WNBA — additional Python functions

Hand-written wrappers, loaders, and helpers in sportsdataverse.wnba not covered by the generated API-endpoint reference above.

ESPN

Function	Summary
espn_wnba_game_officials	Pull the officials assigned to a WNBA game.
espn_wnba_game_rosters	espn_wnba_game_rosters() - Pull the game by id.
espn_wnba_pbp	espn_wnba_pbp() - Pull the game by id. Data from API endpoints - wnba/playbyplay, wnba/summary
espn_wnba_player_stats	Pull a WNBA athlete's ESPN season stat line.
espn_wnba_schedule	espn_wnba_schedule - look up the WNBA schedule for a given season
espn_wnba_team_stats	Pull ESPN team season stats for a WNBA team.
espn_wnba_teams	espn_wnba_teams - look up WNBA teams
scoreboard_event_parsing	Flatten one ESPN scoreboard event for the schedule frame, in place.

sportsdataverse-data releases

Function	Summary
load_wnba_stats_leaguedash	Load one asset family of the wnba_stats_leaguedash release.
load_wnba_stats_lineups	Load season-level WNBA 5-man lineup statistics (deprecated).
load_wnba_stats_player_season_stats	Load season-level WNBA player statistics (deprecated).
load_wnba_stats_standings	Load season-level WNBA standings (deprecated).
load_wnba_stats_team_season_stats	Load season-level WNBA team statistics (deprecated).

WNBA Stats API

Function	Summary
wnba_live_boxscore	Fetch and parse WNBA cdn.wnba.com liveData boxscore for a game.
wnba_live_pbp	Fetch and parse WNBA cdn.wnba.com liveData play-by-play for a game.

Fox Sports API

Function	Summary
fox_wnba_boxscore	WNBA boxscore (long: one row per player-stat).
fox_wnba_event_matchup	Fox Sports wnba pregame team-stat comparison (one row per stat).
fox_wnba_event_recap	Fox Sports wnba postgame top performers (one row per player).
fox_wnba_event_standings	Fox Sports wnba the two teams' standings context.
fox_wnba_league_conferences	Fox Sports wnba conference / group directory.
fox_wnba_league_header	Fox Sports wnba league header (one row).
fox_wnba_league_leaders	WNBA statistical leaders (stats-con); who=player|team.
fox_wnba_league_odds	Fox Sports wnba league odds board (one row per team per game).
fox_wnba_league_player_news	Fox Sports wnba league-wide player news feed.
fox_wnba_league_polls	Fox Sports wnba rankings / polls rendered as standings tables.
fox_wnba_league_schedule	Fox Sports wnba league schedule nav selections.
fox_wnba_league_scores	Fox Sports wnba league scores nav selections.
fox_wnba_league_standings	Fox Sports wnba league-wide standings tables.
fox_wnba_league_stat_leaders	Fox Sports wnba league stats landing leaders.
fox_wnba_odds	WNBA game odds six-pack (spread / to-win / total per team).
fox_wnba_pbp	WNBA play-by-play (one row per play; period-based).
fox_wnba_scoreboard	Fox Sports wnba scoreboard nav selections (weeks / dates / groups).
fox_wnba_scorechip	Fox Sports wnba compact live score chip (raw dict -- live-only, uncaptured shape).
fox_wnba_scores_segment	Fox Sports wnba one row per game in a scoreboard segment.
fox_wnba_standings	WNBA standings for a team's conference/division.
fox_wnba_team_gamelog	WNBA team game log (long: one row per game-stat).
fox_wnba_team_header	Fox Sports wnba team header (one row).
fox_wnba_team_roster	WNBA team roster (one row per player).
fox_wnba_team_stats	WNBA team stat leaders by category.
fox_wnba_teamnav	Fox Sports wnba team directory (one row per team).
fox_wnba_teams	WNBA team directory (fox_team_id / fox_team_name / fox_section).

Play-by-play processing

Function	Summary
build_athlete_identity_lookup	R build_athlete_identity_lookup: athlete_id -> identity from team rosters.
wnba_enhanced_pbp	Return a normalised enhanced play-by-play frame for a WNBA game.
wnba_on_court	Return the rotation-keyed on-court player frame for a WNBA game.
wnba_pbp_disk	Read a saved ESPN WNBA play-by-play payload from disk.
wnba_play_context	Return a WNBA game's possessions with the full CTG play-context surface.
wnba_possessions	Return the possession-level lineup stint matrix for a WNBA game.
wnba_rapm_from_games	Compute per-player RAPM estimates over a sequence of WNBA games.

