NAME POS GP MIN WP48 PoP48 WINS PTS REB AST TO BLK STL PF
Alexis Ajinca C 24 266 -.110 -6.5 -0.61 20.6 11.0 1.4 3.1 2.5 1.4 10.8
Amir Johnson PF 72 1851 .192 2.9 7.40 17.8 12.0 2.1 1.8 2.3 1.4 6.8
Ed Davis PF 65 1603 .203 3.2 6.79 15.0 13.8 1.2 1.4 2.0 1.2 5.5
James Johnson PF 25 697 .107 0.2 1.55 15.8 8.1 5.2 3.2 1.9 1.7 4.8
Joey Dorsey C 43 524 .215 3.6 2.35 12.4 17.4 2.5 3.6 1.6 2.2 7.1
Solomon Alabi C 12 62 -.185 -8.8 -0.24 4.6 10.8 1.5 2.3 1.5 1.5 3.9
Julian Wright SF 52 770 .162 2.0 2.60 11.7 7.4 3.6 2.7 1.2 2.4 2.8
David Andersen C 11 151 .035 -2.0 0.11 17.8 10.8 2.2 2.5 1.0 1.0 3.5
Andrea Bargnani C 66 2353 -.126 -7.0 -6.18 28.8 7.0 2.4 3.1 0.9 0.7 3.3
Trey Johnson SG 7 82 -.154 -7.9 -0.26 16.4 4.1 6.4 2.9 0.6 0.6 6.4
Sundiata Gaines PG 6 89 -.102 -6.3 -0.19 18.9 4.3 5.9 4.3 0.5 2.2 5.4
DeMar DeRozan SF 82 2852 .028 -2.2 1.68 23.7 5.3 2.5 2.4 0.5 1.4 3.7
Reggie Evans PF 30 795 .269 5.3 4.45 8.0 20.8 2.3 2.4 0.4 1.8 5.4
Linas Kleiza SF 39 1032 -.050 -4.6 -1.07 20.3 8.2 1.9 3.0 0.3 0.9 4.6
Leandro Barbosa SG 58 1392 .003 -3.0 0.09 26.5 3.4 4.1 2.9 0.2 1.8 3.9
Jose Calderon PG 68 2104 .169 2.2 7.42 15.3 4.6 13.8 3.4 0.2 1.8 3.3
Jerryd Bayless PG 60 1349 .042 -1.8 1.18 21.4 5.3 8.5 3.9 0.1 1.3 4.7
Sonny Weems SG 59 1415 -.019 -3.7 -0.55 18.5 5.2 3.5 2.9 0.1 1.1 3.0
Ronald Dupree SF 3 13 -.197 -9.2 -0.05 7.4 11.1 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.4
Jarrett Jack PG 13 347 -.017 -3.6 -0.12 19.4 5.8 8.2 4.7 0.0 1.9 3.5
Marcus Banks PG 3 22 -.082 -5.6 -0.04 13.1 2.2 6.5 4.4 0.0 2.2 8.7
Peja Stojakovic SF 2 22 .524 13.2 0.24 43.6 6.5 2.2 4.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Name FG% 2FG% 3FG% FT% eFG% TS% FGA 3FGA FTA
Alexis Ajinca 46.5% 51.4% 33.3% 73.3% 51.0% 53.0% 18.2 4.9 2.7
Amir Johnson 56.8% 56.9% 0.0% 78.8% 56.8% 60.8% 12.8 0.0 4.1
Ed Davis 57.6% 57.6% 0.0% 55.5% 57.6% 58.3% 11.2 0.0 3.8
James Johnson 46.4% 49.7% 24.0% 70.7% 48.0% 51.7% 13.5 1.7 4.0
Joey Dorsey 52.5% 52.5% 0.0% 47.7% 52.5% 52.9% 9.1 0.0 6.0
Solomon Alabi 20.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 18.9% 11.6 0.0 1.5
Julian Wright 51.2% 53.3% 20.0% 51.2% 51.9% 52.5% 10.0 0.6 2.7
David Andersen 48.9% 54.1% 30.0% 100.0% 52.1% 55.9% 14.9 3.2 2.2
Andrea Bargnani 44.8% 47.2% 34.5% 82.0% 48.0% 53.3% 23.9 4.5 7.1
Trey Johnson 33.3% 33.3% 33.3% 87.5% 35.0% 41.8% 17.6 1.8 4.7
Sundiata Gaines 42.9% 60.0% 20.0% 33.3% 47.1% 46.5% 18.9 8.1 3.2
DeMar DeRozan 46.7% 48.5% 9.6% 81.3% 46.9% 53.0% 19.4 0.9 6.8
Reggie Evans 40.8% 41.2% 0.0% 54.5% 40.8% 46.6% 6.2 0.1 5.3
Linas Kleiza 43.8% 50.5% 29.8% 63.1% 48.6% 50.2% 18.9 6.1 3.0
Leandro Barbosa 45.0% 50.5% 33.8% 79.6% 50.5% 53.9% 22.5 7.3 4.7
Jose Calderon 44.0% 46.6% 36.5% 85.4% 48.7% 52.2% 13.6 3.6 2.3
Jerryd Bayless 42.9% 46.1% 34.8% 81.0% 47.9% 54.5% 16.7 4.7 6.7
Sonny Weems 44.4% 46.7% 27.9% 76.6% 46.1% 49.2% 17.4 2.1 3.2
Ronald Dupree 25.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 14.8 3.7 0.0
Jarrett Jack 39.3% 44.9% 16.7% 87.0% 41.0% 49.2% 16.9 3.3 6.4
Marcus Banks 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 54.3% 4.4 0.0 17.5
Peja Stojakovic 70.0% 75.0% 66.7% 100.0% 90.0% 91.9% 21.8 13.1 4.4
  WP48 WINS PTS DRB ORB TRB AST TO BLK STL PF
TOR -0.016 26.5 99.1 28.6 11.7 40.3 21.9 14.0 4.3 7.1 22.0
AVG 0.500 41.0 99.6 30.5 10.9 41.4 21.5 13.6 4.9 7.3 20.7
OPP 1.016 55.5 105.4 30.0 11.1 41.1 22.6 13.4 5.6 7.6 19.8
AVGOPP 0.500 41.0 99.6 30.5 10.9 41.4 21.5 13.6 4.9 7.3 20.7
  FG% 2FG% 3FG% FT% eFG% TS% FGA 3FGA FTA
TOR 46.5% 49.4% 31.6% 75.5% 49.1% 53.3% 82.4 13.3 24.1
AVG 45.9% 48.7% 35.9% 76.3% 49.8% 54.1% 81.2 18.0 24.4

Wins Produced
Expected* Actual Forecast**
26.5-55.5 22-60 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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Trade Machine Economics

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The NBA Geek's Amnesty Guesses, Part 2

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Post-Lockout Podcast with FillingTheLanes

The folks from the Filling The Lanes podcast were nice enough to invite me back on for their latest podcast, to talk about post-lockout madness.  You can listen below, or download the podcast here.  This time I get my time in the spotlight in the beginning of the podcast.