NBA Stats vs OpenF1

"NBA Stats" refers to stats.nba.com, the unofficial internal API that powers NBA.com's own statistics pages rather than a published, supported product -- there's no official developer signup or docs, and its former any-api.com docs mirror now permanently redirects to an unrelated marketplace. The community-maintained swar/nba_api project (and its companion documentation site) is the best available reference, covering box scores, play-by-play, shot charts, and historical stats back to the 1996-97 season. No API key is required, but requests must spoof browser-like headers to get past NBA's bot filtering, and access is blocked outright from many data-center IP ranges -- treat it as an unofficial, goodwill-rate-limited source, not a guaranteed-uptime service.

OpenF1 is an open-source F1 data API spanning 18 endpoints -- car telemetry at up to 3.7Hz, lap and sector times, race-control flags, pit stops, team radio, and championship standings -- returned as JSON or, by appending a query flag, CSV. Historical data back to the 2023 season is free with no API key, credit card, or signup at all; a paid Sponsor tier (about €9.90/month) only adds access during live sessions, roughly 3 seconds after real-world events. A live request confirmed the public endpoint responds keyless and echoes permissive CORS headers, matching its "zero friction" pitch.