can review the draft by following Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Reviewing instructions.—Bagumba (talk) 10:36, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

I am not a reviewer so I cannot do that. – Sabbatino (talk) 14:42, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Requesting input at WT:NFL

Please see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_National_Football_League#Pending_trades_and_signings, thanks. Eagles 24/7 (C) 20:08, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Player Positions

Where do we find the information for these players' positions? Sites such as [Basketball Reference] don't correspond with some of the positions, such as Magic Johnson being listed as Power Forward, Shooting Guard, and Point Guard on the website, while on Wikipedia, Magic is listed as Point Guard. DerpieDerpie:D 23:38, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

I don't think basketball-reference is necessarily wrong, but Magic Johnson is most often described as a point guard. Generally, if basketball-reference lists a player with a given position, then I don't think anyone will make a fuss if Wikipedia lists that same position. But with the more famous players, there will be more eyes on the Wiki pages, and stronger opinions about how to describe the players. Sometimes, it all comes down to an editorial decision. There was a brief discussion at Talk:Magic_Johnson#Position a while back. Zagalejo^^^ 04:45, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

WP:NBAPOSITION provides a description of how this is generally handled. Magic is like an WP:IAR exception of limiting it to the postion(s) a player is genererally famous for playing.—Bagumba (talk) 08:32, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Listed colleges in bios' infoboxes

FYI

You are invited to join the discussion regarding which colleges to list in a bio's infobox at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_College_Basketball#Listed_colleges_in_bios'_infoboxes.—Bagumba (talk) 01:08, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

We should do something with edits regarding coronavirus

Editors tend to add irrelevant information like in this edit. In my opionion, the test is not notable unless they get the virus. In addition, some editors are running around and speculating that everyone gets the virus from Gobert, which is nothing more than a rumor. Other sources say, that it was in fact Mitchell, who transmitted to others. – Sabbatino (talk) 17:33, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

At this point, it's hard to say if the negative test results will be notable in the long run. In the case of Ibaka, there has been some continuing coverage of how the coronavirus has affected him (eg, [1]). If we put the test result in a fuller context, we may be able to describe it in an encyclopedic manner.

I agree that we should be vigilant about random speculation. Zagalejo^^^ 05:00, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

I think negatives are generally a case of WP:NOTDIARY and WP:RECENTISM. Many positives might eventually become that too, but it's too soon to tell now.—Bagumba (talk) 08:57, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

An editor has been edit-warring at Donovan Mitchell's page stating that it is irrelevant to note COVID-19 on Mitchell's page. I asked the editor to come and give his/her opinion here, but it was ignored. However, a new discussion has been started at Talk:Donovan Mitchell#Removed mention of COVID infection. – Sabbatino (talk) 11:37, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Capitalization in infobox of player positions

A user is decapitalizing positions in the infobox for players with multiple positions e.g. Gerald Green. It's been the de facto convention to capitalize them, and I believe MOS:LISTCAPS takes no position as long as editors are consistent. Is there any support to de-capitalize?—Bagumba (talk) 01:50, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

The positions should be capitalized if they are not separated by a comma. – Sabbatino (talk) 09:19, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

FWIW, FAs Tim Duncan and Juwan Howard capitalize their multiple playing positions.—Bagumba (talk) 09:33, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Capitalized is correct. The infobox doesn’t use a comma, it uses a slash. Rikster2 (talk) 12:41, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of List of career achievements by Dwyane Wade for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of career achievements by Dwyane Wade is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of career achievements by Dwyane Wade (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.—Bagumba (talk) 04:40, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Career spans

A user (same sock as above) was updating players' career spans in the infobox to reflect a small gap when they didn't play e.g. Dennis Rodman. Do we need to get that nuanced for a career, or should it be a single start and a single end year, with the details still in the team listings?—Bagumba (talk) 07:20, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Brooklyn Nets template colours changed

The colours on the game log template for the Nets have been switched. It used to have white text on a black background, but the colours are now reversed. Anyone know if it's like that on purpose, or was it changed without consensus? Yowashi (talk) 00:21, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

@Yowashi: I believe it was changed by Charlesaaronthompson in this edit. Yosemiter (talk) 00:28, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

@Yowashi and Yosemiter: Yes, I changed the color codes for the Brooklyn Nets at Module:Sports color/basketball. I did it because the Nets' official team colors are black and white, and I wanted the basestyle of the template to reflect that fact. Charlesaaronthompson (talk) 02:14, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

@Yowashi and Yosemiter: OK, I reverted back the color codes for the Brooklyn Nets at Module:Sports color/basketball, per this edit diff. Charlesaaronthompson (talk) 02:19, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Infobox person

Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson have recently started embedding {{Infobox basketball biography}} into {{Infobox person}} to display infomation such as their birth name, occupation of "philanthropist", spouses, nunber of children, etc. Infobox person has a smorgasbord of parameters, so this seems to bypasses project consensus as to what is generally important. Do we want these new parameters? If so, should Infobox basketball biography be expanded, or continue to embed into Infobox person?—Bagumba (talk) 16:58, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Personally, I feel showing more goes against MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE: The less information it contains, the more effectively it serves that purpose, allowing readers to identify key facts at a glance. Those people, especially, already have (too) large infoboxes as it is.—Bagumba (talk) 16:58, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

their notability comes mainly from basketball. Embedding makes sense for someone like Bill Bradley who is more notable (or at least as notable) outside of basketball. Magic, MJ, Kobe, LBJ, etc. transcend the sport but their core notability is clearly basketball Rikster2 (talk) 17:13, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

This feels like a way for someone to try and sneak in fields like spouse and other family members which were expressly rejected for the basketball infobox Rikster2 (talk) 17:20, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

1968-1969 NBA Season

This needs a lot of improvement. In the season summary, it looks horrible. Can someone help? Ping me. New3400 (talk) 23:11, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Infobox stats categories

There is a current discussion about whether the infobox listed career statistical categories should be standardized to points, assist, and rebounds or whether the listed categories should depend on the player. This debate is currently being discussed at Talk:Patrick Ewing#Infobox statistics. Morbidthoughts (talk) 19:53, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

NBL stats, partial total and averages

George Mikan's infobox stats have a few issues:

• It combines NBL stats with his ABA and NBA stats. While the ABA merged with the NBA, and sources commonly combine the two leagues, sources don't combine the NBL and NBA stats. I think the NBA might consider it an expansion and not a merger. I think we should not combine stats from unrelated leagues if sources don't commonly do so. Another example, someone combined Manute Bol's CBA and NBA stats.[2]
• Rebound stats weren't kept until 1950–51. Do we need to note this in the inbox? If so, it should be a more elegant footnote, or just leave it for the body or the stat table section. A similar issue would happen if we do blocks or steals, like some are suggesting at the ongoing discussion at Patrick Ewing's talk.

