Basketball APIs
September 13th, 2024
Characters Added for Player Names
| Release Date | Benefit |
|---|---|
| 09/16/2024 | Each league-specific Basketball API will now display player names containing special characters and diacritical markings. The change aims to ensure an accurate representation of a player’s given name. Going forward, player names such as Davis Bertans (id: c1bb78ed-4ce7-4e8c-b30c-06f8148d550a) will change to Dāvis Bertāns in each API endpoint.Ensure that your systems can handle these special characters and diacritics. Some examples of player names with special characters include: - Luka Dončić - Dāvis Bertāns - Ömer Aşık - Nikola Ðurišić |
{
"id": "d2ee92e9-3e72-45eb-b156-2dc5adc1e6f7",
"status": "ACT",
"full_name": "Luka Dončić",
"first_name": "Luka",
"last_name": "Dončić",
"abbr_name": "L.Dončić",
"height": 79,
"weight": 230,
"position": "F-G",
"primary_position": "PG",
"jersey_number": "77",
"experience": "6",
"birth_place": "Ljubljana,, SVN",
"birthdate": "1999-02-28",
"updated": "2024-09-16T12:56:48Z",
"sr_id": "sr:player:926008",
"rookie_year": 2018,
"reference": "1629029",
"draft": {
"team_id": "583ecb8f-fb46-11e1-82cb-f4ce4684ea4c",
"year": 2018,
"round": "1",
"pick": "3"
}
},
<player id="d2ee92e9-3e72-45eb-b156-2dc5adc1e6f7" status="ACT" full_name="Luka Dončić"
first_name="Luka" last_name="Dončić" abbr_name="L.Dončić" height="79" weight="230"
position="F-G" primary_position="PG" jersey_number="77" experience="6" birth_place="Ljubljana,, SVN"
birthdate="1999-02-28" updated="2024-09-16T12:56:48Z" sr_id="sr:player:926008" rookie_year="2018"
reference="1629029">
Update applies to: NBA v8, NBA v7, NBA v5, WNBA v8, WNBA v7, WNBA v4, NBA G League v8, NBA G League v7, NBA G League v5