200|TABLEAU – NBA Expansion Draft

[Carter_Lee]

BYU Student Author: @Carter_Lee
Reviewers: @Dallin_Gardner, @Benjamin_lau
Estimated Time to Solve: 20 Minutes

We provide the solution to this challenge using:

• Tableau

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Overview
Welcome to the NBA Expansion Draft! There is a new team joining the NBA called the Hawaii Sharks. When a new team joins the NBA, there is a draft that is held to allow the new team to be competitive. The new team has asked for help creating a list of available NBA players for the draft and finding the diamonds in the rough. The Hawaii Sharks are looking for 2 point guards, 2 shooting guards, and 4 forwards or centers. You are to find the most suitable players for the Hawaii Sharks.

Instructions
Organize the data to visualize which players the Hawaii Sharks should consider.

• Import the data into Tableau and start a workbook.
  • If you are unsure about how to import a CSV file into Tableau see this video.

Here is the criteria that the Hawaii Sharks are looking for in potential players:

• For Point Guards:
  • Age below 30
  • Average above 18 points per game
  • Average above 1 steal per game
• For Shooting Guards:
  • Plus-Minus above 0
  • Average more than 1 steal per game
• For Forwards/Centers:
  • Age below 32
  • Average more than 6 rebounds per game
  • Average more than 10 points per game

Data Files

• Challenge200_NBA_Expansion_Draft.csv
• Challenge200_Data_Dictionary

Solution

Solution Images

For Point Guards

For Shooting Guards

For Forwards/Centers

Challenge200_Solution.twb
Solution Video: Challenge 200|TABLEAU – NBA Expansion Draft

[Crew_Jensen]

Time to Complete: 25 minutes
Challenge: Beginner
I felt like it was a good challenge but broad in what they were expecting.

[Shane_Hawkins]

Time to Complete: 30 minutes
Challenge: Beginner
It was a fairly easy assignment that would be perfect for beginners. One aspect that could be improved is to describe how they want the data presented. I feel like giving a dash board that the manager could manipulate to find the highs and lows of the data would be helpful, so that is how I displayed the data.

[Nathan_Lindsey]

Time to Complete: 25 minutes
Challenge: Beginner
Good challenge for those new to Tableau but I wish the prompt could specify what kind of visualizations they want to see. The expectations are fairly broad.

Click on the screenshots to see what I got!

[Matthew_Larson]

Time to Complete: 30 minutes
Challenge: Beginner
It was a good challenge and a really good test for people who are beginners. The biggest thing I would say is explaining how they want the data presented in the prompt, other than that it’s great!

[Claire_Campbell]

NBA_Challenge.twbx (57.2 KB)
I liked this challenge! Very simple to implement and visualize. I was slightly confused over whether or not I should include specific numbers when creating the minimum on filters. For example, for “Average above 18 points per game”, were they want 19 points or higher? Or 18.1 and higher? That was the only point of confusion.