SWC75
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For the last several years I’ve been making monthly posts for baseball keeping track of who is leading each league in base production, (total batting bases +walks + steals) and run production, (runs scored + runs batted in minus home runs so they don’t get counted twice). I’ve also used those stats for my series on the history of the sport to identify the most historically productive players. I’m going to be starting a similar series for basketball soon and I thought I’d start doing monthly NBA posts using my “net points” formula: points + rebounds +assists + steals + blocks – missed field goals –missed free throws – turnovers – fouls. Since we don’t have two leagues, I’ll keep track of the top 25 players. I’ve also decided to break out the players averages per 48 minutes of play, (the length of an NBA game).
Players don’t actually average 48 minutes per game, (BasketballReference.com keeps track of averages per 36 minutes as that’s closer to what a star player will average). But they could play that much in a tight game. These numbers represent what they are capable of doing when their team really needs them to produce. The players are ranked based on total net points. The averages are just a breakdown of their individual skills. I do show the NP per 40 minutes at the end of each line but I’ll ranked them based on the total NP because that’s not a projection based on a rate of production..
Here is a breakdown of what I’ve typed in each case with LeBron James in October as an example: LeBron played 7 games and 259 minutes in those games, an average of 37.0 minutes per game (m). He scored 172 points (p), grabbed 52 rebounds (r ), passed for 60 assists (a), stole 7 balls (s) and blocked 8 shots (b). He attempted 116 field goals and made 68, so he missed 48 (mfg). He attempted 32 free throws and made 25, missing 7 (mft). He had 28 turnovers (to) and 11 personal fouls (pf). I add the positives and subtract the negatives to get 397 net points. I divide 48 by the 539 minutes and multiply each stat by the result. I come up with this:
LeBron James CLE 37.0m 31.9p 9.6r 11.1a 1.3s 1.5b 8.9mfg 1.3mft 5.2to 2.0pf 205NP (38.0)
AFTER JANUARY
LeBron James CLE………….37.0m 34.5p 10.3r 11.3a 2.1s 1.4b 11.0mfg 2.0mft 5.8to 2.1pf 1489NP (38.6)
G. Antetokounmopo MIL.37.2m 36.7p 13.3r 6.1a 1.9s 1.6b 11.0mfg 2.8mft 3.6to 4.0pf 1338NP (38.3)
Russell Westbrook OKC….36.0m 33.7p 12.6r 13.4a 2.7s 0.3b 16.0mfg 2.7mft 6.1to 3.1pf 1338NP (35.0)
Karl-Anthony Towns MIN 35.3m 26.9p 16.5r 3.1a 1.1s 2.0b 8.6mfg 0.9mft 2.7to 4.5pf 1311NP (33.0)
Anthony Davis NO…………36.4m 34.8p 14.0r 3.4a 1.5s 2.9b 10.5mfg 1.9mft 2.7to 2.7pf 1302NP (39.0)
DeMarcus Cousins NO…. 36.1m 33.4p 17.0r 7.1a 2.2s 2.1b 12.7mfg 2.8mft 6.7to 5.1pf 1257NP (34.7)
James Harden HOU……….36.1m 42.0p 6.7r 12.1a 2.5s 0.9b 15.3mfg 1.9mft 5.8to 3.4pf 1192NP (37.7)
Andre Drummond DET….34.9m 21.5p 22.1r 5.6a 2.3s 2.0b 7.0mfg 2.7mft 4.0to 4.8pf 1136NP (34.9)
Kevin Durant GS….…………34.6m 35.5p 9.5r 7.7a 1.2s 2.8b 12.4mfg 0.9mft 4.3to 3.1pf 1120NP (36.0)
