Lulu Twidale Development Report

A WBB player development profile tracking Lulu Twidale’s role growth, scoring efficiency, and playmaking progression at Cal from 2023-24 through 2025-26.

This project packages a notebook-style player development report for Lulu Twidale's first three California seasons. It combines season-level production, team and player play-by-play profile history, on/off context, recent form, and lineup evidence to show how her role, efficiency, decision-making, and overall skill development evolved from reserve guard to high-minute creator.

Preview

How To Use This Repo

1. Start with notebooks/index.html to read the full development story in notebook form.
2. Use the evidence tables in data/processed/ to inspect season history, shot profile, on/off context, recent form, and lineup context behind the notebook.
3. Regenerate the docs and rerun the checks after any data or wording update:

python scripts/init_project.py
python scripts/validate_data.py
python scripts/publish_check.py

Live Project

• HTML Notebook: https://kbsmd-sportsmusicdata.github.io/wbb-player-development-report/
• GitHub Repo: https://github.com/kbsmd-sportsmusicdata/wbb-player-development-report

Project Status

Published

Why This Project Matters

Player development reports often flatten growth into one headline. This repo separates Lulu Twidale's role growth, efficiency changes, shot-profile evolution, and on-court context so reviewers can see what improved, what held steady, and what still needs caution.

Key Questions

• How did Lulu Twidale's role change from her first California season through 2025-26?
• Where did the biggest gains show up: efficiency, playmaking, shot mix, or lineup impact?
• Which parts of the development story are strongest enough to trust, and which parts still need context or caution?

Audience

• Player development and coaching staff
• Basketball operations and scouting reviewers
• Front office
• WNBA analytics departments

Project Outputs

• Primary deliverable: HTML notebook
• Notebook path: notebooks/index.html
• Report path: docs/executive_summary.md

Supporting Evidence Tables

• data/processed/lulu_season_history.csv: season-level role, scoring, efficiency, and usage progression.
• data/processed/california_pbp_profile_history.csv: play-by-play-derived profile history and shot/creation context.
• data/processed/california_player_on_off.csv: on/off context for lineup impact evaluation.
• data/processed/lulu_recent_form_2026.csv: recent-game form and late-season performance context.
• data/processed/lulu_regular_lineup_summary.csv: lineup context and regular rotation evidence.

Methodology Summary

See docs/methodology.md.

Validation Summary

See docs/validation_report.md. Current warnings mostly reflect expected missing context fields, including unavailable 2023-24 on/off coverage and season-specific play-by-play sparsity, rather than broken files.

Data Dictionary

See docs/data_dictionary.md.

Repo Structure

/data
/docs
/notebooks
/reports
/scripts
/sql
/templates

How To Run

pip install -r requirements.txt
python scripts/generate_docs.py
python scripts/validate_data.py
python scripts/generate_readme.py

Future Extensions

• Add a one-page printable player development brief for coaching or scouting review
• Reuse the same reporting template for additional WBB players or team-development profiles
• Add a lightweight comparison layer against similar high-minute guards
• Refresh the notebook after the 2026-27 season closes with final season totals