NAME POS GP MIN WP48 PoP48 WINS PTS REB AST TO BLK STL PF
Omri Casspi SF 65 1341 .064 -1.1 1.80 16.4 8.2 2.4 2.3 0.8 1.3 4.1
Semih Erden C 28 333 -.025 -3.9 -0.17 14.3 10.4 1.3 2.3 0.7 1.4 8.6
Christian Eyenga SF 6 83 -.098 -6.1 -0.17 5.2 6.9 2.3 1.2 2.3 1.7 4.0
Alonzo Gee SG 63 1827 .133 1.1 5.05 17.4 8.5 2.9 3.0 0.4 2.2 3.9
Daniel Gibson PG 35 916 .024 -2.3 0.46 13.8 5.3 4.0 2.4 0.8 1.4 3.6
Luke Harangody PF 21 231 .048 -1.6 0.23 12.5 11.0 1.2 0.8 0.6 1.2 3.5
Manny Harris SG 26 456 .057 -1.3 0.54 18.2 7.4 3.3 2.8 0.6 1.4 2.9
Ryan Hollins C 24 362 -.076 -5.5 -0.58 11.8 7.4 0.8 3.2 1.6 0.5 7.3
Lester Hudson SG 13 314 -.005 -3.2 -0.03 25.2 7.0 5.4 4.6 0.5 2.1 4.0
Kyrie Irving PG 51 1558 .119 0.6 3.86 29.1 5.9 8.5 4.9 0.6 1.7 3.4
Antawn Jamison PF 65 2151 -.037 -4.2 -1.67 24.9 9.1 2.9 2.0 1.0 1.1 3.7
D.J. Kennedy F 2 59 -.062 -5.0 -0.08 9.8 5.7 2.4 2.4 0.0 1.6 5.7
Anthony Parker SF 51 1280 .087 -0.4 2.32 13.8 5.2 4.5 1.9 0.3 1.4 2.4
Samardo Samuels PF 54 825 -.005 -3.2 -0.09 17.0 10.5 1.2 3.3 1.2 1.2 6.6
Ramon Sessions SG 41 1006 .118 0.6 2.48 20.5 6.1 10.1 3.9 0.0 1.3 3.0
Donald Sloan G 25 608 -.009 -3.4 -0.11 13.0 4.7 7.3 3.3 0.2 0.8 2.5
Tristan Thompson PF 60 1424 .074 -0.8 2.20 16.7 13.1 0.9 2.7 2.1 0.9 4.5
Mychel Thompson G 5 95 -.140 -7.4 -0.28 9.1 2.5 3.5 2.5 0.5 1.0 4.0
Ben Uzoh SG 2 13 .383 8.8 0.10 14.8 14.8 7.4 0.0 0.0 3.7 3.7
Anderson Varejao C 25 785 .257 4.9 4.20 16.6 17.5 2.7 2.8 1.0 2.1 3.8
Luke Walton SF 21 299 -.074 -5.4 -0.46 6.9 5.6 4.8 4.0 0.2 0.5 5.1
Name FG% 2FG% 3FG% FT% eFG% TS% FGA 3FGA FTA
Omri Casspi 40.3% 46.3% 31.5% 68.5% 46.7% 49.9% 14.7 6.0 3.9
Semih Erden 52.7% 52.7% 0.0% 51.2% 52.7% 53.8% 10.7 0.0 5.9
Christian Eyenga 15.8% 11.8% 50.0% 33.3% 18.4% 20.8% 11.0 1.2 3.5
Alonzo Gee 41.2% 44.2% 32.1% 78.6% 45.2% 51.5% 14.5 3.6 5.5
Daniel Gibson 35.1% 29.4% 39.6% 79.1% 46.2% 49.3% 13.0 7.3 2.3
Luke Harangody 35.4% 40.9% 23.8% 75.0% 39.2% 42.7% 13.5 4.4 2.5
Manny Harris 40.0% 42.1% 33.3% 69.5% 44.0% 49.2% 15.8 3.8 6.2
Ryan Hollins 50.0% 50.0% 0.0% 60.0% 50.0% 55.5% 7.4 0.0 7.3
Lester Hudson 39.1% 48.9% 24.6% 84.2% 44.0% 49.2% 23.1 9.3 5.8
Kyrie Irving 46.9% 49.1% 39.9% 87.2% 51.7% 56.6% 23.0 5.6 6.0
Antawn Jamison 40.3% 42.5% 34.1% 68.3% 44.7% 48.1% 23.3 6.0 6.0
D.J. Kennedy 41.7% 37.5% 50.0% 0.0% 50.0% 46.6% 9.8 3.3 1.6
Anthony Parker 43.3% 48.4% 36.2% 62.5% 50.9% 52.3% 12.2 5.2 2.1
Samardo Samuels 45.5% 45.5% 0.0% 70.1% 45.5% 51.7% 13.4 0.0 6.8
Ramon Sessions 39.8% 39.4% 41.9% 83.0% 43.5% 51.4% 16.9 3.0 7.0
Donald Sloan 40.3% 44.8% 9.1% 80.8% 40.9% 44.0% 13.9 1.7 2.1
Tristan Thompson 43.9% 44.1% 0.0% 55.7% 43.9% 47.0% 14.9 0.1 6.5
Mychel Thompson 29.2% 23.1% 36.4% 0.0% 37.5% 37.5% 12.1 5.6 0.0
Ben Uzoh 40.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 40.0% 40.0% 18.5 0.0 0.0
Anderson Varejao 51.4% 52.3% 0.0% 67.2% 51.4% 54.2% 13.6 0.2 3.9
Luke Walton 35.3% 31.4% 43.8% 0.0% 42.2% 42.2% 8.2 2.6 0.0
  WP48 WINS PTS DRB ORB TRB AST TO BLK STL PF
CLE 0.327 19.6 93.0 29.5 12.7 42.3 19.8 15.4 4.0 7.1 20.0
AVG 0.500 33.0 96.3 30.8 11.4 42.2 21.0 14.6 5.1 7.7 19.6
OPP 0.673 46.4 100.2 31.4 11.4 42.8 23.1 13.9 6.2 7.9 20.9
AVGOPP 0.500 33.0 96.3 30.8 11.4 42.2 21.0 14.6 5.1 7.7 19.6
  FG% 2FG% 3FG% FT% eFG% TS% FGA 3FGA FTA
CLE 42.2% 44.6% 34.6% 71.6% 46.3% 50.5% 81.2 19.3 24.9
AVG 44.8% 47.7% 34.9% 75.2% 48.7% 52.7% 81.4 18.4 22.5

Wins Produced
Expected* Actual Forecast**
19.6-46.4 21-45 n/a

* The win-loss record that wins produced would have predicted based on players' WP48 so far (ignores previous seasons).

** future games only -- takes current record as given


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