Jimmy Butler MIN………….36.9m 27.6p 5.4r 3.5a 1.0s 0.8b 10.6mfg 1.2mft 2.4to 2.3pf 1069NP (29.0)
LeMarcus Aldridge SA……34.1m 31.5p 11.9r 2.7a 0.7s 1.7b 12.8mfg 1.2mft 2.2to 3.2pf 1037NP (29.2)
Kyrie Irving BOS……………..33.0m 36.1p 5.4r 7.3a 1.7s 0.5b 14.0mfg 0.8mft 3.4to 3.1pf 978NP (29.6)
DeMar DeRozan TOR……..34.5m 34.0p 5.7r 7.2a 1.6s 0.4b 13.5mfg 1.8mft 3.3to 2.6pf 976NP (27.7)
Damian Lillard POR…………36.4m 33.2p 6.1r 8.6a 1.3s 0.5b 13.6mfg 0.7mft 4.0to 2.3pf 972NP (29.1)
Victor Oladipo IND…………34.4m 33.4p 7.2r 5.7a 2.7s 1.1b 12.8mfg 1.4mft 4.1to 3.3pf 963NP (28.6)
Steph Curry GS……………….33.0m 40.4p 7.4r 9.5a 2.3s 0.2b 13.0mfg 0.8mft 4.2to 3.4pf 945NP (38.2)
DeAndre Jordan LAC ………32.1m 17.7p 22.3r 1.8a 0.7s 1.4b 3.7mfg 2.2mft 2.6to 4.4pf 935NP (31.1)
Nicola Jokic DEN……………..31.5m 24.7p 15.9r 8.1a 1.7s 1.1b 10.1mfg 0.9mft 4.2to 4.1pf 930NP (32.2)
Bradley Beal WAS…………..36.0m 31.7p 5.9r 5.2a 1.5s 0.6b 13.3mfg 1.5mft 3.1to 2.5pf 919NP (24.4)
Kevin Love CLE………………..28.0m 30.7p 16.1r 2.8a 1.2s 0.7b 11.6mfg 0.9mft 2.6to 3.6pf 915NP (32.7)
Ben Simmons PHI………….. 35.1m 22.9p 10.6r 10.0a 2.4s 1.2b 8.7mfg 2.7mft 5.2to 3.9pf 914NP (26.6)
Enes Kantor NYK……………. 25.6m 26.3p 19.3r 2.8a 0.9s 1.1b 7.2mfg 0.5mft 3.4to 4.9pf 896NP (34.3)
Dwight Howard CHAR……. 31.0m 24.7p 19.7r 2.2a 1.1s 2.6b 7.7mfg 5.3mft 4.6to 5.0pf 896 (28.8)
Kemba Walker CHA……….. 34.9m 30.8p 4.8r 8.0a 1.6s 0.5b 14.0mfg 1.2mft 3.0to 1.9pf 889NP (25.5)
Lou Williams LAC …………… 32.4m 34.7p 3.7r 7.7a 1.7s 0.3b 13.9mfg 1.0mft 4.3to 2.1pf 888NP (26.8)
SU Players
Carmelo Anthony OKC…….32.6m 26.0p 8.7r 2.2a 1.0s 0.9b 13.4mfg 1.0mft 1.9to 4.0pf 623NP (18.5)
Dion Waiters MIA……………30.6m 22.4p 4.0r 5.9a 1.2s 0.5b 12.9mfg 0.9mft 3.7to 3.2pf 255NP (13.3)
Jerami Grant OKC……………20.2m 17.0p 8.7r 1.7a 1.0s 2.1b 6.4mfg 1.7mft 1.7to 4.5pf 339NP (16.2)
Wes Johnson LAC…………….24.9m 13.7p 7.3r 2.0a 2.4s 2.3b 7.3mfg 0.6mmft 2.0to 4.5pf 311NP (13.3)
M Carter-Williams CHA….. 15.7m 12.2p 8.3r 7.0a 2.2s 1.2b 8.4mfg 1.0mft 3.2to 6.0pf 153NP (12.3)
Tyler Ennis LAL…………………11.7m 14.2p 6.5r 7.4a 1.9s 0.7b 9.5mfg 1.9mft 1.9to 6.5pf 91NP (12.1)
Malachi Richardson SAC…. 12.8m 13.1p 5.0r 2.0a 1.5s 0.2b 8.9mfg 0.8mft 1.5to 4.1pf 43NP (6.5)
Tyler Lydon DEN……………….Played 2 minutes in one game and had no other statistics.
Comments: Despite Cleveland’s troubles, LeBron still leads the way but his NP/40 dropped from 41.1 to 38.6. He had 337NP in January in 504 minutes, or 32.1 NP/40. He’s second in the league in minutes played behind Karl-Anthony Towns, who has played 4 more games. LBJ is leading the league in minutes per game with 38.6. Maybe all those minutes, the poor performance of the team, the unlikelihood of another title and the uncertainty surrounding his status is getting to him a bit. The guy with the highest NP/40 is Anthony Davis with 39.0. I think the next player to wear the crown of the best player in the game will be Davis or Antetokounmpo. Steph Curry would be much father up the list, (which is based on total NP) but he missed 13 games.
