lebron data (#25)

Author: gwezerek

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 dataset_url,article_url,live
+https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/lebron,https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-lebron-james-decision-making-machine/,
 https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/world-cup-comparisons,https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/world-cup-comparisons/,TRUE
 https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/masculinity-survey,https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-do-men-think-it-means-to-be-a-man/,
 https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/world-cup-2018,https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-world-cup-predictions/,TRUE

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+# LeBron
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+This folder contains the data behind the story [The LeBron James Decision-Making Machine](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-lebron-james-decision-making-machine/).
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+`lebron.xslx` contains the data used to create the hypothetical depth charts for what every NBA team might look like with LeBron James. Each player carries a rating on offense and on defense, based on our CARMELO projection system. For team projections, a player is also allocated a certain number of minutes per game at each position, guided by CARMELO's playing-time projections. Players with 0 allocated minutes are no longer on the team in question, and are indicated with orange cells. The spreadsheet indicates a team's projected payroll after adding LeBron, compared with the NBA salary cap and luxury-tax thresholds. Players with salaries listed under "$$$ Shed" have left the team, for a reason indicated to the right. (Players departing for special reasons, such as the stretch provision, are color coded when applicable.) A team's projected W-L record is generated from its players' ratings and playing-time projections, and that is used (along with the team's average age and the wins added by its best player) to calculate the team's odds of winning a championship over the next four seasons."