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| """Fetch NBA draft picks + finishing high school from Basketball-Reference. |
| |
| Polite scraper: ~1 request / 3.5s. Caches player pages so re-runs are cheap. |
| |
| Usage: |
| python fetch_bbref_draft_hs.py --years 2016-2025 |
| python fetch_bbref_draft_hs.py --years 2022,2023,2024 |
| """ |
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| from __future__ import annotations |
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| import argparse |
| import csv |
| import json |
| import re |
| import time |
| from pathlib import Path |
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| import requests |
| from bs4 import BeautifulSoup |
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| ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] |
| RAW = ROOT / "sources" / "bbref_raw" |
| CACHE = RAW / "player_hs_cache.json" |
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|
| UA = ( |
| "athletic_scrapper-nba-draft-hs-panel/0.1 " |
| "(research dataset; polite scrape; github.com/Dharit13)" |
| ) |
| SLEEP_S = 3.5 |
| BASE = "https://www.basketball-reference.com" |
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|
| def parse_years(spec: str) -> list[int]: |
| years: list[int] = [] |
| for part in spec.split(","): |
| part = part.strip() |
| if not part: |
| continue |
| if "-" in part: |
| a, b = part.split("-", 1) |
| years.extend(range(int(a), int(b) + 1)) |
| else: |
| years.append(int(part)) |
| return sorted(set(years)) |
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| def load_cache() -> dict: |
| if CACHE.exists(): |
| return json.loads(CACHE.read_text()) |
| return {} |
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| def save_cache(cache: dict) -> None: |
| RAW.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) |
| CACHE.write_text(json.dumps(cache, indent=2, sort_keys=True) + "\n") |
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|
| def get_html(session: requests.Session, url: str) -> str: |
| r = session.get(url, timeout=45) |
| r.raise_for_status() |
| |
| r.encoding = "utf-8" |
| return r.text |
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| def parse_draft_table(html: str, year: int) -> list[dict]: |
| soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser") |
| table = soup.find("table", id="stats") |
| if table is None: |
| raise RuntimeError(f"No #stats table for {year}") |
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| rows_out: list[dict] = [] |
| for tr in table.find("tbody").find_all("tr"): |
| if tr.get("class") and "thead" in tr.get("class"): |
| continue |
| pick_cell = tr.find("td", {"data-stat": "pick_overall"}) |
| if pick_cell is None: |
| continue |
| pick_txt = pick_cell.get_text(strip=True) |
| if not pick_txt.isdigit(): |
| continue |
| pick = int(pick_txt) |
| team_cell = tr.find("td", {"data-stat": "team_id"}) |
| player_cell = tr.find("td", {"data-stat": "player"}) |
| college_cell = tr.find("td", {"data-stat": "college_name"}) |
| a = player_cell.find("a") if player_cell else None |
| player_name = player_cell.get_text(strip=True) if player_cell else "" |
| player_url = BASE + a["href"] if a and a.get("href") else "" |
| player_slug = a["href"].rstrip("/").split("/")[-1].replace(".html", "") if a else "" |
| team = team_cell.get_text(strip=True) if team_cell else "" |
| college = college_cell.get_text(strip=True) if college_cell else "" |
| rnd = 1 if pick <= 30 else 2 |
| rows_out.append( |
| { |
| "draft_year": year, |
| "pick": pick, |
| "round": rnd, |
| "player_name": player_name, |
| "nba_team": team, |
| "college_or_prior": college, |
| "bbref_player_url": player_url, |
| "bbref_player_slug": player_slug, |
| } |
| ) |
| return rows_out |
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|
| def _parse_one_hs_entry(entry: str) -> tuple[str, str, str]: |
| """Parse 'School in City, State' → (school, city, state).""" |
| entry = entry.strip(" ,") |
| if not entry: |
| return "", "", "" |
| if " in " in entry: |
| school, loc = entry.rsplit(" in ", 1) |
| school = school.strip() |
| loc = loc.strip() |
| if "," in loc: |
| city, state = loc.rsplit(",", 1) |
| return school, city.strip(), state.strip() |
| return school, loc, "" |
| return entry, "", "" |
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|
| _HS_ENTRY_RE = re.compile( |
| r"(.+?)\s+in\s+(.+?)(?=,\s*[^,]+?\s+in\s+|$)", |
| re.IGNORECASE, |
| ) |
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|
| def split_hs_entries(body: str) -> list[str]: |
| """Split BBRef multi-school bio lines into individual 'School in City, Region' entries.""" |
| body = body.strip() |
| if not body: |
| return [] |
| matches = list(_HS_ENTRY_RE.finditer(body)) |
| if not matches: |
| return [body] |
| return [ |
| f"{m.group(1).strip().lstrip(',').strip()} in {m.group(2).strip()}" |
| for m in matches |
| ] |
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| def apply_hs_body(out: dict, body: str) -> None: |