SU has no one in the top 25 players in the league or even close to it and this will likely be the 38th year in a row no SU players appears in the NBA finals. (We’ve had three: Billy Gabor who played in a total of 9 games for the Nationals against the Minneapolis Lakers in 1950 and 1954 and scored 52 points; Dennis DuVal played 5 minutes in one game against the Warriors in 1975 and scored 2 points and Marty Byrnes who played for the Lakers for 1 minute in 1980 against the 76ers and accumulated no statistics.)
Players don’t actually average 48 minutes per game, (BasketballReference.com keeps track of averages per 36 minutes as that’s closer to what a star player will average). But they could play that much in a tight game. These numbers represent what they are capable of doing when their team really needs them to produce. The players are ranked based on total net points. The averages are just a breakdown of their individual skills. I do show the NP per 40 minutes at the end of each line but I’ll ranked them based on the total NP because that’s not a projection based on a rate of production..
Here is a breakdown of what I’ve typed in each case with LeBron James in October as an example: LeBron played 7 games and 259 minutes in those games, an average of 37.0 minutes per game (m). He scored 172 points (p), grabbed 52 rebounds (r ), passed for 60 assists (a), stole 7 balls (s) and blocked 8 shots (b). He attempted 116 field goals and made 68, so he missed 48 (mfg). He attempted 32 free throws and made 25, missing 7 (mft). He had 28 turnovers (to) and 11 personal fouls (pf). I add the positives and subtract the negatives to get 397 net points. I divide 48 by the 539 minutes and multiply each stat by the result. I come up with this:
LeBron James CLE 37.0m 31.9p 9.6r 11.1a 1.3s 1.5b 8.9mfg 1.3mft 5.2to 2.0pf 205NP (38.0)
AFTER JANUARY
LeBron James CLE………….37.0m 34.5p 10.3r 11.3a 2.1s 1.4b 11.0mfg 2.0mft 5.8to 2.1pf 1489NP (38.6)
G. Antetokounmopo MIL.37.2m 36.7p 13.3r 6.1a 1.9s 1.6b 11.0mfg 2.8mft 3.6to 4.0pf 1338NP (38.3)
Russell Westbrook OKC….36.0m 33.7p 12.6r 13.4a 2.7s 0.3b 16.0mfg 2.7mft 6.1to 3.1pf 1338NP (35.0)
Karl-Anthony Towns MIN 35.3m 26.9p 16.5r 3.1a 1.1s 2.0b 8.6mfg 0.9mft 2.7to 4.5pf 1311NP (33.0)
Anthony Davis NO…………36.4m 34.8p 14.0r 3.4a 1.5s 2.9b 10.5mfg 1.9mft 2.7to 2.7pf 1302NP (39.0)
DeMarcus Cousins NO…. 36.1m 33.4p 17.0r 7.1a 2.2s 2.1b 12.7mfg 2.8mft 6.7to 5.1pf 1257NP (34.7)
James Harden HOU……….36.1m 42.0p 6.7r 12.1a 2.5s 0.9b 15.3mfg 1.9mft 5.8to 3.4pf 1192NP (37.7)
Andre Drummond DET….34.9m 21.5p 22.1r 5.6a 2.3s 2.0b 7.0mfg 2.7mft 4.0to 4.8pf 1136NP (34.9)
Kevin Durant GS….…………34.6m 35.5p 9.5r 7.7a 1.2s 2.8b 12.4mfg 0.9mft 4.3to 3.1pf 1120NP (36.0)
Jimmy Butler MIN………….36.9m 27.6p 5.4r 3.5a 1.0s 0.8b 10.6mfg 1.2mft 2.4to 2.3pf 1069NP (29.0)
LeMarcus Aldridge SA……34.1m 31.5p 11.9r 2.7a 0.7s 1.7b 12.8mfg 1.2mft 2.2to 3.2pf 1037NP (29.2)
Kyrie Irving BOS……………..33.0m 36.1p 5.4r 7.3a 1.7s 0.5b 14.0mfg 0.8mft 3.4to 3.1pf 978NP (29.6)
DeMar DeRozan TOR……..34.5m 34.0p 5.7r 7.2a 1.6s 0.4b 13.5mfg 1.8mft 3.3to 2.6pf 976NP (27.7)
