Table 3. Player distributions in the seven clusters contrasted against player category, NBA first team and player specific court position.
| Cluster | Cluster 1 | Cluster 2 | Cluster 3 | Cluster 4 | Cluster 5 | Cluster 6 | Cluster 7 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | 4.4±2.3 | 17.8±6.3 | 12.8±3.4 | 16.6±3.7 | 7.2±2.9 | 12.9±4.3 | 11.5±4.1 | hs (1)(5)(3,6,7) (2,4) |
| Minutes played | 12.6±5.0 | 34.5±3.2 | 30.9±3.4 | 33.8±2.2 | 19.7±4.2 | 28.8±5.2 | 26.9±4.3 | hs (1)(5)(6,7)(6,3)(2,4) |
| Distance cases to centroid | 14.5±5.1 | 20.2±6.8 | 20.8±6.8 | 19.3±8.4 | 16.1±5.3 | 22.3±9.6 | 17.9±7.0 | hs (1,5)(2,4,5,7)(2,3,4,6,7) |
| Non all-star players | 93 (28.7%) | 21 (6.5%) | 37 (11.4%) | 18 (5.6%) | 74 (22.8%) | 24 (7.4%) | 57 (17.6%) | 324 (100%) |
| All-star players | 0 (0.0%) | 8 (53.3%) | 2 (13.3%) | 5 (33.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 15 (100%) |
| NBA first team | 0 (0%) | 4 (80%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (20%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (100%) |
| Guards (1–2) | 33 (19.1%) | 15 (8.6%) | 15 (8.6%) | 23 (13.3%) | 35 (20.2%) | 18 (10.4%) | 34 (19.6%) | 173 (100%) |
| Forwards (3–4) | 28 (24.4%) | 13 (11.3%) | 23 (20.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 31 (27.0%) | 1 (0.1%) | 16 (15.7%) | 115 (100%) |
| Centers (5) | 3 (23.1%) | 1 (7.7%) | 1 (7.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (23.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (38.5%) | 13 (100%) |
| Unclear position or missing values | 29 (67.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (20.9%) | 5 (11.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 43 (100%) |
Legend: hs—post-hoc homogeneous subsets Tukey test.