—Bagumba (talk) 07:12, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Aren't these labeled as "NBA career statistics"? If it is, it's pretty straightforward what that's for. Howard the Duck (talk) 08:30, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

The default is no league is specified. In Mikan's case, it was overrided to display "NBL/BAA/NBA".—Bagumba (talk) 08:32, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Welp. Good luck with that. Howard the Duck (talk) 08:43, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Although the NBL is a separate league from the BAA / NBA, there was a tradition of combining the NBL with NBA stats that long preceded wikipedia. For example, if you look at any of the "Official National Basketball Association Guides" that were published every season by "The Sporting News" (at least through the mid-1980s, which is when I stopped purchasing them), they will list Mikan's career stats with the NBL totals combined. Not all sources do this, but this was the standard in the 1970s and 1980s. I'm not sure if that is still commonly practiced.— Myasuda (talk) 13:01, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

A quick Google search shows plenty of sources listing Mikan's career average as 22.6 ppg (NBL/BAA/NBA) . . . and plenty listing his average as 23.1 ppg (BAA/NBA only). The infobox lists both which, based on this finding, is not unreasonable. — Myasuda (talk) 13:18, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Yes. In the 2004–05 NBA Register, p.397, it has the NBL stats for Mikan totaled w/ NBA. Also, it doesn't list career totals for rebs or assists, (presumably since they were only tracked for part of this career?) However in the 1984–85 Official NBA Guide, p. 113 for "Top Career Scorers", it lists leaders including their NBL stats, and even the partial rebound and assist totals for Mikan are there. (They weren't counting ABA stats back then though). I would suggest for the infobox that we list stats either combined w/ NBA or w/o, but not list both, for brevity.—Bagumba (talk) 17:45, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Regarding rebounding stats, a footnote at the very least is needed for players whose careers straddled the inaugural season in which they were recorded. I recall that there have been articles (perhaps this one) in which I've had to correct the listed career average because unaware editors were dividing the rebounding totals by the career games played rather than just the games played in which rebounds were recorded. The same recommendation goes for analogous stats such as steals and blocked shots.

As for including NBL totals, if we must settle for one entry rather than two, I would suggest following whatever the convention that's adopted regarding the ABA since the ABA and NBL underwent a similar absorption of teams into the NBA.—Myasuda (talk) 00:14, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

I prefer to follow the convention of most sources per WP:WEIGHT, if one exists. I know the NBA formally made a statement to include ABA stats at some point. Im not sure about the NBL. Right or wrong, a lot of editors go off of what basketball-reference.com lists, and they currently dont combine NBL. I'll need to poke around or hear more input to come up with an opinion. Cheers.—Bagumba (talk) 01:41, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Historical heights and weights

Moved to #stats.NBA.com links

—Bagumba (talk) 14:13, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

A user (since independently blocked as a sock) had been updating retired bios with heights and weights from stats.nba.com in some cases where they differed from measurements on basketball-reference.com e.g. Steve Kerr. Do we trust one more than the another? As a note, {{Infobox basketball biography}} doesn't have a link to stats.nba.com. For active players, it historically has pointed to the basic profile on NBA.com. NBA.com before had a different format for retired players, which we never added (or perhaps removed) support for, partly becauuse NBA.com is a bit of a maintenance headache since they change URL formats without redirecting old ones.

If we start using stats.nba.com measurements, do we just rely on sourcing it as a one-off using a footnote, like that user was doing? Or should we generally start adding a stats.nba.com link to all NBA infoboxes?—Bagumba (talk) 07:13, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Edits by DrLuigiGamer2001

I am concerned with the edits of DrLuigiGamer2001 (talk · contribs). He tends to duplicate the content in the lead and/or expand it to point which is not supposed to be there. I assume English is not his native language and edits strongly imply that, which makes other editors to cleanup after almost every edit made by him. – Sabbatino (talk) 19:09, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Can you give an example or two and advice on how you think they can improve? Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 19:20, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Example #1, Example #2, Example #3, etc. Just to name some issues, for example, the grammar is poor in most edits, the links are duplicated, some statements do not even make sense, addition of contract details to the lead even if they are not even mentioned anywhere in the article.. – Sabbatino (talk) 19:43, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

I am sorry DrLuigiGamer2001 (talk) 19:38, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

I am very sorry it's just there is some missing information. Please i am very sorry DrLuigiGamer2001 (talk) 19:40, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

@DrLuigiGamer2001: Details about contracts or season stats are generally too low-level for the lead. I do like your adding overview of major teams in their career. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 19:51, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Alright again i am very sorry i wanted to be a good user not vandlize the players informations it's just i don't want to get banned it's my fault i typed very fast. I'm french that's my grammar problem i can improve but still i am very sorry. DrLuigiGamer2001 (talk) 20:00, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

@DrLuigiGamer2001: It's not vandalism. It's good that you are discussing with others about their concerns.—Bagumba (talk) 20:09, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

stats.NBA.com links

Zyxw recently added changes to {{basketballstats}} to support adding links to stats.nba.com in addition to the traditional NBA.con player profile. For the average reader, why do we need to supply two links to NBA site e.g. see Ja Morant currently w/ NBA.com and Stats.NBA.com links. Choose the best NBA link and remove the other one (WP:NOTLINKFARM).