Damian Lillard POR…………36.4m 33.2p 6.1r 8.6a 1.3s 0.5b 13.6mfg 0.7mft 4.0to 2.3pf 972NP (29.1)
Victor Oladipo IND…………34.4m 33.4p 7.2r 5.7a 2.7s 1.1b 12.8mfg 1.4mft 4.1to 3.3pf 963NP (28.6)
Steph Curry GS……………….33.0m 40.4p 7.4r 9.5a 2.3s 0.2b 13.0mfg 0.8mft 4.2to 3.4pf 945NP (38.2)
DeAndre Jordan LAC ………32.1m 17.7p 22.3r 1.8a 0.7s 1.4b 3.7mfg 2.2mft 2.6to 4.4pf 935NP (31.1)
Nicola Jokic DEN……………..31.5m 24.7p 15.9r 8.1a 1.7s 1.1b 10.1mfg 0.9mft 4.2to 4.1pf 930NP (32.2)
Bradley Beal WAS…………..36.0m 31.7p 5.9r 5.2a 1.5s 0.6b 13.3mfg 1.5mft 3.1to 2.5pf 919NP (24.4)
Kevin Love CLE………………..28.0m 30.7p 16.1r 2.8a 1.2s 0.7b 11.6mfg 0.9mft 2.6to 3.6pf 915NP (32.7)
Ben Simmons PHI………….. 35.1m 22.9p 10.6r 10.0a 2.4s 1.2b 8.7mfg 2.7mft 5.2to 3.9pf 914NP (26.6)
Enes Kantor NYK……………. 25.6m 26.3p 19.3r 2.8a 0.9s 1.1b 7.2mfg 0.5mft 3.4to 4.9pf 896NP (34.3)
Dwight Howard CHAR……. 31.0m 24.7p 19.7r 2.2a 1.1s 2.6b 7.7mfg 5.3mft 4.6to 5.0pf 896 (28.8)
Kemba Walker CHA……….. 34.9m 30.8p 4.8r 8.0a 1.6s 0.5b 14.0mfg 1.2mft 3.0to 1.9pf 889NP (25.5)
Lou Williams LAC …………… 32.4m 34.7p 3.7r 7.7a 1.7s 0.3b 13.9mfg 1.0mft 4.3to 2.1pf 888NP (26.8)
SU Players
Carmelo Anthony OKC…….32.6m 26.0p 8.7r 2.2a 1.0s 0.9b 13.4mfg 1.0mft 1.9to 4.0pf 623NP (18.5)
Dion Waiters MIA……………30.6m 22.4p 4.0r 5.9a 1.2s 0.5b 12.9mfg 0.9mft 3.7to 3.2pf 255NP (13.3)
Jerami Grant OKC……………20.2m 17.0p 8.7r 1.7a 1.0s 2.1b 6.4mfg 1.7mft 1.7to 4.5pf 339NP (16.2)
Wes Johnson LAC…………….24.9m 13.7p 7.3r 2.0a 2.4s 2.3b 7.3mfg 0.6mmft 2.0to 4.5pf 311NP (13.3)
M Carter-Williams CHA….. 15.7m 12.2p 8.3r 7.0a 2.2s 1.2b 8.4mfg 1.0mft 3.2to 6.0pf 153NP (12.3)
Tyler Ennis LAL…………………11.7m 14.2p 6.5r 7.4a 1.9s 0.7b 9.5mfg 1.9mft 1.9to 6.5pf 91NP (12.1)
Malachi Richardson SAC…. 12.8m 13.1p 5.0r 2.0a 1.5s 0.2b 8.9mfg 0.8mft 1.5to 4.1pf 43NP (6.5)
Tyler Lydon DEN……………….Played 2 minutes in one game and had no other statistics.
Comments: Despite Cleveland’s troubles, LeBron still leads the way but his NP/40 dropped from 41.1 to 38.6. He had 337NP in January in 504 minutes, or 32.1 NP/40. He’s second in the league in minutes played behind Karl-Anthony Towns, who has played 4 more games. LBJ is leading the league in minutes per game with 38.6. Maybe all those minutes, the poor performance of the team, the unlikelihood of another title and the uncertainty surrounding his status is getting to him a bit. The guy with the highest NP/40 is Anthony Davis with 39.0. I think the next player to wear the crown of the best player in the game will be Davis or Antetokounmpo. Steph Curry would be much father up the list, (which is based on total NP) but he missed 13 games.
SU has no one in the top 25 players in the league or even close to it and this will likely be the 38th year in a row no SU players appears in the NBA finals. (We’ve had three: Billy Gabor who played in a total of 9 games for the Nationals against the Minneapolis Lakers in 1950 and 1954 and scored 52 points; Dennis DuVal played 5 minutes in one game against the Warriors in 1975 and scored 2 points and Marty Byrnes who played for the Lakers for 1 minute in 1980 against the 76ers and accumulated no statistics.)