Context

• The National Basketball Association (NBA) is an American men's professional basketball league.
• It is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
• It is the premier men's professional basketball league in the world.
• The league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
• It changed its name to the National Basketball Association on August 3, 1949, after merging with the competing National Basketball League (NBL).
• The NBA's regular season runs from October to April, with each team playing 82 games.

• The league's playoff tournament extends into June. As of 2020, NBA players are the world's best paid athletes by average annual salary per player.

• The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by the FIBA (International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States.

• The league's several international as well as individual team offices are directed out of its head offices in Midtown Manhattan, while its NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus, New Jersey.

The NBA is the third wealthiest professional sport league after the National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB) by revenue.

Content

1. GM, GP; GS: games played; games started 2.PTS: points 3.FGM, FGA, FG%: field goals made, attempted and percentage 4.FTM, FTA, FT%: free throws made, attempted and percentage 5.3FGM, 3FGA, 3FG%: three-point field goals made, attempted and percentage 6.REB, OREB, DREB: rebounds, offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds 7.AST: assists 8.STL: steals 9.BLK: blocks 10.TO: turnovers 11.EFF: efficiency: NBA's efficiency rating: (PTS + REB + AST + STL + BLK − ((FGA − FGM) + (FTA − FTM) + TO)) 12.PF: personal fouls 13.MIN: minutes 14.AST/TO: assist to turnover ratio 15.PER: Player Efficiency Rating: John Hollinger's Player Efficiency Rating 16.PIR: Performance Index Rating: Euro league's and Euro cup's Performance Index Rating: (Points + Rebounds + Assists + 17.Steals + Blocks + Fouls Drawn) − (Missed Field Goals + Missed Free Throws + Turnovers + Shots Rejected + Fouls Committed)

Inspiration

This is one of the most common questions of everyone's life that how are these basketball players such rich and how are they getting paid, and even the stats about how everything is done on a team.