The problem with the NBA.com site is that they historically change links without redirecting old ones. That's why at one point we removed support for them and only kept the one that remained working, the basic NBA.com profile. See the 2013 thread Template_talk:Infobox_basketball_biography/Archive_2#Historical_profiles_have_moved. For example, the NBA site moved Jordan from http://www.nba.com/historical/playerfile/index.html?player=michael_jordan to http://stats.nba.com/playerProfile.html?PlayerID=893. Now in 2020, it's changed again to https://stats.nba.com/player/893/. Do people want to manage each time it changes, potentially having to manually update? —Bagumba (talk) 11:43, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Note also for more recent players like Kobe Bryant, basketball-reference.com itself has a link "View on stats.nba.com"[3] Readers could use that route if we decided not to support stats.nba.com (or advanced readers just go to stats.nba.com on their own)—Bagumba (talk) 11:43, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

@Bagumba: I am against the newest changes to the template. It worked perfectly fine before the changes were made (listing "1629630" at |nba= parameter used to point to Ja Morant's profile at NBA Stats, which was fine). Whenever, a player retired I just changed the link from "player_name" to '123456789" (NBA Stats) and there were no problems. In addition, the editor has also started adding links to ESPN bios. – Sabbatino (talk) 12:35, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Yes, we should not be putting ESPN ELs outside of {{basketballstats}} like this on Zion's page. I think its LINKFARM, but if there is consensus for another site, put it all on the same template. See the last thread at Template_talk:Basketballstats#Reenabling_ESPN_support, which is based on discussions since 2012.—Bagumba (talk) 13:55, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

There are too many links already on some players' pages. Limiting to NBA and Basketball-Reference is enough. I have reverted all the changes and hope the user comes here to discuss it. – Sabbatino (talk) 14:00, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Note There was also a stats.nba.com ralated issue above for inboxboxes at #Historical heights and weights. One editor (and their socks) have been using stats.nba.com for historical heights of former players, which sometimes differ from b.r.com. Perhaps we can reach a comprehensive solution regarding NBA.com links, both for the infobox and the EL section.—Bagumba (talk) 14:12, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Since the consensus seems to be against two NBA links, I'll change it back to a single link. -- Zyxw (talk) 14:31, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

@Zyxw: I saw your most recent change to take an ID instead for active players. Is this for players like Glenn Robinson III, where <first>_<last> does not work? Or did you have other cases in mind?—Bagumba (talk) 06:49, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

@Bagumba: That or Charlie Brown, Marcus Morris Sr., Derrick Jones Jr., and probably every name at NBA.com/players with a format other than First Last. In the article for Kevin Knox, an editor did this:

{{basketballstats|bbr=k/knoxke01}}, or [https://www.nba.com/players/kevin/knox_ii/1628995 NBA.com/players]

Using the current NBA ID with the number would also make it easier to update former players. Yesterday I edited a number of articles where |nba=first_last no longer worked and in every case I had to search for the ID number. It would have been much faster to change a non-working ID such as first/last/12345 to 12345 and check if the new link worked. -- Zyxw (talk) 03:32, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

@Zyxw: For current players, the risk of using the numeric ID is that if NBA.com reassigns the numbers, which history shows will happen, we'd have 400 deadlinks that need manual updating on each page. The <first>_<last> format (I believe) has survived the past 10 years, perhaps with a tweak or two in the template, but no mass editor changes needed to every player. Perhaps continuing to use <first>_<last>, when it works, remains the most future-proof format. We can use the numeric id for the few one-offs that don't work. I wonder if it's better to have this id format be a new parameter, like |nba1= or whatever, and have the logic isolated instead of needing to check if a "/" is in the input or if it's numeric? Regards. (This is on my watchlist, so no need to ping if you respond) —Bagumba (talk) 04:47, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

@Zyxw: Just to make an observation. You do not need to add the "*" symbol before the template, because it is added automatically. And there is absolutely no need to write "basketball stats", because the template's name is "basketballstats" – Sabbatino (talk) 07:28, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

@Zyxw: If you were going to go ahead and edit individual active player pages like Derrick Jones Jr., it's too bad we could not coordinate to combine the same change at {{Infobox basketball biography}}, since you took the time to edit the non-working parameter.[4] Same for former NBA players like Andrew Bogut.[5] At any rate, thanks for the effort.—Bagumba (talk) 08:04, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Sabrina Ionescu's triple-doubles

There is a discussion about a table related to Ionescu's triple-doubles in college at Talk:Sabrina Ionescu#List of triple-doubles (collapsible). Opinions would be appreciated. – Sabbatino (talk) 05:30, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Move statistics from Double-double (basketball) to new article(s)?

Should the statistics in the Double-double (basketball) page be moved to a new article (or multiple articles if necessary)? Given that most of the page's volume is taken up by statistics, I am unsure as to whether or not this would be a good idea. 400spartans (talk) 00:53, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

I'm more into splitting the article into Triple-double, Quadruple-double and Quintiple-double. Howard the Duck (talk) 13:09, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

The Shot (disambiguation)

An editor has suggested on adding Leonard's "The Shot" from Game 7 of last year's series versus the 76ers to The Shot (disambiguation). A discussion can be found at Talk:The Shot (disambiguation)#Kawhi Leonard 2019. – Sabbatino (talk) 08:33, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Request to add fields to Template:Infobox basketball biography

There is a request to add coaching wins/losses and win% to this template. Please go to Template talk:Infobox basketball biography#Notable High School Coaches and weigh in on the discussion. Thanks. Rikster2 (talk) 23:12, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Revisiting listed player positions

Machr123 re-added "shooting guard" to Alex Caruso's infobox, saying in the edit summary that we shouldn't rely on the positions listed at the top of basketball-reference.com's profile, but should scroll down and analyze the breakdowns in their "Play-by-play" stats. They also cite different positions listed at msn.com and lakersnation.com. Currently, WP:NBAPOSITION advises: In an infobox, a player's position(s) is generally listed based on the listings at NBA.com and basketball-reference.com., based off a 2018 discussion. What do people think? Is Caruso an exception? Does NBAPOSITION need any changes?—Bagumba (talk) 16:36, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

well if there is literally statistical evidence that the player played 40% of his minutes at SG, then why wouldnt it be listed? the standard should still be to list the positions from NBA.com or bbref but if theres evidence it should be updated accordingly.Machr123 16:39, 25 May 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Machr123 (talk • contribs)

