Lineup Discussion: Good on Paper Vs Good on Court

[Kammrath]

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This is his explanation:

Here's what I did:
>Plug in a team's most-used lineup
(AB/Green/LeBron/AD/McGee)
>Find avg net rating for its 50 comps
(-1.1 pts per 100 poss)
>Repeat for the next 9 most-used lineups
(-2.7, +9.2, -0.4, +1.4, -4.5, +7.3, +3.5, +2.4, +8.0)
>Avg ratings weighted by poss
(+0.7)

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Here is his article on his lineup similarity app:

https://fansided.com/2020/09/16/nylon-ca...mparisons/


Here is the app:

https://crumpledpaperjumper.shinyapps.io...eupFinder/

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He classifies all players by three skills:

1) Floor Spacing
2) Offensive Creation
3) Rim Protection

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So Todd Whitehead put this together and asks this question:

The Lakers (and Mavs) are succeeding with player-archetype combinations that don't work for other teams. Would they be even BETTER with more optimized fit? Or are their players just unique?

What do you think?