NAME POS GP MIN WP48 PoP48 WINS PTS REB AST TO BLK STL PF
Julian Wright SF 52 770 .162 2.0 2.60 11.7 7.4 3.6 2.7 1.2 2.4 2.8
Joey Dorsey C 43 524 .215 3.6 2.35 12.4 17.4 2.5 3.6 1.6 2.2 7.1
Marcus Banks PG 3 22 -.082 -5.6 -0.04 13.1 2.2 6.5 4.4 0.0 2.2 8.7
Sundiata Gaines PG 6 89 -.102 -6.3 -0.19 18.9 4.3 5.9 4.3 0.5 2.2 5.4
Jarrett Jack PG 13 347 -.017 -3.6 -0.12 19.4 5.8 8.2 4.7 0.0 1.9 3.5
Jose Calderon PG 68 2104 .169 2.2 7.42 15.3 4.6 13.8 3.4 0.2 1.8 3.3
Leandro Barbosa SG 58 1392 .003 -3.0 0.09 26.5 3.4 4.1 2.9 0.2 1.8 3.9
Reggie Evans PF 30 795 .269 5.3 4.45 8.0 20.8 2.3 2.4 0.4 1.8 5.4
James Johnson PF 25 697 .107 0.2 1.55 15.8 8.1 5.2 3.2 1.9 1.7 4.8
Solomon Alabi C 12 62 -.185 -8.8 -0.24 4.6 10.8 1.5 2.3 1.5 1.5 3.9
Alexis Ajinca C 24 266 -.110 -6.5 -0.61 20.6 11.0 1.4 3.1 2.5 1.4 10.8
DeMar DeRozan SF 82 2852 .028 -2.2 1.68 23.7 5.3 2.5 2.4 0.5 1.4 3.7
Amir Johnson PF 72 1851 .192 2.9 7.40 17.8 12.0 2.1 1.8 2.3 1.4 6.8
Jerryd Bayless PG 60 1349 .042 -1.8 1.18 21.4 5.3 8.5 3.9 0.1 1.3 4.7
Ed Davis PF 65 1603 .203 3.2 6.79 15.0 13.8 1.2 1.4 2.0 1.2 5.5
Sonny Weems SG 59 1415 -.019 -3.7 -0.55 18.5 5.2 3.5 2.9 0.1 1.1 3.0
David Andersen C 11 151 .035 -2.0 0.11 17.8 10.8 2.2 2.5 1.0 1.0 3.5
Linas Kleiza SF 39 1032 -.050 -4.6 -1.07 20.3 8.2 1.9 3.0 0.3 0.9 4.6
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
Ronald Dupree SF 3 13 -.197 -9.2 -0.05 7.4 11.1 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.4
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
Julian Wright 51.2% 53.3% 20.0% 51.2% 51.9% 52.5% 10.0 0.6 2.7
Joey Dorsey 52.5% 52.5% 0.0% 47.7% 52.5% 52.9% 9.1 0.0 6.0
Marcus Banks 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 54.3% 4.4 0.0 17.5
Sundiata Gaines 42.9% 60.0% 20.0% 33.3% 47.1% 46.5% 18.9 8.1 3.2
Jarrett Jack 39.3% 44.9% 16.7% 87.0% 41.0% 49.2% 16.9 3.3 6.4
Jose Calderon 44.0% 46.6% 36.5% 85.4% 48.7% 52.2% 13.6 3.6 2.3
Leandro Barbosa 45.0% 50.5% 33.8% 79.6% 50.5% 53.9% 22.5 7.3 4.7
Reggie Evans 40.8% 41.2% 0.0% 54.5% 40.8% 46.6% 6.2 0.1 5.3
James Johnson 46.4% 49.7% 24.0% 70.7% 48.0% 51.7% 13.5 1.7 4.0
Solomon Alabi 20.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 18.9% 11.6 0.0 1.5
Alexis Ajinca 46.5% 51.4% 33.3% 73.3% 51.0% 53.0% 18.2 4.9 2.7
DeMar DeRozan 46.7% 48.5% 9.6% 81.3% 46.9% 53.0% 19.4 0.9 6.8
Amir Johnson 56.8% 56.9% 0.0% 78.8% 56.8% 60.8% 12.8 0.0 4.1
Jerryd Bayless 42.9% 46.1% 34.8% 81.0% 47.9% 54.5% 16.7 4.7 6.7
Ed Davis 57.6% 57.6% 0.0% 55.5% 57.6% 58.3% 11.2 0.0 3.8
Sonny Weems 44.4% 46.7% 27.9% 76.6% 46.1% 49.2% 17.4 2.1 3.2
David Andersen 48.9% 54.1% 30.0% 100.0% 52.1% 55.9% 14.9 3.2 2.2
Linas Kleiza 43.8% 50.5% 29.8% 63.1% 48.6% 50.2% 18.9 6.1 3.0
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
Ronald Dupree 25.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 14.8 3.7 0.0
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.