Viraj Sanghvi
An Illinois (BS, Computer Engineering) and Washington (MS, Computer Science) alum and Senior Software Developer at Amazon Web Services, I spend my free time answering questions about basketball and by building useful tools to communicate that analysis. I built this blog to showcase some of this work and to justify the amount of time I spend on fantasy sports.
Posts
NBA Draft Models 2.0
Check out how draft models perform over time and more!
2015 NBA Draft Models
A new tool to help aggregate scout and analytic models
Want to build your own d3 shot charts?
Introducing an open source d3 chart to build all kinds of shot charts, and hopefully enable other visualizations on top of basketball courts
What team best defends the Spurs?
Introducing shot charts, with a twist
How much is it worth to be tall?
An unfortunate and anticlimatic look at height and earning potential in the NBA
Which draft classes spent the most time in the league?
Judging draft classes by their career longevity and earnings
Do we overvalue height in basketball?
A look into the overall basketball contributions of NBA players with regards to height.
How has height changed over time in the NBA?
An exploratory look into the changes of height, and weight, distribution over time in the NBA
Comparing team signatures
Visualize 2014 NBA playoff series through team signatures
Team signatures over time
Visualizing the evolution of a team over time
Team signatures
Visualizing the a team's production with a unique signature