11-19-2023, 12:05 PM
(11-19-2023, 11:37 AM)surfpuckmd Wrote: The EPM data for this season is now available. It's the first good advanced metric data I've seen for this season. It's interesting. According to EPM...
Luka + 4.3
Kyrie + 3.3
THJ +0.3
Lively -0.2
Grant Williams - 0.6
DJJ - 1.1
Hardy - 1.6
DP -1.7
Exum - 3.4
Kleber -4.3
Seth - 4.9
Josh Green -4.9
Luka and Kyrie have been great. THJ and Lively have been pretty good. DJJ and Grant have been solid. DP has not been bad. The rest of our rotation has been really weak. I'm surprised by the Exum data as I thought he's looked pretty good. Josh Green's data supports a lot of the board's opinion about Green this season and it's worse than I personally anticipated. I do think Green will improve as the season goes on. In other interesting results, Reggie Bullock is among the worst players in the NBA at - 6.3.
Among opportunities to improve, here are some players (with their EPM) who might actually be available for trade at this time:
Alex Caruso + 2.1
Deni Avdija + 1.1
Zach Collins + 0.6
Vucevic - 0.4
Drummond - 0.5
Gafford - 1.2
All of these players would be upgrades on our roster.
A few other interesting figures:
Holmgren + 5.0 and Wemby at -0.9. Holmgren is a top-10 player already on EPM and one of the most impressive rookies the league has seen in a long time.
Jerami Grant at -2.3 and Christian Wood at -3.0. Grant with a defensive rating of -2.1 might not be the upgrade we wish. Christian Wood has not been effective this season so I won't bring him up again.
All of this data is early but interesting. It's mostly consistent with the eye test with a few surprises.
I would mention based on watching this the last couple of years that it is very volatile this early in the season. In a couple of weeks these number can swing wildly from what they are now.