Mid Season Heroes

[quady]

Same deal as last year. Drum roll please:

Point Guards

Name	Possessions Used	Total Points	Raw PPP	Points Gained Offense	Points Gained Defense	D Points Gained Per Min	Total Points Gained	Points Gained per Minute	Total Points Gained per Game
James Harden	1260.5	1389.9	1.102657676	192.425	44.27123447	0.02894869186	236.6962345	0.154774233	5.773078889
Jamal Murray	1291.66	1388.9	1.075282969	161.823	15.70153843	0.009533996253	177.5245384	0.1077931498	4.128477638
Lou Williams	1282.3	1380.3	1.076425174	162.115	7.741672758	0.005295261804	169.8566728	0.1161810347	3.95015518
Cory Joseph	1066.68	1121.1	1.051018112	107.754	9.472680671	0.006615462442	117.2266807	0.08186792421	3.168288667
LeBron James	1065.44	1029.8	0.9665490314	17.632	95.19585262	0.06978144893	112.8278526	0.08270624001	2.969154016
Langston Galloway	917.38	959.4	1.045804356	87.889	23.84023439	0.01538278126	111.7292344	0.07209267931	2.725103278
Tyus Jones	947.34	963	1.016530496	63.027	57.20482784	0.03284802058	120.2318278	0.06903923505	2.671818397
Jrue Holiday	809.76	849.6	1.049199763	80.328	9.357079914	0.006822018018	89.68507991	0.06538719737	2.49125222
Luka Doncic	1199.08	1193.4	0.995263035	54.274	35.87489613	0.02433516221	90.14889613	0.06115106236	2.311510157
Steph Curry	996.44	1006.4	1.009995584	59.782	25.33582609	0.01787864377	85.11782609	0.0600647986	2.300481786

Honorable mentions: Markelle Fultz, D'Angelo Russell, Kemba Walker. James Harden running away with the PG title so far. I'm pretty impressed by Tyus as well as his predecessor in NY, Langston Galloway. Kyrie's season last year would have put him a tick behind Harden here.


Shooting Guards

Name	Possessions Used	Total Points	Raw PPP	Points Gained Offense	Points Gained Defense	D Points Gained Per Min	Total Points Gained	Points Gained per Minute	Total Points Gained per Game
Zach LaVine	1505.64	1729.6	1.148747377	299.242	13.53545876	0.007642833854	312.7774588	0.1766106486	6.799509973
Monta Ellis	1153.88	1209.8	1.048462578	113.614	69.5755871	0.04033367368	183.1895871	0.1061968621	3.982382328
Derrick Rose	1094.48	1212.9	1.1081975	173.144	-25.67880097	-0.01930882094	147.465199	0.1108844267	3.781158949
Josh Okogie	802.88	842.8	1.049721004	80.064	62.11377728	0.0408052669	142.1777773	0.09340282307	3.306459937
Victor Oladipo	749.2	817.2	1.090763481	105.46	12.85799398	0.01075802709	118.317994	0.09899430554	3.286610944
Jeremy Lamb	590.48	658.6	1.115363772	97.644	6.510626972	0.005498840348	104.154627	0.08796843494	2.814989918
Gordon Hayward	793.16	832	1.048968682	78.498	7.756160996	0.006429178544	86.254161	0.07149714937	2.695442531
Tyreke Evans	609.2	631.2	1.036112935	52.46	8.732270229	0.009833637645	61.19227023	0.06891021422	2.549677926
Donovan Mitchell	1073.16	1102.6	1.027433002	83.098	0.8429279071	0.0005948259877	83.94092791	0.05923430097	2.268673727
Buddy Hield	861.24	950	1.103060703	131.822	-51.1194215	-0.047367885	80.7025785	0.07478000232	2.123752066

Honorable mentions: Marvin Williams, Shabazz Muhammad, and Jaylen Brown all would have made this list but I decided they spent too much time at other positions. Jordan Clarkson was the last name cut off. Finally, just want to acknowledge Jeremy Lamb, once traded for 50 RP and a vet min.


Small Forwards

Name	Possessions Used	Total Points	Raw PPP	Points Gained Offense	Points Gained Defense	D Points Gained Per Min	Total Points Gained	Points Gained per Minute	Total Points Gained per Game
Kevin Durant	1252.8	1425	1.137452107	234.84	46.15650917	0.03213346503	280.9965092	0.1956255285	7.394644978
Semi Ojeleye	860.46	1053.5	1.224345118	236.063	46.30155338	0.03195193802	282.3645534	0.1948551193	6.56661752
Paul George	1124.14	1266.9	1.126994858	198.967	18.09107877	0.01119913258	217.0580788	0.1343680072	5.294099482
Myles Turner	1142.32	1247	1.09163807	161.796	59.8471386	0.03887692517	221.6431386	0.1439802122	5.154491595
Kawhi Leonard	888.88	980.5	1.103073531	136.064	43.27358953	0.03257817476	179.3375895	0.1350128657	4.846961879
Marvin Williams	741.6	854	1.151564186	149.48	-23.08406781	-0.01968790431	126.3959322	0.1078003686	3.611312348
Blake Griffin	1141.56	1147.5	1.005203406	63.018	82.42570914	0.04858574072	145.4437091	0.08573162932	3.232082425
Shabazz Muhammad	1027	1068	1.039922103	92.35	14.88030124	0.009815502136	107.2303012	0.07073238868	2.680757531
Otto Porter Jr.	656.4	719.2	1.09567337	95.62	-23.94268863	-0.02305506849	71.67731137	0.06902003984	2.312171334
Jaylen Brown	894.32	946	1.057786922	96.396	-4.075600031	-0.002692653297	92.32039997	0.06099392176	2.146986046

Honorable mentions: Domantas Sabonis and Julius Randle would have made this list but didn't achieve my made up positional qualifying standard. The next three cuts were Ryan Anderson, Rudy Gay, and Lauri Markkanen. I'd call Blake an edge case, but it's fun to have him here.