| parts = split_hs_entries(body) |
| out["hs_all"] = " | ".join(parts) |
| school, city, state = _parse_one_hs_entry(parts[-1]) |
| out["high_school_finish"] = school |
| out["hs_city"] = city |
| out["hs_state"] = state |
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| def parse_player_hs(html: str) -> dict: |
| """Return high_school_finish, hs_city, hs_state, birth_country_hint. |
| |
| Basketball-Reference uses: |
| - 'High School: X in City, State' for a single school |
| - 'High Schools: A in ..., B in ...' for multiple — we take the **last** |
| entry as the finishing school (same convention as the 2026 case study). |
| """ |
| soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser") |
| out = { |
| "high_school_finish": "", |
| "hs_city": "", |
| "hs_state": "", |
| "hs_raw": "", |
| "birth_place": "", |
| "hs_all": "", |
| } |
| meta = soup.find("div", id="meta") |
| if meta is None: |
| return out |
|
|
| for p in meta.find_all("p"): |
| text = " ".join(p.get_text(" ", strip=True).split()) |
| if text.startswith("Born:"): |
| out["birth_place"] = text.replace("Born:", "").strip() |
| if text.startswith("High School:") or text.startswith("High Schools:"): |
| out["hs_raw"] = text |
| if text.startswith("High Schools:"): |
| body = text[len("High Schools:") :].strip() |
| else: |
| body = text[len("High School:") :].strip() |
| apply_hs_body(out, body) |
| return out |
|
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|
|
| def parse_hs_raw_line(hs_raw: str) -> dict: |
| """Re-parse a cached hs_raw line without network I/O.""" |
| out = { |
| "high_school_finish": "", |
| "hs_city": "", |
| "hs_state": "", |
| "hs_raw": hs_raw or "", |
| "hs_all": "", |
| } |
| if not hs_raw: |
| return out |
| text = hs_raw.strip() |
| if text.startswith("High Schools:"): |
| body = text[len("High Schools:") :].strip() |
| elif text.startswith("High School:"): |
| body = text[len("High School:") :].strip() |
| else: |
| body = text |
| apply_hs_body(out, body) |
| return out |
|
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| def fetch_year(session: requests.Session, year: int, cache: dict, force: bool) -> list[dict]: |
| draft_path = RAW / f"draft_{year}.csv" |
| url = f"{BASE}/draft/NBA_{year}.html" |
| print(f"[{year}] draft page {url}") |
| time.sleep(SLEEP_S) |
| html = get_html(session, url) |
| picks = parse_draft_table(html, year) |
| print(f"[{year}] {len(picks)} picks") |
|
|
| for i, row in enumerate(picks, 1): |
| slug = row["bbref_player_slug"] |
| if not slug: |
| row.update( |
| { |
| "high_school_finish": "", |
| "hs_city": "", |
| "hs_state": "", |
| "hs_raw": "", |
| "birth_place": "", |
| "hs_source": "missing_player_page", |
| } |
| ) |
| continue |
| if slug in cache and not force: |
| hs = cache[slug] |
| else: |
| print(f" [{i}/{len(picks)}] player {row['player_name']} ({slug})") |
| time.sleep(SLEEP_S) |
| try: |
| ph = get_html(session, row["bbref_player_url"]) |
| hs = parse_player_hs(ph) |
| hs["fetched"] = True |
| except requests.HTTPError as e: |
| hs = { |
| "high_school_finish": "", |
| "hs_city": "", |
| "hs_state": "", |
| "hs_raw": "", |
| "birth_place": "", |
| "error": str(e), |
| } |
| cache[slug] = hs |
| if i % 5 == 0: |
| save_cache(cache) |
| row["high_school_finish"] = hs.get("high_school_finish", "") |
| row["hs_city"] = hs.get("hs_city", "") |
| row["hs_state"] = hs.get("hs_state", "") |
| row["hs_raw"] = hs.get("hs_raw", "") |
| row["birth_place"] = hs.get("birth_place", "") |
| row["hs_source"] = "basketball_reference_player_page" |
|
|
| fields = [ |
| "draft_year", |
| "pick", |
| "round", |
| "player_name", |
| "nba_team", |
| "college_or_prior", |
| "high_school_finish", |
| "hs_city", |
| "hs_state", |
| "hs_raw", |
| "birth_place", |
| "bbref_player_url", |
| "bbref_player_slug", |
| "hs_source", |
| ] |
| with draft_path.open("w", newline="", encoding="utf-8") as f: |
| w = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=fields, extrasaction="ignore") |
| w.writeheader() |
| w.writerows(picks) |
| print(f"[{year}] wrote {draft_path}") |
| return picks |
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|
|
| def main() -> None: |
| ap = argparse.ArgumentParser() |
| ap.add_argument("--years", default="2016-2025", help="e.g. 2016-2025 or 2022,2023") |
| ap.add_argument("--force", action="store_true", help="refetch player pages even if cached") |
| args = ap.parse_args() |
| years = parse_years(args.years) |
| RAW.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) |
| cache = load_cache() |
| session = requests.Session() |
| session.headers.update({"User-Agent": UA, "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9"}) |
|
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| for year in years: |
| fetch_year(session, year, cache, force=args.force) |
| save_cache(cache) |
| print("done") |
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|
| if __name__ == "__main__": |
| main() |
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