NAME POS GP MIN WP48 PoP48 WINS PTS REB AST TO BLK STL PF
Andris Biedrins C 68 1000 .174 2.3 3.62 12.4 13.6 1.2 1.6 2.3 1.1 9.1
Chris Taft C 17 144 .166 2.1 0.50 15.7 12.0 0.7 0.7 2.3 0.7 8.3
Ike Diogu C 69 1031 .043 -1.7 0.92 22.6 10.7 1.4 3.6 1.4 0.7 7.6
Jason Richardson SG 75 2877 .134 1.1 8.02 29.0 7.3 3.9 2.8 0.6 1.6 3.4
Adonal Foyle C 77 1824 .101 0.1 3.85 9.1 11.2 0.9 2.1 3.3 1.2 5.7
Derek Fisher PG 82 2590 .094 -0.2 5.06 20.2 3.9 6.5 2.9 0.1 2.3 4.4
Mickael Pietrus SF 52 1179 -.014 -3.5 -0.35 19.6 6.6 1.8 3.2 0.4 1.3 5.4
Troy Murphy PF 74 2516 .140 1.3 7.35 19.7 14.2 1.9 2.1 0.5 0.9 3.6
Monta Ellis SG 49 886 .044 -1.7 0.81 18.1 5.7 4.2 3.1 0.6 1.7 3.7
Mike Dunleavy SF 81 2578 .092 -0.2 4.92 17.4 7.4 4.4 2.2 0.6 1.1 3.7
Baron Davis PG 54 1971 .107 0.2 4.39 23.5 5.7 11.7 3.9 0.3 2.2 4.0
Will Bynum PG 15 162 -.054 -4.8 -0.18 16.0 3.6 5.6 4.1 0.0 2.1 3.0
Zarko Cabarkapa PF 61 505 -.081 -5.6 -0.85 18.9 10.6 1.9 3.3 0.7 1.2 8.3
Calbert Cheaney SF 42 448 .010 -2.8 0.10 9.9 6.5 2.0 1.8 0.2 1.4 4.1
Aaron Miles PG 19 118 .022 -2.4 0.05 6.5 5.7 9.8 4.5 0.4 1.6 5.3
Name FG% 2FG% 3FG% FT% eFG% TS% FGA 3FGA FTA
Andris Biedrins 63.8% 63.8% 0.0% 30.6% 63.8% 59.5% 8.9 0.0 3.5
Chris Taft 60.5% 60.5% 0.0% 16.7% 60.5% 57.8% 12.7 0.0 2.0
Ike Diogu 52.4% 52.4% 0.0% 81.0% 52.4% 59.6% 15.5 0.0 7.8
Jason Richardson 44.6% 47.7% 38.4% 67.3% 50.9% 53.8% 24.0 8.0 6.8
Adonal Foyle 50.7% 50.7% 0.0% 61.2% 50.7% 52.4% 7.9 0.0 1.8
Derek Fisher 41.0% 41.7% 39.7% 83.3% 47.6% 53.6% 16.4 5.5 5.4
Mickael Pietrus 40.4% 46.7% 31.8% 60.8% 47.1% 50.0% 17.0 7.2 5.8
Troy Murphy 43.3% 46.4% 32.0% 78.7% 46.8% 52.9% 16.0 3.5 6.1
Monta Ellis 41.5% 44.1% 34.1% 71.2% 45.9% 48.6% 17.2 4.4 3.2
Mike Dunleavy 40.6% 46.2% 28.5% 77.8% 45.1% 50.3% 15.2 4.8 4.7
Baron Davis 38.9% 43.4% 31.5% 67.5% 44.8% 48.9% 21.0 7.9 7.0
Will Bynum 40.4% 44.2% 22.2% 62.5% 42.3% 45.7% 15.4 2.7 4.7
Zarko Cabarkapa 38.5% 40.3% 25.0% 71.4% 39.9% 47.2% 16.5 1.9 8.0
Calbert Cheaney 38.9% 42.0% 0.0% 100.0% 38.9% 41.2% 11.6 0.9 0.9
Aaron Miles 33.3% 33.3% 0.0% 100.0% 33.3% 40.5% 7.3 0.0 1.6
  WP48 WINS PTS DRB ORB TRB AST TO BLK STL PF
GSW 0.074 38.2 98.5 30.3 12.0 42.3 20.7 14.1 4.4 7.4 23.7
AVG 0.500 41.0 97.0 29.8 11.2 41.0 20.6 14.4 4.7 7.2 22.8
OPP 0.926 43.8 99.8 32.5 12.0 44.5 22.3 15.3 5.0 7.0 23.4
AVGOPP 0.500 41.0 97.0 29.8 11.2 41.0 20.6 14.4 4.7 7.2 22.8
  FG% 2FG% 3FG% FT% eFG% TS% FGA 3FGA FTA
GSW 43.3% 46.7% 34.1% 71.8% 47.9% 52.1% 82.7 22.3 26.7
AVG 45.4% 47.8% 35.8% 74.5% 49.0% 53.6% 79.0 16.0 26.3

Wins Produced
Expected* Actual Forecast**
38.2-43.8 34-48 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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