NAME POS GP MIN WP48 PoP48 WINS PTS REB AST TO BLK STL PF
Marcus Banks PG 22 244 .090 -0.3 0.46 21.4 4.5 5.1 3.9 0.4 2.4 5.9
Andrea Bargnani PF 80 2799 -.034 -4.1 -2.00 23.6 8.5 1.6 2.1 1.9 0.4 3.7
Marco Belinelli SG 66 1121 .053 -1.4 1.23 20.1 4.1 3.8 2.6 0.2 1.8 3.4
Chris Bosh C 70 2526 .200 3.1 10.53 31.9 14.4 3.2 3.2 1.3 0.8 3.2
Jose Calderon PG 68 1817 .144 1.4 5.44 18.5 3.8 10.7 2.6 0.2 1.2 3.6
DeMar DeRozan SG 77 1664 .050 -1.5 1.75 19.1 6.4 1.5 1.8 0.5 1.2 5.1
Reggie Evans PF 28 311 .091 -0.2 0.59 14.7 16.2 1.2 3.4 0.6 2.2 6.8
Jarrett Jack PG 82 2243 .141 1.3 6.60 19.9 4.8 8.8 3.5 0.1 1.3 3.2
Amir Johnson PF 82 1453 .198 3.1 6.00 16.9 13.0 1.6 2.1 2.2 1.5 8.4
Pops Mensah-Bonsu C 16 107 .050 -1.5 0.11 15.3 13.9 0.9 4.5 3.6 1.3 7.6
Rasho Nesterovic C 42 413 .048 -1.6 0.42 18.9 10.3 2.9 1.9 2.0 1.2 6.3
Patrick O'Bryant C 11 51 -.130 -7.1 -0.14 17.9 10.4 0.9 4.7 3.8 1.9 11.3
Hedo Turkoglu SF 74 2272 .093 -0.2 4.40 17.6 7.2 6.4 2.6 0.7 1.2 4.6
Sonny Weems SG 69 1368 .087 -0.4 2.47 18.2 6.7 3.5 2.3 0.9 1.4 4.4
Antoine Wright SF 67 1392 -.003 -3.2 -0.08 15.0 6.6 2.4 2.0 0.4 1.0 4.6
Name FG% 2FG% 3FG% FT% eFG% TS% FGA 3FGA FTA
Marcus Banks 53.4% 65.3% 29.2% 82.8% 58.2% 63.5% 14.4 4.7 5.7
Andrea Bargnani 47.0% 50.9% 37.2% 77.4% 52.3% 55.2% 19.6 5.6 4.0
Marco Belinelli 40.6% 42.5% 38.0% 83.5% 48.5% 54.3% 16.2 6.8 5.2
Chris Bosh 51.8% 52.1% 36.4% 79.7% 52.2% 59.2% 22.0 0.4 11.2
Jose Calderon 48.2% 51.9% 39.8% 79.8% 54.2% 56.9% 15.0 4.5 2.7
DeMar DeRozan 49.8% 50.6% 25.0% 76.3% 50.2% 55.4% 14.8 0.5 5.6
Reggie Evans 49.3% 49.3% 0.0% 45.0% 49.3% 49.8% 10.6 0.0 9.3
Jarrett Jack 48.1% 51.1% 41.2% 84.2% 54.2% 59.9% 14.4 4.3 5.2
Amir Johnson 62.3% 63.0% 0.0% 63.8% 62.3% 63.9% 11.0 0.1 4.9
Pops Mensah-Bonsu 41.4% 41.4% 0.0% 55.6% 41.4% 46.0% 13.0 0.0 8.1
Rasho Nesterovic 54.4% 54.4% 0.0% 20.0% 54.4% 53.9% 17.3 0.0 0.6
Patrick O'Bryant 53.3% 57.1% 0.0% 50.0% 53.3% 53.9% 14.1 0.9 5.6
Hedo Turkoglu 40.9% 43.6% 37.4% 77.4% 49.0% 54.0% 14.2 6.1 4.8
Sonny Weems 51.5% 52.8% 13.3% 68.8% 51.7% 53.3% 16.1 0.5 2.2
Antoine Wright 40.6% 46.0% 33.5% 68.8% 47.9% 50.2% 13.8 6.0 2.7
  WP48 WINS PTS DRB ORB TRB AST TO BLK STL PF
TOR 0.125 37.8 104.1 30.6 9.8 40.4 22.0 13.4 4.7 5.7 22.2
AVG 0.500 41.0 100.4 30.8 11.0 41.7 21.2 14.2 4.9 7.2 20.9
OPP 0.875 44.2 105.9 29.9 11.4 41.3 23.0 12.7 4.4 7.1 21.1
AVGOPP 0.500 41.0 100.4 30.8 11.0 41.7 21.2 14.2 4.9 7.2 20.9
  FG% 2FG% 3FG% FT% eFG% TS% FGA 3FGA FTA
TOR 48.2% 51.2% 37.1% 76.4% 52.1% 56.4% 80.9 17.0 25.8
AVG 46.1% 49.2% 35.5% 75.9% 50.1% 54.3% 81.7 18.1 24.5

Wins Produced
Expected* Actual Forecast**
37.8-44.2 40-42 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


Articles featuring the Toronto Raptors

Trade Machine Economics

So, yesterday a trade happened. I'm not going to talk a whole lot about the #BasketballReasons of the trade (other, than, perhaps to take a 5-minute break laughing myself silly at those of you who actually thought Toronto got better here) because I think Ben Gulker and Devin Digham both do a good job of that here and here. I just want to briefly talk about the economics.

The NBA Geek's Amnesty Guesses, Part 2

As with part 1 (which you can read here), I'm calling them guesses, not predictions, because this way if I'm completely wrong, I won't look as stupid.  Will I do something as crazy as amnestying Kobe freaking Bryant again today?

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.