January 11, 2016
Makeover Monday: Stephen Curry Hates Mid-Range Jump Shots
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This week's Makeover Monday looks at this simple stacked bar chart from Sports Chart of the Day:
What works well:
- Nice labelling on the axes; this makes it clear what we data is displayed
- Nice annotation of the point of the chart
What could be done better:
- Needs a better title
- Needs to incorporate shooting % so that I can better understand the relationship between shots taken and shooting %
- Group together all shots over 30 feet
- Find a better way to compare the number of shots taken on each range. I find the stacked bars hard to compare within in a shot distance.
- Make the different shot ranges more clear, e.g., what defines a long 2?
- Provide a summary
- How are Curry's shot selections changing over time?
With these considerations in mind, here is my my makeover of the chart:
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ReplyDeleteThese aren't lollipops, they're DNA charts or barbell charts. Here's the tutorial http://vizwiz.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/dnacharts.html
DeleteDear Andy please share how did you draw the basketball court... if possible make the video and upload it.
ReplyDeleteRegards
Arshad
It's a background image. Download the workbook and you'll see how it's done.
DeleteHey Andy, did you find the X/Y coordinates to plot on the court? If not, what was your process for mapping that out? Thanks, Brit.
ReplyDeleteI got the dimensions of a basketball court and used that. Then I made them slightly larger to account for the sidelines. It took several iterations to get it just right.
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