Points Gained Metrics for Wings and Ball Handlers from JWoo’s Top 100

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Since I didn’t do my mid-season positional ranks the last couple seasons, I thought it would be fun to point out all the ways JWoo’s implied positional rankings this season were wrong. I should also say, this has nothing to do with my draft pick situation. As follows, are the Points Gained (™) stats for the implied positional rankings, where I have maintained the current sort order. I have also included some bonus Blazers just so you all can see how much they sucked last year.

PGs

Original Rank	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
1	Luka Doncic	2271.880	2462.400	1.084	304.114	123.259	0.046	427.373	0.158	5.936
2	Kyrie Irving	2543.280	2927.400	1.151	511.284	23.343	0.007	534.627	0.167	6.520
3	Markelle Fultz	1903.080	2096.000	1.101	288.074	13.350	0.004	301.424	0.100	3.768
4	Jamal Murray	1801.600	1931.200	1.072	219.680	23.380	0.009	243.060	0.092	3.423
5	LaMelo Ball	1906.000	2000.000	1.049	189.300	68.037	0.022	257.337	0.084	3.217
6	Jalen Brunson	2451.320	2591.200	1.057	262.446	-134.720	-0.045	127.726	0.043	1.558
7	De'Aaron Fox	1924.440	1869.600	0.972	41.382	-7.342	-0.002	34.040	0.011	0.415
8	Cade Cunningham	2128.400	2369.800	1.113	347.820	15.947	0.005	363.767	0.125	4.436
9	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	2189.780	2125.100	0.970	44.809	5.212	0.002	50.021	0.016	0.633
10	Jrue Holiday	1851.760	1992.600	1.076	233.428	-96.482	-0.030	136.946	0.043	1.670
11	Tyus Jones	1737.200	1785.400	1.028	135.060	34.380	0.011	169.440	0.057	2.145
12	Tyrese Maxey	2094.760	2255.000	1.076	264.978	-102.053	-0.035	162.925	0.056	1.987
13	James Harden	1867.000	1976.200	1.058	202.550	56.321	0.020	258.871	0.093	3.157
14	Gary Payton II	1450.680	1493.800	1.030	115.654	52.457	0.018	168.111	0.057	2.183
15	D'Angelo Russell	2086.040	2123.800	1.018	142.062	-52.195	-0.016	89.867	0.028	1.096
16	Isaac Bonga	1146.680	992.200	0.865	-97.146	238.650	0.085	141.504	0.051	1.726
17	Reed Sheppard	1655.160	1593.900	0.963	21.498	16.587	0.007	38.085	0.016	0.495
18	Tyrese Haliburton	1683.400	1738.400	1.033	139.170	-29.179	-0.010	109.991	0.038	1.341
19	Jalen Suggs	1837.280	1836.800	1.000	91.384	27.158	0.009	118.542	0.041	1.446
20	Fred VanVleet	414.220	437.900	1.057	44.391	19.860	0.019	64.251	0.060	2.216
21	Ricky Rubio	1637.280	1736.000	1.060	180.584	-7.942	-0.003	172.642	0.065	2.466
22	Cory Joseph	1344.720	1264.000	0.940	-13.484	-33.488	-0.013	-46.972	-0.018	-0.595
23	Dyson Daniels	1689.280	1621.200	0.960	16.384	2.143	0.001	18.527	0.007	0.221
24	Lonzo Ball	1294.540	1162.700	0.898	-67.113	130.233	0.044	63.120	0.021	0.820
25	Lou Williams	1605.600	1640.100	1.021	114.780	-42.559	-0.022	72.221	0.037	1.017
26	Jerian Grant	1264.280	1216.800	0.962	15.734	-91.107	-0.033	-75.373	-0.027	-1.047

Notes:

Kyrie and Luka are indeed 1 and 2, albeit in reverse order, all as a virtue of how efficient Kyrie was scoring the ball last season. He posted the highest points per possession number of all the players in this tranche, and on the second highest volume (to Myles Turner). The next tightly bunched group is ordered correctly (Fultz, Murray, and Ball), although I have Cade higher than all of them. Other bones to pick - Tyus Jones, James Harden, Gary Payton II, Fred VanVleet, and Ricky Rubio are all much too low. Fox and SGA had kind of mediocre seasons. I also included Jerian Grant here for my own edification and he came in dead last, so you know I’m being honest and accurate.

SGs

	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
1	Zach LaVine	1859.040	1902.400	1.023	136.312	71.664	0.023	207.976	0.067	2.536
2	Jalen Green	1996.800	2156.600	1.080	259.640	9.204	0.003	268.844	0.093	3.279
3	Devin Booker	2101.940	2178.900	1.037	182.057	-33.894	-0.011	148.163	0.047	1.829
4	Donovan Mitchell	1976.780	2080.500	1.052	202.559	-1.042	-0.000	201.517	0.072	2.761
5	Josh Okogie	1167.400	1226.500	1.051	117.470	31.502	0.017	148.972	0.079	2.709
6	Anthony Edwards	1855.840	1910.600	1.030	147.552	41.952	0.015	189.504	0.068	2.311
7	Jaden McDaniels	1906.360	2025.400	1.062	214.358	48.509	0.017	262.867	0.093	3.206
8	Mikal Bridges	1691.440	1820.400	1.076	213.532	32.328	0.011	245.860	0.085	2.998
9	Jalen Williams	1907.260	1940.400	1.017	128.503	6.470	0.002	134.973	0.050	1.753
10	Victor Oladipo	1195.120	1172.600	0.981	37.236	11.421	0.006	48.657	0.023	0.593
11	Lonnie Walker	1577.800	1562.400	0.990	63.490	-61.990	-0.027	1.500	0.001	0.021
12	Gradey Dick	1809.600	1886.000	1.042	166.880	-19.310	-0.007	147.570	0.050	1.800
13	Austin Reaves	1354.120	1372.800	1.014	86.386	-44.116	-0.022	42.270	0.021	0.542
14	Tyler Herro	1768.860	1895.400	1.072	214.983	-39.272	-0.014	175.711	0.065	2.169
15	Shabazz Muhammad	2212.140	2257.500	1.021	155.967	-28.567	-0.010	127.400	0.044	1.699

