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nba — Site API

24 endpoints on sdv.nba. Each is exposed under a camelCase canonical name and a snake_case alias (py/R parity), accepts snake_case or camelCase params, and returns raw ESPN JSON by default ({ parsed: true } for tidy rows).

espnNbaAthleteBio

NBA — athlete bio (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/athletes/{athlete_id}/bio

API paramJSrequireddescription
{athlete_id}athlete_idyespath parameter
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns: raw ESPN Dict by default. With { parsed: true } the payload is routed through its parser (parse_single_entity); the column set varies by league — see ESPN parsed returns.

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaAthleteBio({ athlete_id: '…' });
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_athlete_bio(...)

espnNbaAthleteInfo

NBA — athlete info (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/athletes/{athlete_id}

API paramJSrequireddescription
{athlete_id}athlete_idyespath parameter
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns: raw ESPN Dict by default. With { parsed: true } the payload is routed through its parser (parse_single_entity); the column set varies by league — see ESPN parsed returns.

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaAthleteInfo({ athlete_id: '…' });
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_athlete_info(...)

espnNbaAthleteNews

NBA — athlete news (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/athletes/{athlete_id}/news

API paramJSrequireddescription
{athlete_id}athlete_idyespath parameter
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_news):

col_nametypedescription
idinteger
now_idcharacter
content_keycharacter
data_source_identifiercharacter
typecharacter
headlinecharacter
descriptioncharacter
last_modifiedcharacter
publishedcharacter
imagescharacter
categoriescharacter
premiumlogical
links_web_hrefcharacter
links_mobile_hrefcharacter
links_api_self_hrefcharacter
links_app_sportscenter_hrefcharacter
bylinecharacter

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaAthleteNews({ athlete_id: '…' });
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_athlete_news(...)

espnNbaCalendar

NBA — calendar (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/calendar

API paramJSrequireddescription
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_items):

col_nametypedescription
$refcharacterCore v2 $ref URL to the resource

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaCalendar({});
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_calendar(...)

espnNbaConferences

NBA — conferences (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/groups

API paramJSrequireddescription
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns: raw ESPN Dict by default. With { parsed: true } the payload is routed through its parser (parse_groups); the column set varies by league — see ESPN parsed returns.

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaConferences({});
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_conferences(...)

espnNbaDraft

NBA — draft (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/draft

API paramJSrequireddescription
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_items):

col_nametypedescription
$refcharacterCore v2 $ref URL to the resource

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaDraft({});
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_draft(...)

espnNbaInjuries

NBA — injuries (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/injuries

API paramJSrequireddescription
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_injuries):

col_nametypedescription
idcharacter
display_namecharacter
injuriescharacter

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaInjuries({});
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_injuries(...)

espnNbaNews

NBA — news (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/news

API paramJSrequireddescription
limitlimitnoquery parameter (default 50)
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_news):

col_nametypedescription
idinteger
now_idcharacter
content_keycharacter
data_source_identifiercharacter
typecharacter
headlinecharacter
descriptioncharacter
last_modifiedcharacter
publishedcharacter
imagescharacter
categoriescharacter
premiumlogical
links_web_hrefcharacter
links_mobile_hrefcharacter
links_api_self_hrefcharacter
links_app_sportscenter_hrefcharacter
bylinecharacter

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaNews({});
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_news(...)

espnNbaScoreboard

NBA — scoreboard (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/scoreboard

API paramJSrequireddescription
datesdatesnoquery parameter
weekweeknoquery parameter
seasontypeseason_typenoquery parameter
groupsgroupsnoquery parameter
limitlimitnoquery parameter (default 500)
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_scoreboard):

col_nametypedescription
game_idcharacter
uidcharacter
datecharacter
namecharacter
short_namecharacter
season_yearinteger
season_typeinteger
season_slugcharacter
status_type_idcharacter
status_type_namecharacter
status_type_statecharacter
status_type_completedlogical
status_type_descriptioncharacter
status_type_detailcharacter
status_type_short_detailcharacter
status_clockinteger
status_display_clockcharacter
status_periodinteger
neutral_sitelogical
conference_competitionlogical
attendanceinteger
venue_idcharacter
venue_full_namecharacter
venue_citycharacter
venue_statecharacter
venue_indoorlogical
broadcastcharacter
notecharacter
home_idcharacter
home_namecharacter
home_abbreviationcharacter
home_display_namecharacter
home_locationcharacter
home_colorcharacter
home_alternate_colorcharacter
home_logocharacter
home_scorecharacter
home_winnerlogical
home_rankcharacter
away_idcharacter
away_namecharacter
away_abbreviationcharacter
away_display_namecharacter
away_locationcharacter
away_colorcharacter
away_alternate_colorcharacter
away_logocharacter
away_scorecharacter
away_winnerlogical
away_rankcharacter

