Take a look at these to get a sense of available data:
ballR: https://toddwschneider.com/posts/ballr-interactive-nba-shot-charts-with-r-and-shiny/
nbastatr: http://asbcllc.com/nbastatR/reference/index.html
The above source includes boxscores for every game, injuries, contracts, etc….
Each player is a circle; Embiid and James highlighted.
Whether or not a player’s position was forward is shown here…