Models and calculators

Function	Summary
build_wnba_season_wp	A WNBA season's play-by-play with win-probability columns joined in.
wnba_aging_curve	WNBA aging curve -- the NBA core bound to league="wnba".
wnba_career_trajectory	WNBA career trajectory -- the NBA core bound to league="wnba".
wnba_draft_model	Project WNBA prospect career value + draft probability from draft slot.
wnba_in_game_win_prob	WNBA in-game win probability (league_id='10'). See sportsdataverse.nba.nba_game_predict.nba_in_game_win_prob.
wnba_predict_games	WNBA vectorized pregame predictions (league_id='10'). See sportsdataverse.nba.nba_game_predict.nba_predict_games.
wnba_predict_margin	WNBA expected margin (league_id='10'). See sportsdataverse.nba.nba_game_predict.predict_margin.
wnba_predict_total	WNBA expected total (league_id='10'). See sportsdataverse.nba.nba_game_predict.predict_total.
wnba_rookie_projection	WNBA rookie/sophomore projection -- composes the WNBA draft/aging/availability pieces.
wnba_team_ratings	WNBA team ratings (league_id='10'). See sportsdataverse.nba.nba_team_ratings.nba_team_ratings.
wnba_win_prob_from_margin	WNBA home win probability (league_id='10'). See sportsdataverse.nba.nba_game_predict.win_prob_from_margin.

Analytics

Function	Summary
make_prob_by_context	Marginal FG% tables by defender distance and by shot clock.
make_prob_joint	Independence-combined defender x shot-clock make probability.
score_shot_xpoints	Score each shot with expected points from the league-average baseline.
shooter_talent	Regressed shooter true-talent: make%-above-expected, shrunk to the mean.
shot_selection_quality	Player shot-selection quality: mean expected value vs the league mean.
wnba_availability	WNBA availability -- the NBA core bound to league="wnba".
wnba_expected_turnovers	WNBA expected turnovers / ball-security skill (league_id="10").
wnba_foul_drawing	WNBA foul-drawing / FT-generation (league_id="10").
wnba_matchup_drapm	WNBA matchup defensive RAPM (league_id="10").
wnba_player_props	WNBA player props (league_id='10'). See sportsdataverse.nba.nba_player_props.nba_player_props.
wnba_playtype_ratings	WNBA Synergy play-type-adjusted offense/defense (league_id="10").
wnba_referee_assignments	Fetch and parse WNBA referee assignments for a given date from official.nba.com.
wnba_shot_value	WNBA one-call shot-value spine (league_id="10").
wnba_team_clutch	WNBA clutch skill (league_id='10'). See sportsdataverse.nba.nba_clutch.nba_team_clutch.
wnba_tracking_drive_value	WNBA drive value + rim-pressure (league_id="10" by-reference shim).
wnba_tracking_pass_value	WNBA expected-assists / passer value (league_id="10" by-reference shim).
wnba_tracking_reb_oe	WNBA rebounding-over-expected (league_id="10" by-reference shim).
wnba_tracking_rim_protect_value	WNBA rim-protection / shot-defend points-saved (league_id="10"
wnba_tracking_shot_diet_value	WNBA catch-&-shoot vs pull-up points-over-expected (league_id="10"
wnba_tracking_touch_value	WNBA touch / possession-time value (league_id="10" by-reference shim).
zone_value_map	Per-player per-zone value map: points and expected points per shot.

Dates and seasons

Function	Summary
most_recent_wnba_season	most_recent_wnba_season - return the most recent (likely-completed) WNBA season year.

IDs and crosswalks

Function	Summary
wnba_player_crosswalk	Build the WNBA cross-source player crosswalk (ESPN / WNBA Stats / Fox).
wnba_schedule_crosswalk	Build the WNBA cross-source schedule crosswalk (ESPN / WNBA Stats).
wnba_team_crosswalk	Build the WNBA cross-source team crosswalk (ESPN / WNBA Stats / Fox).