WP:NBAPOSITION was objective before. Sure, consensus can change, but what criteria are you suggesting to override b-r's primary positions? If we do it midseason, is there a minimum number of games to wait? Is there a minimum average of minutes per game we require from the player. Is the cutoff 40% of minutes at a position? Why not 35? Or tomorrow 30%? Which websites are reliable for this determination? I want to make sure we are all in agreement on the selection criteria and not cherry-picking to satisfy one random bench player.—Bagumba (talk) 17:58, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

there isnt an exact formular, but you just have to look the overall picture. in the case of caruso, he played 120 nba games in total in his career. 40% of the time at the SG spot. thats enough imo to have it listed as the secondary position. the sample size is big enough. the official NBA.com listing also only says G (for guard): https://stats.nba.com/player/1627936/ Machr123 19:16, 25 May 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Machr123 (talk • contribs)

the official NBA.com listing also only says G (for guard): There's no dispute that he is a guard. The issue is the criteria to list "shooting guard".—Bagumba (talk) 00:44, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

OK, one thing for sure - for active players the source of record is their team (in other words, NBA.com), not basketball-reference or any other site. That doesn’t help distinguish specific forward or guard positions, but it is a clear line on if a forward, guard or center position should be listed or not. I’d like to know more about how the play by play stats are being compiled by bbr before taking those as “the law.” Who exactly is evaluating what position a player is in? Is Alex Caruso actually playing SG or is he in a 2-PG system with Rondo or Cook but the system required that a player is coded as one of the 5 specific positions so SOMEBODY has to be the SG? In today’s positionless basketball you can’t assume every lineup has a PG, SG, SF, PF and C. Sometimes teams play 2 point guards, 3 guards, no center, etc. FWIW, Chris Paul is basically 50/50 between the two guard positions on the season. I don’t think I’m ready to call him a “PG/SG” yet. Rikster2 (talk) 23:00, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Revising NBA game logs

Anyone have suggestions on how to revise the schedules for the teams that will not be returning to play next month? I made some changes over at the Warriors page. I moved all the games that were cancelled to a "cancelled games" section, similar to what has been done on the NHL pages. I kept the cancelled games for historical purposes, that way it shows that they were originally scheduled. If anyone would like to make improvements to it, feel free. Yowashi (talk) 19:40, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

I suppose that is the best way to deal with it. The same has already been done at 2019–20 New York Knicks season and I done the same at 2019–20 Brooklyn Nets season. – Sabbatino (talk) 11:05, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Brooklyn Nets color code formatting at Module:Sports color/basketball

Hello other editors, I'm trying to reach WP:CONSENSUS regarding the wiki-code formatting for the Brooklyn Nets' color codes over at Module:Sports color/basketball. Right now, it is rendered as  black  background,  white  text, and no border for both the titlestyle and the basestyle. I am proposing changing only the basestyle to white background, black text, and a 2px black border. Would any other editor have an objection to these proposed changes? Please reply to this comment at your convenience. Again, I'm trying to reach consensus with other editors regarding this topic. Charlesaaronthompson (talk) 15:34, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

@Charlesaaronthompson, I personally don't think it should be changed. The original accurately exhibits the original logo. It doesn't look gunky or messy. It corresponds with the logo as there is a black background and a white forepart (letters and basketball). ֆօʍɛɮօɖʏǟռʏɮօɖʏ05 (talk) 20:54, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

@SomeBodyAnyBody05: OK, thank you for your input. That was exactly what I was looking for. Does anyone else have any comment as to whether the color code formatting for the Brooklyn Nets should be changed at Module:Sports color/basketball? Charlesaaronthompson (talk) 23:53, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Height/weight edits

FYI, User:75.38.152.77 and User:174.252.192.44 (who are probably the same person) keep screwing around with NBA player heights and weights. Zagalejo^^^ 04:25, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Hopefully the warning you gave was sufficient.—Bagumba (talk) 08:54, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry is a definite offense. This has to be dealt with hastily.SomeBodyAnyBody05 (talk) 14:22, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Well, people don’t always have control over their IP, so it’s not necessarily “socking”. My main hope was just to get some extra eyes on the articles. Zagalejo^^^ 16:27, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind providing some extra monitoring assistance on these pages. what pages are they specifically? SomeBodyAnyBody05 (talk) 16:48, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, Moses Malone, Bill Russell, Willis Reed, Brad Daugherty (basketball), Toni Kukoc, Kevin McHale (basketball), Joe Kleine. Zagalejo^^^ 18:23, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

75.38.152.77 has now been blocked for 1 mo.—Bagumba (talk) 01:18, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Request for Movement on Hawks Player Charlie Brown

I've started a request for movement for Charlie Brown (basketball, born 1997) → Charles Brown Jr. (basketball) OR Charlie Brown Jr. (basketball) on his talk page.

Manute Bol's heights

I was rather surprised to see that List of tallest players in National Basketball Association history has Manute Bol at 7'6", rather than 7'7". Apparently, NBA.com/stats does list Bol at 7'6". However, the last print version of the NBA Encyclopedia listed Bol at 7'7", as did at least a couple of Sporting News player registers from the 1990s (snippet views only).

I know that NBA player heights are a constant source of debate, but Bol is someone who was specifically famous for his height. Any thoughts on this? I'll ping Rodney Baggins (talk · contribs) and Robrayfl (talk · contribs). Zagalejo^^^ 23:48, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

I suppose for the purposes of forming a list, the most credible measurement needs to be chosen. But there should be at least a footnote, and perhaps prose too, that says there is a conflict.—Bagumba (talk) 02:12, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

For now, I added a footnote to try to explain the conflicting figures. Zagalejo^^^ 15:26, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

I was always under the impression that Bol was 7'7, the same height as Gheorghe Mureșan. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 13:48, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

I know, right? This is like finding out Muggsy Bogues was 5'4". Zagalejo^^^ 21:55, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Request for Movement on Piston's Player Bruce Brown

I've started a request for movement for Bruce Brown Jr. → Bruce Brown (basketball) on his talk page.

