I started using R because I needed a better tool for formal statistical analysis. (Econometrics, didn't want to pay for STATA. Much better packages around varia

I started using R because I needed a better tool for formal statistical analysis. (Econometrics, didn't want to pay for STATA. Much better packages around variants of linear regressions + panel/time series data than python). Since, I've used it for some random scripts, data visualizations, and financial analysis (Josh Ulrich's packages + tidyquant). R is a thoroughbred at doing data analysis from your laptop. It's bad at living on a server and operating any sort of app. For your use case (NBA analytics) I think it is a great tool and would recommend R. In fact, here are a couple packages/tutorials specifically for doing that: http://asbcllc.com/nbastatR/ http://asbcllc.com/nbastatR/ https://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/09/analyzing-nba-basketball-data-with-r.html https://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/09/analyzing-nba-b...