Kobe's Shooting Preference and Field Goal Percentage Throughout Career

Take a tour of Kobe's shots over his 20 years career
Find out where his favorite shooting area is and he has higher field goal percentage.

Season: 1996-97

Show Frequency Show Field Goal %

*The visualization only counts the shots made within 30 feets from the basket.

Created by Jiahui Wei

Data Source:

• NBA STATS

Inspired by:

• Every shot Kobe Bryant ever took
• The Evolution of King James
• Where the Heat and the Thunder Hit Their Shots
• Buckets: NBA Shot Visualization

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Professor Suresh K. Lodha for his teaching and advice.
Thanks to the inspiration from Every shot Kobe Bryant ever took and Buckets: NBA Shot Visualization.
Thanks to d3 and d3 plugins d3-shotchart, d3-slider.

Course Project for CMPS263 Winter 2017

• Data Driven Discovery and Visualization
• Instructor: Suresh K. Lodha

Github Repository: https://github.com/jhwei/basketball_data_vis