Template:NBA season-by-season team history

Seems to fail WP:Color at this time, the team names are not legible. I do not know what the problem is because the most recent edit was in 2016.-UCO2009bluejay (talk) 12:02, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Biography naming convention

FYI

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Basketball#Biography_naming_convention regarding disambiguating basketball biographies.—Bagumba (talk) 11:00, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Templates Infobox basketball biography and Basketballstats

FYI

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Basketball#External_links, where one of the topics is to not duplicate links in the infobox and the "External links" section.—Bagumba (talk) 14:51, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Header

Update the header! It's the got damn 2019-present. Dumb as hell to still have Post Kobe still as ongoing while the Lakers are 1st seed and are title contenders. Y'all are narrow minded. And Kobe Bryant passed away in January. Rich 0144 (talk) 16:49, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Roster sorting

An IP seems to have been changing rosters from past seasons to sort the players by position (example). Current season articles seem to be sorted by last name. Since all the columns are anyways sortable, it's not too big of a deal. It's just nice to be consistent and not have my watchlist churn with these cosmetic edits. What should the default sort be?—Bagumba (talk) 11:31, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Position is a poor default in my opinion, especially since we know there is significant disagreement around who plays what spot (to say nothing of the move to positionless basketball making it less clear anyway). The default has been alpha order, which I prefer, but number order (which has become popular with college rosters on WP) is also better than position. I think the IP needs to stop. Rikster2 (talk) 11:43, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

Better to sort by age or number. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 14:55, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

By age? Rikster2 (talk) 16:40, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

It is worth noting that the NBA sorts their own rosters alphabetically (e.g. 1, 2). Numbers are more of a collegiate and national roster style while age has never been used in any basketball capacity to my knowledge. CalDoesIt (talk) 11:50, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, the NBA using alpha order is why we went with it for the roster templates in the first place IIRC. Rikster2 (talk) 12:02, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Agreed. Alphabetical order seems to be the most universal as well as the most practical for sorting rosters in my opinion. RichieConant34 (talk) 14:04, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

So it doesn't look like there was any consensus to change from the alpha sort. Anyone looking for gnome work can help revert that user's contributions. Unfortunately, the undo button does not work on some of those because of intermediate edits.—Bagumba (talk) 12:29, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Career Stats for NBA All-Stars

We should finish adding all career stats for all NBA All-Stars, some NBA All-Stars don't have career stats on their pages while some that do have hard to understand formats, not the same as the new format we widely use now. Nintendoswitchfan (talk) 08:16, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Seeding Games awards in infobox?

Moved to #NBA Bubble "All-X" Teams in infobox?

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The NBA announced it's Seeding Games awards.[6] Do these belong in the infobox?—Bagumba (talk) 19:05, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

• No For now it seems like a one-time award w/ little long-term significance. Maybe this changes if the NBA adopts this every season, but can revisit if that's the case.—Bagumba (talk) 19:05, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

NBA color cells and color changes

I was looking at a few of the Houston Rockets pages back in the 1980s and I noticed that the color scheme is not the same as it is today. If changes were made it would use the current colors and not those of the time period (allegedly). I know that the colors from the Utah Jazz are not the same today as they were in the 90s. Is there a way that the color cells can be made year specific? (The NFL has a system for this.)-UCO2009bluejay (talk) 01:30, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

If you asking "can" as in technically, sure. Expand the color database with the historical colors, and then query it by both team and year as opposed to just team alone.—Bagumba (talk) 03:48, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

As for should this be done? More colors to maintain brings up more potential MOS:COLOR issues. Personally, I'd invest more time on building WP's information that prettifying it, but people can WP:VOLUNTEER their time as they see fit.—Bagumba (talk) 03:54, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

List of foreign NBA players

Taking a look at this list, it seems there are several US-born players who gained citizenship in another country after their NBA careers (example, Luke Zeller played in the NBA in the 2012–13 season and acquired Georgian citizenship in 2017). Should these folks appear in a list of Foreign NBA players? They weren't "foreign" when they played in the NBA. I have another question about if players hailing from US territories like Puerto Rico and the USVI should be included as well, but perhaps that comes down the national team affiliation (since these territories compete apart from team USA). Rikster2 (talk) 14:51, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

US-born players don't have to be there, but perhaps on a separate section apart from the truly foreign ones.

The same for those Americans who are not associated with any of the 50 states and DC. Tim Duncan is a special case as his supposed homeland didn't get 1st dibs on him so he ended up playing for Team USA. Howard the Duck (talk) 15:27, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

The NBA generally calls players "international" if they were born outside of the 50 US states. The page gets into WP:OR criteria by tracking national team representation and whatnot.—Bagumba (talk) 03:44, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

That page is messy. Should Raymond Townsend be there just because his mother was from the Philippines? We could save a lot of problems by limiting the list to players who were actually born outside the US. (Which still doesn't resolve the issue with players from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. On that point, I could go either way, as long as we're consistent.) Zagalejo^^^ 00:51, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Which is why I'd go by NBA's listings, since at least there is independent coverage. The only thing I remember is that they were never explicit on the reasoning of excluding some players born outside the US e.g. on military bases.—Bagumba (talk) 02:59, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Masked Photos in the infobox?