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaScoreboard({});
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_scoreboard(...)

espnNbaStandings

NBA — standings (ESPN site.api.espn.com (v2)).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/v2/sports/basketball/nba/standings

API paramJSrequireddescription
seasonseasonnoquery parameter
groupgroupnoquery parameter
typestandings_typenoquery parameter
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_standings):

col_nametypedescription
group_namecharacter
group_abbreviationcharacter
team_idcharacterESPN team id
team_namecharacter
team_abbreviationcharacterTeam abbreviation
team_display_namecharacterTeam display name
team_locationcharacter
team_logocharacter
avg_points_againstnumber
avg_points_fornumber
clincherinteger
differentialinteger
division_win_percentnumber
games_behindinteger
league_win_percentnumber
lossesinteger
playoff_seedinteger
point_differentialinteger
pointsinteger
points_againstinteger
points_forinteger
streakinteger
win_percentnumber
winsinteger
games_aheadinteger
overallcharacter
homecharacter
roadcharacter
vs_divcharacter
vs_confcharacter
last_ten_gamescharacter

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaStandings({});
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_standings(...)

espnNbaStatisticsLeague

NBA — statistics league (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/statistics

API paramJSrequireddescription
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_items):

col_nametypedescription
$refcharacterCore v2 $ref URL to the resource

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaStatisticsLeague({});
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_statistics_league(...)

espnNbaSummary

NBA — summary (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/summary

API paramJSrequireddescription
eventevent_idnoquery parameter
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON
sectionnowith parsed, return one named sub-frame (e.g. boxscore, plays, winprobability) instead of all

Returns: raw ESPN Dict by default. With { parsed: true } the summary dispatcher returns an object of 21 sub-frames keyed by section ({ parsed: true, section: '<name>' } for one); see ESPN parsed returns.

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaSummary({});
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_summary(...)

espnNbaTeam

NBA — team (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/teams/{team_id}

API paramJSrequireddescription
{team_id}team_idyespath parameter
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns: raw ESPN Dict by default. With { parsed: true } the payload is routed through its parser (parse_single_entity); the column set varies by league — see ESPN parsed returns.

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaTeam({ team_id: '…' });
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_team(...)

espnNbaTeamDepthcharts

NBA — team depthcharts (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/teams/{team_id}/depthcharts

API paramJSrequireddescription
{team_id}team_idyespath parameter
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_items):

col_nametypedescription
$refcharacterCore v2 $ref URL to the resource

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaTeamDepthcharts({ team_id: '…' });
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_team_depthcharts(...)

espnNbaTeamHistory

NBA — team history (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/teams/{team_id}/history

API paramJSrequireddescription
{team_id}team_idyespath parameter
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_items):

col_nametypedescription
$refcharacterCore v2 $ref URL to the resource

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaTeamHistory({ team_id: '…' });
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_team_history(...)

espnNbaTeamInjuries

NBA — team injuries (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/teams/{team_id}/injuries

API paramJSrequireddescription
{team_id}team_idyespath parameter
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_injuries):

col_nametypedescription
idcharacter
display_namecharacter
injuriescharacter

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaTeamInjuries({ team_id: '…' });
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_team_injuries(...)

espnNbaTeamLeaders

NBA — team leaders (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/teams/{team_id}/leaders

API paramJSrequireddescription
{team_id}team_idyespath parameter
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_items):

col_nametypedescription
$refcharacterCore v2 $ref URL to the resource

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaTeamLeaders({ team_id: '…' });
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_team_leaders(...)

espnNbaTeamNews

NBA — team news (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/teams/{team_id}/news

