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          "key": "ts_pct"
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        {
          "key": "efg_pct"
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        {
          "key": "usg_pct"
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        {
          "key": "per"
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        {
          "key": "ws"
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        {
          "key": "ws48"
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        {
          "key": "ortg"
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        {
          "key": "drtg"
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        {
          "key": "ewa"
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          "rowScope": "team"
        },
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          "rowScope": "team"
        },
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          "season": 2025,
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          "rowScope": "team"
        },
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          "season": 2025,
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          "rowScope": "team"
        },
        {
          "season": 2026,
          "seasonType": "REG",
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          "rowScope": "team"
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          "team/opponent totals are summed from player box lines paired per game (the hoopR team box release's turnover columns are unreliable per-season), so deadball TEAM turnovers are excluded from possession estimates",
          "traded players are attributed to their modal (most-games) team's context for team-dependent metrics",
          "play-in games (ESPN season_type 5) are excluded from player and team aggregates",
          "DRtg is a box-score approximation of individual defense and inherits heavy team context",
          "coverage starts with the 2001-02 season (hoopR ESPN archive floor)",
          "career advanced values are null except WS (the only cleanly summable metric) — no fake career rates",
          "split-season TOT rows sum only additive WS/EWA; stint-context rates stay null while exact team rows retain them"
        ]
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          "key": "gp"
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        {
          "key": "gs"
        },
        {
          "key": "mpg"
        },
        {
          "key": "fg_pct"
        },
        {
          "key": "fg3_pct"
        },
        {
          "key": "ft_pct"
        },
        {
          "key": "rpg"
        },
        {
          "key": "apg"
        },
        {
          "key": "spg"
        },
        {
          "key": "bpg"
        },
        {
          "key": "ppg"
        }
      ],
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          "seasonType": "COLLEGE",
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            "bpg": 0.1,
            "ppg": 2.9
          },
          "rowScope": "team"
        },
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          "season": 2021,
          "seasonType": "COLLEGE",
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            "ppg": 10.5
          },
          "rowScope": "team"
        },
        {
          "season": 2022,
          "seasonType": "COLLEGE",
          "team": "Belmont",
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          "rowScope": "team"
        },
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          "season": 2023,
          "seasonType": "COLLEGE",
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            "bpg": 0.2,
            "ppg": 18.8
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          "rowScope": "team"
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