Should we be updating infobox photos of players if they are wearing masks? An example is Jeremiah Martin, where the infobox photo was updated to an image of him that is more recent and front facing, but in my opinion is far less descriptive as the previous image. Joe Harris (previous) is another one. I think that while forward facing and newer is ideal, it shouldn't be the be all, end all.Best, GPL93 (talk) 18:23, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

We primarily see these players unmasked during games. An unobstructed shot of their face, even if older, would be better for the lead.—Bagumba (talk) 18:45, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Agreed - I think an older shot without a mask is better than a new one with - you can’t see the face very well so it’s of limited value in my opinion. Obviously if that’s the only available photo it seems like it’d be better than no photo Rikster2 (talk) 18:53, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

I changed a bunch back. In general, I'd like to think that a clear photo of an athlete playing his or her sport is a better and more encyclopedic depiction than a blurry screenshot of a postgame press conference, masked or not. Best, GPL93 (talk) 19:03, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

The only reason to have a masked photo is if there are no other images of that person freely available. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 19:38, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

RM discussion at Chris Mullin

All - There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Chris Mullin#Requested move 22 August 2020. Please feel free to join in if you are so inclined. Rikster2 (talk) 20:01, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Finals results table in player bios

VK4000 added a table to Lebron James at § NBA Finals record (3–6) which shows his teams' records in the NBA Finals by year. What do people think of this? I wonder if it's WP:UNDUE attention to enumerate in a dedicated table. We have season-by-season records for coaches, because that's what they're often measured by, but I dont think it is common enough to dedicate a table like this for a player.—Bagumba (talk) 06:07, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

I don't think it should be included. I almost reverted back to the edit before VK4000's edits before making this edit. Flyer22 Frozen (talk) 06:27, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

I am against its inclusion as well for WP:UNDUE. It places too much individual emphasis on results that are intended to be attributed to a team. Career win-loss statistics in player articles would be strange. CalDoesIt (talk) 09:12, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

I've removed it for now. Discussion can continue, if needed.—Bagumba (talk) 11:03, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

College coaching stints in bio infoboxes

I know for college coaches we usually just list the school and not the mascot name in their career history. However, I noticed that Clyde Drexler just listing "Houston" is ambiguous when he also played for the Rockets.

Should "Houston":

1. Just be left as is
2. Add the mascot (e.g. "Cougars") as a one-off only when ambiguous
3. Add mascots consistently for all college coaches who also played or coached in the NBA
4. Add mascots consistently for all college coaches

On a related note, we already consistently list numbers retired by colleges with the team mascot, e.g. "No. 22 retired by Houston Cougars" —Bagumba (talk) 12:12, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

A few people do it, but I prefer the name of the institution if its is a college or high school or similar team. See Filipino coach Baby Dalupan for example. Howard the Duck (talk) 14:09, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

If I'll be forced to make a choice among the listed choices, it's choice #4. "Memphis" can either be the Tigers or the Grizzlies. Howard the Duck (talk) 14:15, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Yuck, that highlights list in the Dalupan infobox hurts my eyes Rikster2 (talk) 15:43, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Dude had many titles. Howard the Duck (talk) 15:44, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Indeed, but the way it's formatted is very inefficient and ugly. SportsGuy789 (talk) 17:40, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

True, but I'm too lazy to work on that. Most Philippine basketball leagues (except collegiate ones) have more than one championship per season, so it's not probably a good idea to list it per league just as what we do for Phil Jackson, for example. Dude won all 3 PBA championships in 1976 how can you shorten that without being stumped on what does "1976 1st, 1976 2nd, 1976 APC mean?". Howard the Duck (talk) 17:51, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Actually User:Babymissfortune has done a lot of work on this. You need to ID what championships. See Tim Cone. It’s not perfect, but it looks a whole lot better that what we see at Dalupan. Rikster2 (talk) 21:52, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Yeah that's true, but his 22 championships are a sea of blue. Again, this is actually the best resolution as we can't just use years to denote championships here. Howard the Duck (talk) 21:58, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

That is better than a line for every championship, which goes completely against the philosophy of this infobox’s formatting. Rikster2 (talk) 22:03, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

That's true, but some people hate reading walls of text... more so blue text... such as that one. I suppose different strokes for different folks, eh? (AFAIK I just stumbled on that infobox it was done that way already.) Perhaps an orange tag or two will help, or won't. Howard the Duck (talk) 22:07, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Well, I consolidated some of it, but left the pro ones (that probably need more info). We shouldn’t have wildly varying formats and if the current one doesn’t work we need to come up with another one that works. Rikster2 (talk) 22:15, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

I'd propose culling the year-by-year listing on how many times they won it; just a simple "3x NBA champion" or "5x Most Valuable Player", etc, then a separate awards and accolades section just like what they do on soccer teams. I support User:Editorofthewiki proposal though as this is the most sensible solution, plus I think this is how the soccer infobox lists players who played in the US college system. Howard the Duck (talk) 22:21, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

If you want to recommend a different way to format championships I’d recommend starting a separate discussion for that. Rikster2 (talk) 23:06, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

If I have to make a decision on this, I'd say #2. When needed, put the mascot name. SportsGuy789 (talk) 17:40, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

I'd prefer option 5, distinguish by institution - University of Memphis vs. Memphis Grizzlies. No need to distinguish if there is no ambiguity. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 21:01, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

I don't like how that would look for Penny Hardaway. College is listed as "Memphis", retired number is "Memphis Tigers", and then coaching stint would be "University of Memphis". I don't want a third permutation; use "Memphis Tigers" if we are going to disambiguate.—Bagumba (talk) 07:55, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

• Option 2 Only list mascot when ambiguous (Minnesota, Chicago, Memphis, etc.). My second choice would be EDDY’s suggestion. Rikster2 (talk) 23:06, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
• Option 2 It should be listed when ambiguous. While I fully understand that this project does not have "jurisdiction" (for lack of a better term [I welcome correction with proper terminology]) "stewardship" over football and baseball articles it isn't a stand alone issue. See Jack Pardee who coached for Houston teams in the USFL, the NFL, and NCAA.-UCO2009bluejay (talk) 00:58, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

  It's my experience that it's best for a smaller group to make an informed decision, and others see the light and follow by example. The various sports have existing differences already, not necessarily all bad. That's not to say some wider consensus wont happen later, or that won't have to change again, but we dont want paralysis by analysis either.—Bagumba (talk) 02:05, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

• Option 2 at a minimum Remove ambiguity. I don't mind if people want to make it more widespread with '3' or '4'.—Bagumba (talk) 07:57, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

NBA Bubble "All-X" Teams in infobox?