Power Forwards

Name	Possessions Used	Total Points	Raw PPP	Points Gained Offense	Points Gained Defense	D Points Gained Per Min	Total Points Gained	Points Gained per Minute	Total Points Gained per Game
Boban Marjanovic	611.8	668.2	1.092186	86.99	24.25491404	0.02650230992	111.244914	0.1215525722	4.27865054
Kristaps Porzingis	863.06	938	1.086831	118.093	21.2731778	0.01858731131	139.3661778	0.1217703607	3.981890794
Aaron Gordon	706.44	733.2	1.037880	62.082	13.47436355	0.0143558103	75.55636355	0.08049900229	2.906013983
Jonathan Isaac	411.18	414.4	1.007831	23.779	64.02759615	0.05134942349	87.80659615	0.07041991832	2.373151247
Al Jefferson	590.06	569.4	0.964987	8.843	43.03322649	0.03858098125	51.87622649	0.0465090788	1.330159654
Giannis Antetokounmpo	1059.08	993.3	0.937889	-12.826	60.00558351	0.03672312332	47.17958351	0.02887367412	1.097199616
Mo Bamba	201.32	185.5	0.921419	-5.754	38.69212125	0.04124959622	32.93812125	0.03511526786	0.9410891787
Julius Randle	787.84	808.4	1.026097	59.952	-31.51539091	-0.02262086628	28.43660909	0.02041100279	0.6613164906
Kevon Looney	179.4	127.1	0.708473	-43.33	63.25372452	0.05509906317	19.92372452	0.01735516073	0.4859445005
Bismack Biyombo	244.08	189.2	0.775156	-42.676	61.55100844	0.04725968093	18.87500844	0.01449248191	0.4289774646

Honorable mentions: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, SF Blake, Arsalan Kazemi. Looney wins the per-minute butt award, Jonathan Isaac wins the per-game butt award.


Centers

Name	Possessions Used	Total Points	Raw PPP	Points Gained Offense	Points Gained Defense	D Points Gained Per Min	Total Points Gained	Points Gained per Minute	Total Points Gained per Game
Nikola Jokic	1306.98	1467.8	1.123047024	226.169	-60.12041089	-0.0386900128	166.0485891	0.1068592503	4.049965588
Greg Oden	1049.66	1010.1	0.9623116057	12.923	118.8131647	0.08102370752	131.7361647	0.0898364462	3.377850377
Karl Anthony-Towns	942	980.4	1.040764331	85.5	30.49279291	0.02142400963	115.9927929	0.08149567407	2.697506812
Joel Embiid	1307.16	1309.5	1.00179014	67.698	49.84911954	0.03060105558	117.5471195	0.07215906663	2.612158212
Anthony Davis	829.64	801	0.9654790029	12.842	46.32219602	0.02932712632	59.16419602	0.03745754734	1.314759912
Larry Sanders	152.6	135.3	0.8866317169	-9.67	26.76023398	0.02885822709	17.09023398	0.01843010243	0.5178858782
Andre Drummond	536.54	444.6	0.8286427853	-65.113	83.73342944	0.06688507823	18.62042944	0.01487373547	0.4774469087
DeMarcus Cousins	861.58	881.5	1.023120314	62.999	-50.99119688	-0.03275806044	12.00780312	0.007714122523	0.2792512353
Ivica Zubac	535.32	510.6	0.953822013	2.046	-6.635103994	-0.005500832361	-4.589103994	-0.003804596248	-0.1240298377
Dwight Powell	385.92	345.8	0.8960406302	-20.824	13.72584639	0.01212102295	-7.098153609	-0.006268238793	-0.186793516

Honorable mentions: Nerlens Noel, Hassan Whiteside, and Deandre Ayton(!) were the final 3 cuts. Jokic is so good - he's basically scoring at Jeremy Lamb level efficiency. Greg Oden is by far the per-minute and per-game butt champ.

[Tyler]

Imagine if I was able to pair Jokic with Boban

[mantypas/CavsCzar]

Holy Lavine, cannot imagine how bad we’d be without him

[GX.]

Fake list, no Kyrie

[GX.]

Jkjk I love these analysis and am still dumbfounded about how you do all this possession jazz

[Merv]

Lambo

[Joe]

Jkjk I love these analysis and am still dumbfounded about how you do all this possession jazz

Possession jazz owe most of their success to Greg oden id say

[Jburns]

A Hornet on 4/5 lists and the first off on the SG!

[Joe]

Jokic being +226 on offense and -60 on defense is perfect

[jwoo]

I still don't totally get how Quady's genius brain works but my main takeaway from this is how insanely rare and valuable elite offensive bigs are/should be - the average replacement level PG can still be a difference maker, and there are a lot of wings who are net-positive — but only a handful of PFs and Cs are legit difference-makers by this methodology.

I also feel like the right names pop up highly in this metric so it must be doing something right lol.