Template talk:NBA season

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[edit] Special cases

  • At the beginning of the season, each team has a record of 0-0. But according to the template, the wins will be divided by the total number of games. However, dividing by 0 results in an error.
  • If a team has a number of wins, but no losses, the calculated record will show ".1000" instead of "1.000"

Those two issues have to be fixed ASAP. ● 8~Hype @ 10:20, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Division and conference abbreviations

I have to say I'm not a fan of the division and conference abbreviations. For example, it's not very intuitive to relate "CE" to "Central Division". I think the infobox would look better if the conference and division names were spelled out. — X96lee15 (talk) 01:38, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I've spelled them out and shrunk the font to reduce the risk of wrapping with the increased length. I hope everybody's happy. —LOL (talk) 02:23, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What's the difference between these?

What's the difference between this template and {{NBA yearly infobox}}? Seems there is good (and different) information in each of them. I propose merging them into one template (probably merge into this template since it's older and has more edit history) and adapting each of the NBA seasons to use the newly merged version. Unless I'm missing something obvious as to why there are two different infoboxes. — X96lee15 (talk) 17:13, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

There's no need. {{NBA yearly infobox}} was created for older NBA seasons, but some of the information is really not needed and not always available. This template has all the needed information and shouldn't be changed for now. ● 8~Hype @ 17:50, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
I still think the infoboxes should be combined. I can't see any reason for having two different versions of essentially the same information. We can "hide" headings when the information in not available. — X96lee15 (talk) 14:10, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
So what info can be impleented into this template from {{NBA yearly infobox}}? Owners, local television & radio. But that is not viable information and in my opinion nonsignificant. However, stats could be added (ESPN, Basketball-Reference). ● 8~Hype @ 14:53, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
I have added stats from Basketball-Reference.com in the same way as in {{Infobox NBAretired}}. Are there any other mainstream sources for each team season dating back to 1946-47? ● 8~Hype @ 22:59, 29 May 2008 (UTC)