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Somebody added "NBA All-Bubble First Team (2020)" to Harden's infobox. I'm assuming this would be against consensus but wanted to see what the project's thoughts were first. 71.56.244.35 (talk) 22:14, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Do not include This is not major and a one-off. Mention in body only. Rikster2 (talk) 23:29, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

That's what I thought. Looks like the editor is undoing your edits and adding them back into the infoboxes. 71.56.244.35 (talk) 00:10, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Exclude Same point I brought up above at #Seeding Games awards in infobox?. There's also the minor issue of whether we refer to by NBA's "Seeding Games" vs colloquial "Bubble".—Bagumba (talk) 02:15, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Include. There's no good reason not to include these honors. The NBA has elected to provide them and we're here to document information, not question the wisdom of that decision. The two main arguments I've seen against inclusion are (i) the award is probably a one-time thing and (ii) the award isn't major. But these sound more like arguments against the issuance of these awards in the first place than arguments about whether it's responsible for us to document them or not. The fact is these awards were issued and they reflect a league-wide accomplishment. I haven't heard of any other league-wide award we've opted not to include (I'd be open to hearing any examples). There's no good reason to treat this one any differently. The fact that these awards are rare, if anything, is why they should be highlighted (we do, after all, even highlight unofficial but rare accomplishments like being part of the 50–40–90 club; we should highlight rare and official awards too). -- ExParte ^{talk | contribs} 02:12, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

It should be mentioned in the article, not necessarily in the infobox. It's not required that the infobox is exhaustive. Per WP:INFOBOXPURPOSE: The less information it contains, the more effectively it serves that purpose, allowing readers to identify key facts at a glance. For example, we don't include NBA Player of the Month.—Bagumba (talk) 02:22, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Understood, but also per WP:INFOBOXPURPOSE, the point of the infobox is to highlight "key facts." Your reasoning readily explains why we don't highlight Player of the Month awards: they're issued every month and in both conferences, not league-wide. Infoboxes would quickly become cluttered if we included that information. But All-Bubble and Bubble MVP honors, as we all agree, are extraordinarily rare. And it is precisely because of that rarity and their league-wide nature that they are both "key" details and don't pose the risk of undue clutter within the infoboxes. -- ExParte ^{talk | contribs} 02:31, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

I don't equate "rare" with necessarily being notable. There's no indication that this will be notable in a year or two (WP:RECENTISM).—Bagumba (talk) 02:41, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Also, need to keep in mind the only reason the NBA named these is that they made the decision the bubble wouldn’t count for season awards like MVP and All-NBA (because there was concern about over-weighting “the bubble” and they weren’t sure if players would be in top form or play at all). That says to me the NBA wanted to downplay the “officialness” of the bubble. Rikster2 (talk) 11:29, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

I think there's two ways to look at that. The first would be the one that you adopt (that the NBA wanted to downplay the Bubble) and the second would say that the NBA views this season as having two major parts: the pre-suspension period and the post-suspension period. Under the second view, the reason why the NBA gave out the Bubble MVP award and counted Bubble performance out of the regular season MVP calculation is because they wanted to separately recognize accomplishments in both. (Mind you, this is the rationale the NBA itself adopted.) I don't see how this diminishes the officialness, rarity, or significance of the Bubble MVP trophy whatsoever. Once again, it seems most of the points are taking issue with the All-Bubble and Bubble MVP titles existing, rather than the propriety of documenting the fact that they do exist. We should not let any possible biases get in the way of considering whether this official NBA award is worth highlighting. Objectively, it is. -- ExParte ^{talk | contribs} 19:56, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

It is also true that we don’t recognize every award that exists In the infobox - we specifically don’t in fact. The NBA chose not to include the bubble in award consideration for two reasons - a) they knew not everyone who is reasonably up for awards played in the bubble (example Trae Young), and b) when they made the decision they didn't know how many players would have to sit - what if LeBron or Giannis had tested positive for COVID and missed it? Should either miss out on an MVP because of it? Of course not. My only bias is wanting to feel confident there is lasting notability for these designations. Otherwise to me they are “awards that exist” but aren’t worthy of the infobox threshold (like player of the month). There is no one saying they shouldn’t be noted in prose. Rikster2 (talk) 20:12, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

I hear your points. I don't agree with them, but I'm sure you're making them in good faith, and, at this point, there appears to be a community consensus that All-Bubble awards don't merit inclusion in an infobox. I think this discussion would probably benefit from separating the distinct issue of whether the more significant Bubble MVP award should be highlighted into another section. What are your thoughts on that? -- ExParte ^{talk | contribs} 20:20, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

No to all - including MVP. Rikster2 (talk) 20:22, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Exclude. This is a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence for the NBA. Being an "All-Bubble" anything is equivalent to being a college player who makes his conference's All-Tournament Team; it isn't infobox worthy. I'm all for including the All-Bubble designations in the prose, heck maybe even giving the Bubble its own subsection, but not as a career-defining honor that's forever lodged in the quick-hit achievements worthy of an infobox. SportsGuy789 (talk) 02:19, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

I'm having trouble squaring your two points. You say the award is a "once-in-a-lifetime occurrence" at the NBA level but go on to say it's "equivalent" to an annual All-Tournament honor at the college level. It can't be both rare and trivial at the same time, can it? Any elaboration of your view would be appreciated. -- ExParte ^{talk | contribs} 02:24, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Hah, I suppose that was a bit sloppily worded eh? Fair inquiry. So what I mean is that, since the bubble is (presumably) never going to happen again, including a one-off honor specific to its occurrence won't be providing any grander context to that player's career. A X-time champion, X-time steals leader, X-time All-NBA performer – those paint a picture of the arc of that player's career. Does any reasonable basketball fan think that Devin Booker and T.J. Warren will consider them better than they are because of a rare scenario in which they were among the best players during a very specific time period, in a very specific extenuating circumstance, in which not all NBA teams even had the opportunity to play? That last point alone is why it shouldn't be in the infobox. At best, it's a non-notable honor in terms of infobox standards. At worst, it's an honor that should have an asterisk next to it because not even every team played in the Bubble. SportsGuy789 (talk) 02:36, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

