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A network DEA assessment of team efficiency in the NBA

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  • Plácido Moreno
  • Sebastián Lozano

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In this paper, a Network DEA approach to assess the efficiency of NBA teams is proposed and compared with a black-box (i.e. single-process) DEA approach. Both approaches use a Slack-Based Measure of efficiency (SBM) to evaluate the potential reduction of inputs consumed (team budget) and outputs produced (games won by the team). The study considers the distribution of the budget between first-team players and the rest of the payroll. The proposed network DEA approach consists of five stages, which evaluate the performance of first-team and bench-team players, the offensive and defensive systems and the ability for transforming the points made by itself and by the opponents into wins. It has been applied to the 30 NBA teams for the regular season 2009–2010. The results show that network DEA has more discriminating power and provides more insight than the conventional DEA approach. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2014

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  • Plácido Moreno & Sebastián Lozano, 2014. "A network DEA assessment of team efficiency in the NBA," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 214(1), pages 99-124, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:annopr:v:214:y:2014:i:1:p:99-124:10.1007/s10479-012-1074-9
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