Notes:

First I think it’s worth pointing out that the top end talent here is not as impactful as that at PG or SF, which is a pattern that's borne out the last few years. My top SG last season was Jalen Green, followed closely by Jaden McDaniels and Mikal Bridges, to my mild surprise. Young guys taking over the position! There’s definitely some over-rating of Devin Booker here going on, who I have as the ninth best guy at the position. Shabazz played mostly SG last year so I included him in this data set as well, where he finished twelfth. Unrelatedly, I turned down his re-signing offer starting at $16,500,000.

SFs

	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
1	Aaron Gordon	2354.600	2616.000	1.111	379.130	54.211	0.018	433.341	0.144	5.417
2	Myles Turner	2572.960	2870.000	1.115	425.688	34.309	0.011	459.997	0.144	5.610
3	Semi Ojeleye	1836.260	2093.500	1.140	349.053	95.718	0.032	444.771	0.148	5.630
4	Kawhi Leonard	1878.300	1903.900	1.014	119.515	52.321	0.018	171.836	0.061	2.175
5	Otto Porter Jr.	1756.040	1978.900	1.127	310.662	-18.170	-0.006	292.492	0.100	3.799
6	Kevin Durant	1810.120	1902.400	1.051	182.786	58.268	0.022	241.054	0.090	2.940
7	Shabazz Muhammad	2212.140	2257.500	1.021	155.967	-109.206	-0.038	46.761	0.016	0.623
8	Kelly Oubre Jr.	2066.440	2050.000	0.992	86.882	98.392	0.034	185.274	0.064	2.259
9	LeBron James	1406.220	1462.500	1.040	126.591	89.009	0.033	215.600	0.080	2.875
10	Marvin Bagley III	1632.520	1753.800	1.074	202.906	-16.658	-0.006	186.248	0.071	2.517
11	Michael Porter Jr.	1879.040	1879.800	1.000	94.712	24.658	0.009	119.370	0.044	1.530
12	Scottie Barnes	1015.160	1152.000	1.135	187.598	-17.403	-0.011	170.195	0.103	3.546
13	Jaylen Brown	1802.120	1869.600	1.037	157.586	-107.385	-0.038	50.201	0.018	0.661
14	Ben Simmons	1279.480	1082.400	0.846	-133.106	198.073	0.077	64.967	0.025	0.792
15	Jabari Parker	2308.280	2427.200	1.052	234.334	41.678	0.014	276.012	0.092	3.366
16	Jayson Tatum	1569.040	1624.000	1.035	133.412	-24.950	-0.012	108.462	0.054	1.870
17	Amen Thompson	1753.280	1752.000	0.999	86.384	34.825	0.011	121.209	0.039	1.515
18	Derrick Jones Jr.	1281.720	1320.300	1.030	102.666	85.470	0.029	188.136	0.065	2.323
19	Dillon Brooks	1541.360	1558.000	1.011	93.708	-18.628	-0.007	75.080	0.026	0.916
20	Paul George	1335.700	1409.400	1.055	140.485	-30.877	-0.011	109.608	0.038	1.353
21	Lauri Markkanen	1716.260	1661.400	0.968	30.953	-51.863	-0.019	-20.910	-0.008	-0.295
22	Josh Hart	1017.200	972.000	0.956	5.660	67.602	0.026	73.262	0.028	0.904
23	Chris Boucher	787.960	695.200	0.882	-53.362	150.562	0.063	97.200	0.041	1.230
24	Matisse Thybulle	222.320	204.600	0.920	-6.604	54.753	0.033	48.149	0.029	0.730
25	Denzel Valentine	1215.040	1224.500	1.008	70.212	-91.035	-0.035	-20.823	-0.008	-0.264
26	Trey Murphy III	797.320	841.800	1.056	84.346	-92.040	-0.057	-7.694	-0.005	-0.126
27	Caleb Martin	1420.360	1401.400	0.987	52.058	-16.812	-0.006	35.246	0.013	0.387

Notes:

Gordon, Turner, and Ojeleye come out as the third, fourth, and fifth most impactful players of this broader group, behind only the top two PGs. Raptors check in - Scottie Barnes: underrated. Amen Thompson: properly rated. Jabari Parker and Derrick Jones Jr both outplayed their rankings at least in terms of box score stats. That Lauri guy had a trash season. I kept Shabazz in this data set as well, to illustrate the additional production expected from SFs on the defensive end. Finally, the SF group had the lowest average points per possession figure of the three positions here, just by a hair, but per the Shabazz point, has the most outsized potential defensive impact.

[Joe]

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