• Include in the 2020 NBA bubble article's infobox, exclude in infoboxes elsewhere, probably include in main body of the article of award winners. Performances and stats don't count for end-of-season awards, so it shouldn't be at at the 2019–20 NBA season article. Howard the Duck (talk) 12:39, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

• @Howard the Duck: Can you please modify your !vote in bold, it looks like you're voting to include it in the players' infoboxes. That's the basis of this discussion, not whether or not All-Bubble honors should be included as prose in articles. SportsGuy789 (talk) 14:24, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

• Done. Howard the Duck (talk) 14:27, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Do not include Once in a lifetime "award(s)" for just 8 games. Kante4 (talk) 13:40, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

I don't think the honors are prominent enough to mention in the infobox. Prose is fine, but infobox honors are generally more prominent. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 16:14, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

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Gary Harris nickname

FYI

There is a discussion at Talk:Gary Harris about whether Harris should be shown as "Gary 'Garry Harris' Harris".—Bagumba (talk) 05:51, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Milwaukee Bucks player list in lead

Does anyone else think that the listing of prominent players in the lead is excessive? If I remember correctly, the list was smaller in the past. – Sabbatino (talk) 04:52, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Milwaukee Bucks - courtesy link. UW Dawgs (talk) 05:03, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

It's an WP:EXAMPLEFARM that should be trimmed. Per MOS:INTRO, lead should be written for a "normal reader", not an NBA junkie. Consider limiting to Hall of Famers whose number was retired by the team.—Bagumba (talk) 05:15, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

nba player that have won rings

i wanted to color the player in some drafts that have won a ring or rings but have not been a selected for a all-star game or all nba-team with the color salmon red and ° next to their name. I thought this whould be a great idea and i still think it is but im too inexperienced to make this happen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nba2021s (talk • contribs) 21:45, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

I think this is worth discussing. Personally I feel like there are already a lot of color coding going on in draft articles, but will adhere to the consensus of the project if others like Nba2021s’ suggestion. Rikster2 (talk) 21:48, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

The coloring in draft articles is to allow readers to see if the player panned out relative to their draft pick. Championships, in that context, are not a good indicator.—Bagumba (talk) 05:32, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

I personally think this is unnesscary. Winning a championship in the NBA is not a personal achivement such as having the stats and notoriety to be selected to an All star team or being inducted into the hall of fame. And if we were to go through with this how would be done? how would you represent a player who has won multiple championships or a player who won championships on one or more different teams? ֆօʍɛɮօɖʏǟռʏɮօɖʏ05 (talk) 14:49, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

I don't think it's worth mentioning, as a player can win a ring while averaging 3ppg. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 22:16, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Should the Bubble MVP award be treated differently than All-Bubble awards for infobox purposes?

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In Wikipedia talk:WikiProject National Basketball Association/Archive 39#NBA Bubble "All-X" Teams in infobox?, it seems we've established a consensus now that the All-Bubble honor isn't sufficiently notable to be included in recipients' infoboxes. We haven't addressed the separate question about whether Bubble MVP meets that notability standard.

In my opinion, it does because (1) it's an award issued at most once per season, and (2) it's given to only one player. In these respects, the Bubble MVP award is indistinguishable from other awards we've deemed meet notability criteria (such as NBA MVP, Finals MVP, ROTY, COY, 6MOY, etc.). The criteria at WP:GNG, additionally, further support recognition of the Bubble MVP award because the award has been the subject of "significant coverage" (e.g., ) and is not issued with regularity. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on whether Bubble MVP should be treated differently from All-Bubble awards for infobox purposes. Thanks! -- ExParte ^{talk | contribs} 20:44, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

References

• Do Not Include As I said in the discussion above, I don't think there is any indication that this award has any lasting notability. If at some point it became clear there was lasting significance, then I'd be open to reconsidering my view on this. Rikster2 (talk) 20:48, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Out of curiosity, what would you consider evidence of lasting notability? Currently, the award remains a subject of considerable debate, illustrating its current notability. Perhaps, under your view, we'd revisit the issue in around a month's time to determine if its current notability survived WP:RECENTISM? -- ExParte ^{talk | contribs} 21:06, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

I have a difficult time seeing that anyone will care that Damian Lillard won this in 2020, which in my opinion is different than an All-NBA team, an All-Star appearance, a conference player of the year award or even an all-conference designation in college. The starting point for me would be that the NBA would need to document this next year in their media guides (see pages 148-164 here) in the same section they list other major award winners. It's a one-off. TBD if it will have any lasting notability. Now, you asked for opinions. I've given mine. Done. Rikster2 (talk) 21:19, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

• Do not include Taking nothing away from Lillard's performance over the eight bubble games (the ninth game is technically a playoff game and does not count for regular season purposes), we have to keep in mind that this is only eight games. It's only a few games more than a typical Player of the Week award would cover. If the NBA adopts a bubble-style play-in tournament on a permanent basis and begins to track the MVP like it does for the other major awards, I could see adding this to the infobox. For the time being, though, this is (for all we currently know) a one-off award; definitely worth mentioning in Lillard's article but I don't think it deserves a place in the infobox. CThomas³ (talk) 21:33, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

• Include. I don't see why not, it's a prominent basketball award given in an especially notable season. The bubble is likely to be an event NBA fans remember for a long time because of the context of the year, and I think awards like Bubble MVP deserve special recognition. LakeShowLeg (talk) 15:42, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

• Note: Brand new account whose first edit was a !vote on this. Potential meatpuppetry or sockpuppetry. SportsGuy789 (talk) 04:44, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

• I'd also like to point out that LakeShowLeg made his first edit at 15:42 on August 18, which is a mere 3 hours after User:Moyasayom's 36-hour block was lifted. Moyasayom was pro-Bubble awards as well, and got blocked for vandalizing this talk page as well as 3RR violations on the all-Bubble players' pages. The timing and inclination of LakeShowLeg seems very suspicious. SportsGuy789 (talk) 04:49, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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