CourtsideIQ
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Your basketball advantage

See the game.
A level deeper.

Read the matchup. Understand the role. Find the value. Basketball intelligence built on CourtsideIQ’s five original lenses.

REI VSE PIV PFE CVR
Explore matchups Player rankings
23 player roles 5 scoring lenses 30 team contexts

One player.
Five original lenses.

Featured profile
REI--Role-relative impact
VSE--Scoring efficiency
PIV--Possession impact
PFE--Finishing efficiency
Smart CVR--100 = fair contract value

The Matchup Engine

A better read on game day.

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NBA.com game archive. Open a game for imported status, observation times, and forecast details.

Explore CourtsideIQ

Start with the basketball question.

Move from player evaluation to roster building and market decisions with role context at every step.

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Contract & market

Put performance, salary, and market value on one page.

Translate on-court value into credible contract outcomes and understand where the market may move next.

Contract Engine Smart CVR View Plans

Interactive Role Map

Where every role lives.

Explore players by offensive impact, defensive impact, role, and REI strength.

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The research behind the ranking

Understand the job before you compare the number.

CourtsideIQ organizes player analysis around basketball responsibilities, not just positions. A Primary Creator, Floor Spacer, and Defensive Anchor solve different problems. Start with that job, compare the relevant inputs, and use the five lenses to understand where production, efficiency, possession value, finishing, and salary tell different stories.

A strong role score does not prove a player can handle a larger role. A strong Smart CVR does not predict his next salary. Our guides explain those distinctions, including the assumptions and missing context that can change a conclusion. The scores are model outputs, not official NBA grades.

How to read the five lenses ↗

A practical sequence for reading REI, VSE, PIV, PFE, and Smart CVR without confusing a role comparison with a universal ranking.

About the project and its sources · Analysis standards · Suggest a correction

What CourtsideIQ does

Role first. Box score second.

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Classify the job

Every player gets one role first: creator, spacer, stopper, anchor, finisher, connector, or developmental profile.

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Grade the right stats

Each role has its own inputs and weights, so a floor spacer is not judged like a primary creator.

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Show the value

REI, VSE, PIV, PFE, and CVR explain who creates impact, who scores efficiently, and who outplays the contract.

Players Indexed582

All current NBA players

REI Roles20

One role per player

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All qualified players

Rankings

Leaderboards with context

PFE Leaders Formula

    Smart CVR Report

      PIV Leaders Formula

        VSE Leaders Formula

          Featured Insights

          Stories inside the numbers

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          CourtsideIQ

          Building stories from live player data.

          Metric System

          Five lenses. One profile.

          REI

          Role Efficiency Index

          The main score. It grades a player against the expectations of his assigned role and shows the role-specific inputs on player pages.

          VSE

          Volume Scoring Efficiency

          Shows scoring value by balancing points, usage, true shooting, and role context, then translates that into a scorer tier.

          CVR

          Contract Value Rating

          100 means fair value. Higher means the player is outperforming his salary slot after contract noise is controlled.

          PIV

          Possession Impact Value

          Captures how much a player helps a possession through scoring, passing, and turnover control.

          PFE

          Player Finishing Efficiency

          Measures how well a player finishes plays through scoring efficiency and clean decisions, not total scoring reputation.

          DEF

          Defensive Context

          Defensive stats like DRtg and DFG% are inverted because lower is better, and missing inputs are flagged.

          REI Roles

          23 roles to grade impact

          Primary Creator Secondary Creator Floor General Point Forward Defensive Anchor Two-Way Threat 3&D Specialist Off-Ball Scorer Stretch Big Lob Threat Switchable Defender Floor Spacer Microwave Scorer Glue Guy Versatile Defender Perimeter Stopper Developmental Prospect Score-First Guard Rebounding Big Connector Wing Slasher Movement Shooter Isolation Scorer
          Latest Report

          Why role context changes the conversation

          One player. One role. Five scores.

          RolesTwenty-three archetypes define how players are evaluated

          MetricsREI, VSE, PIV, PFE, and CVR explain different kinds of impact

          RanksLeaderboards show players who are strongest inside their role

          Built to be inspected

          The model should explain the basketball.

          See the role definitions, inputs, weights, targets, and score bands behind every CourtsideIQ metric.

          Read the methodology

          30 team contexts

          Start with the roster.

          Open any team dashboard for needs, cap flexibility, role balance, player cards, and fit targets.

          Browse all teams

          CourtsideIQ+

          Go beyond the leaderboard.

          Unlock scouting reports, role projections, team fit analysis, contract projections, and trade targets.

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