An Analysis of the Contract Year Phenomenon in the NBA: Do Players Perform Better or Worse

The present study uses a novel measure of over performance (percent deviation from career average) to analyze the contract year phenomenon in the NBA. Historically, the literature has pointed toward over performance across almost all statistical measures of performance. However, previous research ha...

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Main Author: Gaffaney, Tyler
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2013
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/768
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1780&context=cmc_theses