API paramJSrequireddescription
{team_id}team_idyespath parameter
limitlimitnoquery parameter (default 50)
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_news):

col_nametypedescription
idinteger
now_idcharacter
content_keycharacter
data_source_identifiercharacter
typecharacter
headlinecharacter
descriptioncharacter
last_modifiedcharacter
publishedcharacter
imagescharacter
categoriescharacter
premiumlogical
links_web_hrefcharacter
links_mobile_hrefcharacter
links_api_self_hrefcharacter
links_app_sportscenter_hrefcharacter
bylinecharacter

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaTeamNews({ team_id: '…' });
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_team_news(...)

espnNbaTeamRecord

NBA — team record (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/teams/{team_id}/record

API paramJSrequireddescription
{team_id}team_idyespath parameter
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_items):

col_nametypedescription
$refcharacterCore v2 $ref URL to the resource

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaTeamRecord({ team_id: '…' });
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_team_record(...)

espnNbaTeamRoster

NBA — team roster (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/teams/{team_id}/roster

API paramJSrequireddescription
{team_id}team_idyespath parameter
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_team_roster):

col_nametypedescription
idcharacter
uidcharacter
guidcharacter
alternate_ids_sdrcharacter
first_namecharacter
last_namecharacter
full_namecharacter
display_namecharacter
short_namecharacter
weightinteger
display_weightcharacter
heightinteger
display_heightcharacter
ageinteger
date_of_birthcharacter
debut_yearinteger
linkscharacter
birth_place_citycharacter
birth_place_countrycharacter
college_idcharacter
college_guidcharacter
college_mascotcharacter
college_namecharacter
college_short_namecharacter
college_abbrevcharacter
college_logoscharacter
slugcharacter
headshot_hrefcharacter
headshot_altcharacter
jerseycharacter
position_idcharacter
position_namecharacter
position_display_namecharacter
position_abbreviationcharacter
position_leaflogical
injuriescharacter
teamscharacter
contractscharacter
experience_yearsinteger
contract_bird_statusinteger
contract_base_year_compensation_activelogical
contract_poison_pill_provision_activelogical
contract_incoming_trade_valueinteger
contract_outgoing_trade_valueinteger
contract_minimum_salary_exceptionlogical
contract_option_typeinteger
contract_salaryinteger
contract_salary_remaininginteger
contract_years_remaininginteger
contract_season_yearinteger
contract_season_start_datecharacter
contract_season_end_datecharacter
contract_trade_kicker_activelogical
contract_trade_kicker_percentageinteger
contract_trade_kicker_valueinteger
contract_trade_kicker_trade_valueinteger
contract_trade_restrictionlogical
contract_unsigned_foreign_picklogical
contract_activelogical
status_idcharacter
status_namecharacter
status_typecharacter
status_abbreviationcharacter
citizenshipcharacter
birth_place_statecharacter
hand_typecharacter
hand_abbreviationcharacter
hand_display_valuecharacter

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaTeamRoster({ team_id: '…' });
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_team_roster(...)

espnNbaTeamSchedule

NBA — team schedule (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/teams/{team_id}/schedule

API paramJSrequireddescription
{team_id}team_idyespath parameter
seasonseasonnoquery parameter
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns: raw ESPN Dict by default. With { parsed: true } the payload is routed through its parser (parse_team_schedule); the column set varies by league — see ESPN parsed returns.

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaTeamSchedule({ team_id: '…' });
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_team_schedule(...)

espnNbaTeamTransactions

NBA — team transactions (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/teams/{team_id}/transactions

API paramJSrequireddescription
{team_id}team_idyespath parameter
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_items):

col_nametypedescription
$refcharacterCore v2 $ref URL to the resource

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaTeamTransactions({ team_id: '…' });
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_team_transactions(...)

espnNbaTeamsSite

NBA — teams site (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/teams

API paramJSrequireddescription
limitlimitnoquery parameter (default 1000)
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns: raw ESPN Dict by default. With { parsed: true } the payload is routed through its parser (parse_teams); the column set varies by league — see ESPN parsed returns.

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaTeamsSite({});
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_teams_site(...)

espnNbaTransactions

NBA — transactions (ESPN site.api.espn.com).

Endpoint URL: GET https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/basketball/nba/transactions

API paramJSrequireddescription
parsednoreturn tidy rows instead of raw JSON

Returns (with { parsed: true }, via parse_items):

col_nametypedescription
$refcharacterCore v2 $ref URL to the resource

Example:

await sdv.nba.espnNbaTransactions({});
// snake_case alias (py/R parity): sdv.nba.espn_nba_transactions(...)