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 NBA Player Performance Analysis (1990–2024)
 
 This project analyzes NBA player performance trends from 1990 to 2024 using season-level data. The goal was to clean, explore, visualize, and interpret long-term changes in scoring, assists, 3-point shooting, and player height. The dataset was filtered to include only NBA players, and the selected features were Season_Year, PTS, AST, 3PM, and height_cm. After cleaning, the final dataset contained 7,633 rows and 6 columns.
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 Visualizations and Insights
 
 Average Points and Assists per Player (1990–2024)  
-![Average Points and Assists](img 1.png)  
-Points remained consistently high, while assists grew gradually. This indicates an increase in offensive efficiency and ball movement across the league.
+![Average Points and Assists](img 1.png)
 
 Average 3-Point Shots Made per Player  
-![3PM Trend](img 2.png)  
-A major increase occurred after 2010, representing the shift toward perimeter play and analytics-driven shooting strategies.
+![3PM Trend](img 2.png)
 
 Average Player Height Over Time  
-![Height Trend](img 3.png)  
-Player height remained mostly constant, showing that strategic evolution, not physical change, drove the transformation of NBA play style.
+![Height Trend](img 3.png)
 
 Points vs Assists Over Time  
-![Points vs Assists](img 4.png)  
-There is a clear positive relationship between assists and points. Newer seasons tend to appear higher on the trendline, indicating improvements in teamwork and shot creation.
+![Points vs Assists](img 4.png)
 
 Points-to-Assists Ratio  
-![PTS/AST Ratio](img 5.png)  
-The ratio shows fluctuations across eras, reflecting tactical shifts between isolation-heavy scoring and team-oriented offenses.
+![PTS/AST Ratio](img 5.png)
 
 Correlation Matrix  
-![Correlation Matrix](img 6.png)  
-Key correlations:  
-- Points and assists: strongly positive  
-- Height and 3PM: moderately negative  
-- Height and points: slightly negative  
-- 3PM and points: weakly positive  
+![Correlation Matrix](img 6.png)
 
 Summary of Findings  
 1. Average points per player increased slightly over time.  
 2. Assists per player grew steadily, indicating improved teamwork and spacing.  
-3. Three-point shooting exploded after 2010, marking the biggest tactical shift in modern basketball.  
-4. Player height remained stable, suggesting that versatility and spacing became more important than size.  
-5. The points-to-assists ratio shows how team dynamics evolved between eras.  
+3. Three-point shooting increased significantly after 2010.  
+4. Player height remained stable, suggesting strategy and spacing mattered more than size.  
+5. The points-to-assists ratio reveals tactical differences across eras.  
 
 Overall Result  
-The NBA evolved from slower, isolation-heavy basketball into a modern, fast-paced, perimeter-oriented, analytics-driven style of play. The transformation was driven mainly by strategic and tactical changes rather than changes in player physical profiles.
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-Files Included  
-- Copy_of_Assignment_1.ipynb  
-- cleaned_nba_data.csv  
-- players_stats_by_season_full_details.csv  
-- Visualization files (img 1.png, img 2.png, img 3.png, img 4.png, img 5.png, img 6.png)  
-- README.md
+The NBA evolved from slower, isolation-heavy basketball into a modern, fast-paced, perimeter-oriented, analytics-driven style of play.