Beyond the Stats: How Player Networks Impact NBA Salaries
![The heterogeneous NBA knowledge graph interlinks player season data with entities like teams, agents, awards, and injuries, and employs a strict admissibility function [latex]A(e,s)[/latex] to mask temporal edges-such as prior wins or injury history-thereby preventing look-ahead bias during analysis.](https://arxiv.org/html/2603.05671v1/section/pictures/new_kg_schema.jpg)
New research shows that accounting for a player’s relationships and career progression, rather than just on-court performance, can significantly improve salary predictions.
![The heterogeneous NBA knowledge graph interlinks player season data with entities like teams, agents, awards, and injuries, and employs a strict admissibility function [latex]A(e,s)[/latex] to mask temporal edges-such as prior wins or injury history-thereby preventing look-ahead bias during analysis.](https://arxiv.org/html/2603.05671v1/section/pictures/new_kg_schema.jpg)
New research shows that accounting for a player’s relationships and career progression, rather than just on-court performance, can significantly improve salary predictions.
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